ಎಮ್ಮೆ

ಅಲರ್ ನಿಘಂಟು (ವಿ. ಕೃಷ್ಣ)

1. 1.
   noun

   a slow, powerful buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, native to South Asia, Malaya, and the Philippine Islands, having a pair of large, strong horns growing from the sides of the head, domesticated and reared for milk and used as a draft animal; ಻ she-buffalo.

2. 2.
   noun

   (fig.) a person who is slow in action, slow-witted and insensitive.

3. 3.
   noun

   (chiefly in composition) a big or large one.

4. 4.
   noun

   ಎಮ್ಮೆಚರ್ಮದವನು(ಳು, ರು) emme charmadavanu(ḷu, ru) (fig.) a man (or woman or persons) slow-witted, insensitive and deliberately indifferent to blame, criticism, insults, etc.; a thick-skinned man (woman, person); ಎಮ್ಮೆಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿರು emmeya hāge biddukoṇḍiru to sleep very well; to sleep like a log; ಎಮ್ಮೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಳೆಹುಯ್ದಹಾಗೆ emme mēle maḷe huyda hāge (prov.) (proverbial analogy) like providing comfort to a lazy person, which would further slow down the work being done by him or her; ಎಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಎರಡು ಕೊಂಬಾದರೆ, ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಎಂಟು ಕೋಡು emmege eraḍu kombādare, hemmege eṇṭu kōḍu (prov.) haughtiness is more offensive than the spear; ಎಮ್ಮೆಯ ಉಚ್ಚೆ ಇರುವೆಗೆ ಜಲಪ್ರಳಯ emmeya ucce iruvege jalapraḷaya (prov.) even petty difficulties may be disastrous for fragile persons.

ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ನಿಘಂಟು (Učida & Rajapurohit)

1. 1.
   n.

   1 (cattle) buffalo 2 (work) þfig.ß idler, lazy fellow 3 (size)｟ibc.｠huge ű ಎಮ್ಮೆಗುಂಡು huge boulder

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   1. ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕಾಲಿನ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಾಣಿ.
   2. ಸೋಮಾರಿ.
   3. ಹಿರಿದು.