Oppi: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Oppi (ಒಪ್ಪಿ):—[noun] (a nursery term) a jewel.

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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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Oppi (ஒப்பி) [oppittal] 11 transitive verb Causative of ஒ-. [o-.]

1. To liken, compare; உவமித்தல். இத்துணையே ஒப்பிக்கப்பட்டது [uvamithal. ithunaiye oppikkappattathu] (இறையனாரகப் பொருள் [iraiyanaragap porul] 1, 23).

2. To distribute in an equal measure among many; விழுக்காடிடு தல். பகழியொப்பித் துள்ளவா றூட்டினானே [vizhukkadidu thal. pagazhiyoppith thullava ruttinane] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 798).

3. To prove, demonstrate; நிரூபித்தல். [nirupithal.]

4. To embellish; to adorn; அலங்கரித்தல். மரகதத்தைக் கடைந்தொப்பித்த தொத்தன [alangarithal. maragathathaig kadainthoppitha thothana] (அஷ்டப்பிரபந்தம் திருவேங்கடத்தந். [ashdappirapandam thiruvengadathan.] 93).

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Oppi (ஒப்பி) [oppittal] 11 transitive verb Dialectal variant of ஒப்புவி-. [oppuvi-.]

1. To cause to agree; ஒத்துக்கொள் ளச்செய்தல். [othukkol lacheythal.]

2. To deliver, surrender, hand over, make over; ஏற்கும்படி சேர்ப்பித்தல். [erkumbadi serppithal.]

3. To recite by recalling to mind what has been learnt, as a lesson; பாடத்தை மனனஞ்செய்து சொல்லுதல். [padathai mananancheythu solluthal.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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