Nirgallu, Nīrgallu: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNīrgallu (ನೀರ್ಗಲ್ಲು):—
1) [noun] a large mass of ice and snow that forms in areas where the rate of snowfall constantly exceeds the rate at which the snow melts; a glacier.
2) [noun] a great mass of ice broken off from a glacier and floating in the sea; an iceberg.
3) [noun] any mineral or petrified substance that can be cut and polished for setting into a piece of jewellery; a gemstone.
4) [noun] a semi-transparent or translucent, opalescent, pearly-blue variety of adularia, used as a gem; moonstone.
5) [noun] a huge rock in a river or sea, the top portion of which is protruding out of water surface.
6) [noun] ನೀರ್ಗಲ್ಲ ಹಾವುಗೆ [nirgalla havuge] nīrgalla hāvuge a racket-shaped frame of wood fitted with crosspieces and crisscrossed with strips of leather, etc., that enables the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking; snowshoe.
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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