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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tappisu (ತಪ್ಪಿಸು):—

1) [verb] to do or perpetrate an offence of crime.

2) [verb] to keep from happening; to avoid.

3) [verb] to fail or forget to do, keep, have, be present at, etc.; to miss.

4) [verb] to escape (from being hit).

5) [verb] to ward off or deflect; to parry; to fend off.

6) [verb] to refuse to grant or give; to refuse the use of or access to; to deny.

7) [verb] to prevent the movement further; to check; to stop.

8) [verb] to manage cleverly to keep away from (accepting something, taking up responsibility, etc.); to slip away; to evade.

9) [verb] to turn (someone or something) aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); to diverge; to deviate.

10) [verb] to deviate oneself from a course, accepted or expected manner, etc.).

11) [verb] to damage or injure; to spoil; to render (something) useless or ineffective.

12) [verb] to avoid (something) being seen by another; to hide or conceal.

13) [verb] to loosen or unfasten a knot; to untie.

14) [verb] to rescue or preserve from harm, danger, injury, etc.; to save;15) [verb] ತಪ್ಪಿಸಾಟ [tappisata] tapisāṭa an act or instance of escaping, avoiding or shirking something; ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು [tappisikollu] tappisikoḷḷu to get free, get away; to break loose, as from a prison; to escape; 2. to slip from the hold; to slide; 3. to get lost (as in a crowd, unknown place, etc.).

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Damkutappisu, Dikkutappisu, Haditappisu, Kantappisu, Neletappisu, Taletappisu.

Full-text: Dari, Drishti, Tappu, Kannu.

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