Mele, Meḷe, Melegutti: 1 definition

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Meḷe (ಮೆಳೆ):—[noun] a shrubby growth of plants.

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Meḷe (ಮೆಳೆ):—

1) [noun] a wide extent of level country; a plain land.

2) [noun] a field wehre salt is made from sea-water.

3) [noun] a heap of salt.

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Meḷegutti (ಮೆಳೆಗುತ್ತಿ):—[noun] a thickly grown shrub.

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Mēle (ಮೇಲೆ):—

1) [adverb] on; above; upon; over.

2) [adverb] on or to the outside.

3) [adverb] toward or in front of.

4) [adverb] except for that mentioned; else; besides.

5) [adverb] at a later time; subsequently; afterward.

6) [adverb] in addition; as well; besides.

7) [adverb] in connection with; about.

8) [adverb] being very close to (as a shade of a colour).

9) [adverb] based on; depending on.

10) [adverb] with the aim or purpose of; for.

11) [adverb] against; opposing to; in opposition with.

12) [adverb] towrds a better, prosperous condition.

13) [adverb] at a distance.

14) [adverb] according to; in agreement with.

15) [adverb] cursorily; prima facie.

16) [adverb] ಮೇಲೆ ಕೆಳಗೆ ನೋಡು [mele kelage nodu] mēle keḷage nōḍu to blink the eyes being unable to take a decision or to answer, react, etc.

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Mēle (ಮೇಲೆ):—

1) [noun] a specially made liquid of various colours used for writing; ink.

2) [noun] the plant Indigofera tinctoria of Papilionaceae family; common indigo plant.

3) [noun] a blue dye obtained from this plant.

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Mēḷe (ಮೇಳೆ):—[noun] the respiratory tract or oesophagus; the wind-pipe or food-tube.

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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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