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Uppu (ಉಪ್ಪು):—

1) [noun] sodium chloride, NaCl, a white, crystalline substance with a characteristic taste, found in natural beds, in sea water, etc., and used for seasoning and preserving foods, etc.; (common) salt.

2) [noun] the taste of common salt.

3) [noun] a favour or service; an obligation.

4) [noun] ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಗೊಬ್ಬರ [uppina gobbara] uppina gobbara a chemical fertiliser put on or in the soil to improve the quality or quantity of plant growth; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮಾಳ [uppinamala] uppina māḷa = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ [uppinamole]; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮಾಳೆ [uppinamale] uppina māḷe = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ [uppinamole]; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೇಳೆ [uppinamele] uppina mēḷe = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ [uppinamole]; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೊಳೆ [uppinamole] uppina moḷe = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ [uppinamole]; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ [uppinamole] uppina mōḷe the heap of raw, unrefined salt; 2.a tax levied on the unrefined salt; ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಋಣ [uppina rina] uppina řṇa the condition or fact of being indebted to another for a help (esp. in getting one’s livelihood) received; ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಗಿಡ [uppina gida] uppina giḍa a short weed with edible leaves, Oxalis corniculata ( = O. pusilla, = Xanthoxalis corniculata) of Oxalidaceae family; Indian sorrel; ಉಪ್ಪು ಸೊಪ್ಪಾಗು [uppu soppagu] uppu soppāgu to change the basic nature (of a person); ಉಪ್ಪು ಹಾಕು [uppu haku] uppu hāku to add salt (to a food preparation); 2. not to show any concern, interest or fear; ಉಪ್ಪು ಹುಟ್ಟದಿರು [uppu huttadiru] uppu huṭṭadiru (one’s credibility) to be lost; ಉಪ್ಪು ಹುಳಿ ತಿನ್ನುವ ದೇಹ [uppu huli tinnuva deha] uppu huḷi tinnuva dēha (fig.) (a statement generalising the mankind) one has feelings or faults that are natural because these are common for all human beings; 'a person of flesh and blood'; ಉಪ್ಪಿಲ್ಲ, ಹುಳಿಯಿಲ್ಲ [uppilla, huliyilla] uppilla, huḷiyilla not interesting or satisfying; dull; empty; jejune; ಉಪ್ಪು ಕಾರ [uppu kara] (ಖಾರ [khara]) ಹಚ್ಚು [haccu] uppu kāra (khāra) haccu (fig.) to report, convey in an exciting, provocating or exaggerated manner to give a curious or dimmer picture than the fact is; ಉಪ್ಪು ತಿಂದ ಮನೆಗೆ ಎರಡು ಬಗೆ [uppu timda manege eradu bage] uppu tinda manege eraḍu bage (prov.) to be ungrateful to one from whom timely help was received; ಉಪ್ಪು ತಿಂದವ ನೀರು ಕುಡಿದಾನು [uppu timdava niru kudidanu] uppu tindava nīru kuḍidānu (prov.) one has to inevitably face the consequence of one’s own deed; ಉಪ್ಪಿನವ ಕೆಟ್ಟೆ ಅಂದರೆ, ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿಯವ ಹೊರಳಿಹೊರಳಿ ಅತ್ತ [uppinava kette amdare, temginakayiyava horalihorali atta] uppinava keṭṭe andare, teŋgina kāyiyav horaḷi horaḷi atta (prov.) show hypocritical sympathy; ತಾಯಿಗಿಂತ ಬಂಧುವಿಲ್ಲ ಉಪ್ಪಿಗಿಂತ ರುಚಿಯಿಲ್ಲ [tayigimta bamdhuvilla uppigimta ruciyilla] utāyiginta bandhuvilla, uppiginta ruciyilla (prov.) one’s mother is his or her best well-wisher; ಉರಿಯುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಉಪ್ಪು ಹಾಕು [uriyuvudakke uppu haku]/ಹಚ್ಚು [haccu] uriyuvudakke uppu hāku/haccu (prov.) to behave rudely, annoyingly with someone who is already agonised or in great pain; to cause to increase another’s pain, anger etc.; to add insult to injury; ಒಬ್ಬನ ಉಪ್ಪು ತಿಂದಿರು [obbana uppu timdiru] obbana uppu tindiru (fig.) to be indebted to another for the help received while in distress.

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Uppu (ಉಪ್ಪು):—

1) [noun] a place of one’s normal stay; a residence.

2) [noun] the state of being.

3) [noun] (in games like kuṇṭu bille) a square marked with cross lines where the player has the protection against making mistakes or from being declared out.

4) [noun] (in games) a defeat imposed on one’s rival.

5) [noun] a particular kind of game played by women.

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Uppu (ಉಪ್ಪು):—[noun] (dial.) a treating (a child) very tenderly; foolish or excessive fondling; a pampering; a coddling.

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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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