Kuvi: 5 definitions

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Kuvi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kuvi in India is the name of a plant defined with Artocarpus integrifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artocarpus integrifolia L.f..

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Kuvi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Kūvī (कूवी) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kūpī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuvi (ಕುವಿ):—[verb] to shout aloud.

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Kuvi (ಕುವಿ):—[noun] a language, akin to Kuī belonging to the Dravidian language, spoken in Orissa.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuvi (குவி) [kuvital] 4 intransitive verb [Malayalam: kuvi.]

1. To close, as flowers by night; கூம்புதல். குவிந்த வண் குமுதங்களே [kumbuthal. kuvintha van kumuthangale] (கம்பராமாயணம் கைகேசி. [kambaramayanam kaigesi.] 53).

2. To assume a circular form, as the lips in kissing or in pronouncing labial vowels; வாயிதழ்கூடுதல். மணித்துவர் வாயிதழைக் குவித்து விரித்தழுது [vayithazhkuduthal. manithuvar vayithazhaig kuvithu virithazhuthu] (திருச்செந். பிள்ளைத். வாரானைப். [thiruchen. pillaith. varanaip.] 5).

3. To crowd, press up, as people; நெருங்கக்கூடுதல். (திவா.) [nerungakkuduthal. (thiva.)]

4. To be piled up, formed in heaps, as sand, grain; to become conical; குவியலாதல். [kuviyalathal.]

5. To become round, globular; உருண்டு திரளுதல். மேருவிற்குவிந்த தோளான் [urundu thiraluthal. meruvirkuvintha tholan] (கம்பராமாயணம் நிகும்ப. [kambaramayanam nigumba.] 92).

6. To be accumulated, stored up, hoarded, as treasure; கூடுதல். வேண்டியபணம் குவிந்துவிட்டது. [kuduthal. vendiyapanam kuvinthuvittathu.]

7. To contract, decrease; சுருங்குதல். குவிதலுடன் விரிதலற்று [surunguthal. kuvithaludan virithalarru] (தாயுமானசுவாமிகள் பாடல் சின்மயா. [thayumanasuvamigal padal sinmaya.] 8).

8. To converge; to be concentrated, as the mind; to be absorbed, as in contemplation; ஒருமுகப்படுதல். மனம் கடவுளின் தியானத் திற் குவிந்துள்ளது. [orumugappaduthal. manam kadavulin thiyanath thir kuvinthullathu.]

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Kuvi (குவி) [kuvittal] 11 transitive verb Causative of குவி¹-. [kuvi¹-.] [Malayalam: kuvi.]

1. To heap up, to pile up conically; கும்பலாக்குதல். [kumbalakkuthal.]

2. To accumulate, hoard up, as treasure; தொகுத்தல். கத்திக் குவித்த பல்புத்தகத் தீர் [thoguthal. kathig kuvitha palputhagath thir] (அஷ்டப்பிரபந்தம் திருவேங்கடத். [ashdappirapandam thiruvengadath.] 33).

3. To join hands, as in prayer; கைகூப்புதல். இருகரங் குவித்து [kaigupputhal. irugarang kuvithu] (தாயுமானசுவாமிகள் பாடல் பொருள்வண. [thayumanasuvamigal padal porulvana.] 11).

4. To close, as a flower; கூம்பச்செய்தல். சூரியகிரணங்கள் குவளைமலரைக் குவித்தன. [kumbacheythal. suriyagiranangal kuvalaimalaraig kuvithana.]

5. To draw in, as the sun its rays in setting; சுருக்குதல். [surukkuthal.] (W.)

6. To round the lips, as in kissing or in pronouncing 'u' or 'ū'; உதடுகளைக் கூட்டுதல். துவர்வாயிதழைக் குவித்து விரித் தழுது [uthadugalaig kuttuthal. thuvarvayithazhaig kuvithu virith thazhuthu] (திருச்செந். பிள்ளைத். வாரானைப். [thiruchen. pillaith. varanaip.] 5).

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Kuvi (குவி) noun < குவி²-. [kuvi²-.] Wall; சுவர். உயர்ந்த மட்டுங் குவிவைக்கு மொட்டர்க்கும் [suvar. uyarntha mattung kuvivaikku mottarkkum] (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்டு [thanippadarrirattu] ii, 131, 331).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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