Tone, Ṭoṇe, Toneya, Ṭoṇeya: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṭoṇe (ಟೊಣೆ):—

1) [verb] to give a sever beating to; to flog; to thrash.

2) [verb] to separate into parts as by piercing, cutting, etc.

3) [verb] to leave; to forsake; to desert.

4) [verb] to win victory over; to defeat; to overcome; to beat.

5) [verb] cheat; to defraud; to deceive.

6) [verb] to take or appropriate another’s property, without permission or in a dishonest amd surreptitious manner.

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Ṭoṇeya (ಟೊಣೆಯ):—[adjective] having a corpulent body; bulky; lubberly.

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Ṭoṇeya (ಟೊಣೆಯ):—[noun] a big, lubberly fellow; a hulk.

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Toṇe (ತೊಣೆ):—

1) [noun] equality, as in amount, status or character; parity.

2) [noun] a pair a) two identical, similar or corresponding things that are matched for use together; b) two individuals who are similar or in some way associated.

3) [noun] one of the two individuals so associated.

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Toṇe (ತೊಣೆ):—[noun] a case for arrows; a quiver.

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Tone (ತೊನೆ):—

1) [verb] to move oneself, in quick motion, back and forth, side to side, etc.; to vibrate; to quiver.

2) [verb] to move oneself (as something held or fastened at one end or as a part of the body) repeatedly back and forth, from side to side or up and down; to swing; to wag; to sway.

3) [verb] to cause to move up and down, back and forth or from side to side with short, quick movements; to shake (something).

4) [verb] (a current of air) to move with some force; to blow.

5) [verb] to move coquettishly (to get men’s attention and admiration); to coquette.

6) [verb] to like very much; to love.

7) [verb] to pull at (the strings of a musical instrument, as vīṇe) and release quickly with little jerking movements of the fingers.

8) [verb] to wave, shake or exhibit in a menacing, challenging or exultant way; to brandish.

9) [verb] to bend the head forward slightly and raise it again quickly, as a sign of greeting, appreciation, acknowledgment, agreement or assent; to nod.

10) [verb] to throw off or away; to shed; to cast off.

11) [verb] (fig.) to behave in an insolent or arrogant manner.

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Tone (ತೊನೆ):—

1) [noun] equality, as in amount, status or character; parity.

2) [noun] a pair a) two identical, similar or corresponding things that are matched for use together; b) two individuals who are similar or in some way associated.

3) [noun] one of the two individuals so associated.

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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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