Matuku, Maṭuku: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Maṭuku (ಮಟುಕು):—

1) [verb] to cause to be in a certain position or place; to place; to set; to keep; to put.

2) [verb] to keep (something) from the knowledge of another or others.

3) [verb] to fix firmly.

4) [verb] to hold or keep back; to save from being expended, spoiled, etc.

5) [verb] to have the company of (usu. as an illicit sexual partner).

6) [verb] to deliver a blow; to beat.

7) [verb] to knock with the fist or backside of a finger.

8) [verb] to shout at; to reprimand; to rebuke severly.

9) [verb] to cause to hold within.

context information

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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