Todalu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Todalu (ತೊದಲು):—

1) [verb] to speak or say with involuntary pauses or blocks, often with rapid repetitions of syllables or initial sounds, as temporarily from excitement, embarrassment, etc. or chronically as a result of muscle spasms believed to result from mental conflicts; stutter.

2) [verb] (said of a child learning to speak) to speak with indistinct but simple syllables; to lisp.

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Todalu (ತೊದಲು):—

1) [noun] a stammering mode of utterance.

2) [noun] a stammered utterance.

3) [noun] indistinct utterance of a child that is learning speech.

4) [noun] a false statement made with a deliberate intention to misrepresent fact or facts; a lie.

5) [noun] suspicion a) an instance of suspecting guilt, a wrong, harmfulness, etc. with little or no supporting evidence; b) the feeling or state of mind of a person who suspects.

6) [noun] the act or an instance of cheating; fraud.

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Todaḷu (ತೊದಳು):—[verb] = ತೊದಲು [todalu]1.

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Todaḷu (ತೊದಳು):—[noun] = ತೊದಲು [todalu]2.

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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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