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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Obba (ಒಬ್ಬ):—[adjective] one only; one and no more; individual; single.

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Obba (ಒಬ್ಬ):—[noun] a single man; ಒಬ್ಬರಿಗೊಬ್ಬರು [obbarigobbaru] obbarigobbaru mutually; reciprocally; ಒಬ್ಬರಿಗೊಬ್ಬರು ಆಗು [obbarigobbaru agu] obbarigobbaru āgu to help, assist mutually; ಒಬ್ಬಾನೊಬ್ಬ [obbanobba] obbanobba any (indefinite) man; ಒಬ್ಬೊಬ್ಬರು [obbobbaru] obbobbaru one after the other; in turn; 2. each one (separately); ಒಬ್ಬೊಬ್ಬರು [obbobbaru] obbobbaru (pl.) a man here and a man there; a few people; ಒಬ್ಬನಿಗಿಂತ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಲೇಸು [obbanigimta ibbaru lesu] obbaniginta ibbaru lēsu combined effort or cooperative action gives more than the total of individual efforts; four eyes see more than two; ಸಾವಿರಕ್ಕೆ [savirakke]/ಲಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ [lakshakke]/ಕೋಟಿಗೆ ಒಬ್ಬ [kotige obba] sāvirakke/lakṣakke/kōṭige obba someone that is very special or very good in some way.

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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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