Monnu, Moṇṇu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Moṇṇu (ಮೊಣ್ಣು):—

1) [adjective] unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving; stubborn.

2) [adjective] not keen; not sharp; blunt.

3) [adjective] hard or difficult to manage.

4) [adjective] low or relatively low in height; not tall; short.

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Moṇṇu (ಮೊಣ್ಣು):—

1) [noun] the main stem of a tree, with all branches cut off.

2) [noun] a human body with head severed.

3) [noun] the head (of a human being).

4) [noun] a piece separated from a whole by cutting.

5) [noun] the height of a normal man, taken as a unit of measurement (of depth or height).

6) [noun] a wooden pillar.

7) [noun] that which is shorter in height than it should have been or than the normal ones of its kind.

8) [noun] a weapon that whose blade is blunt.

9) [noun] a physically handicapped man.

10) [noun] the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness; obstinacy.

11) [noun] (fig.) the state of being weakened or impaired of the force, keenness or susceptibility; bluntness.

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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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