Unavu, Uṇavu: 2 definitions
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUṇavu (ಉಣವು):—[noun] (dial.) that which is fed as food, esp. the coarse food for cattle, horse, sheep, etc.; fodder.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconUṇavu (உணவு) noun < உண்-. [un-.]
1. Food, sustenance, eatables; ஆகாரம். உணவெனப்படுவது நிலத்தொடு நீரே [agaram. unavenappaduvathu nilathodu nire] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 18).
2. Boiled rice; சோறு. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [soru. (pingalagandu)]
3. Food-stuffs; உணவுப்பொருள். எண் வகை யுணவு [unavupporul. en vagai yunavu] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 633).
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Uṇavu (உணவு) noun < உண்-. [un-.] Rain; மழை. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [mazhai. (agarathi nigandu)]
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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Ends with: Aintunavu, Alliyunavu, Attunavu, Cil-pataunavu, Kolavunavu, Mattunavu, Munavu, Nal-vakaiunavu, Narravunavu, Nunavu, Otuvarkkunavu, Puluvunavu, Tunavu, Valiyunavu.
Full-text (+120): Kolavunavu, Narravunavu, Alliyunavu, Nal-vakaiunavu, Valiyunavu, Parukal, Vayiruppacam, Kalapocanam, Puluvunavu, Pocanam, Corakku, Aravaiccoru, Parannam, Arucippittam, Pakacattiram, Attun, Cil-pataunavu, Carppiraci, Aticil, Iraipparru.
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