ಕುಣ್ಟೆ

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.
   1.

   an instrument for levelling ploughed ground and removing noxious roots, weeds, etc.; it consists of a large block of wood (ದಿಣ್ಡು) in which two shafts are inserted, and from which a thick plate of iron (ಕುಡ) connected with it by two pieces of wood, just out; it is drawn by two oxen (S. Mhr.; ದೋಲ Mr. 370; Te. ಗುಣ್ಟಕೆ); in Mysore there are several bent pieces of iron in the block with an open interstice between each other, and the instrument is simply used for removing weeds, etc. from out of standing crops (see ಎಡಕುಣ್ಟೆ). ಕುಣ್ಟೆ ಹೊಡೆ to labour with the ಕುಣ್ಟೆ (C.). see ಎಡ-, ಎಡೆ-, ಬೆಳಸಾಲ-, ಹೆಗ್ಗುಣ್ಟೆ 2, the web-beam in a loom (S. Mhr.). 3, a measure of land.

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   a pit (for water), a pool, a pond (ಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಕುಣ್ಡ Śm. 36; My.; Tu. ಗುಣ್ಡಿ T. ಕುಟ್ಟೈ Te. ಕುಣ್ಟೆ, ಗುಣ್ಟೆ, ಗುನ್ತೆ cf. ಗುಣ್ಡಿ, ಚುಣ್ಟಿ etc.). ಕೆ/?/ಯನ್ಥಾ ಕುಣ್ಟೆ (ಆಧಾರ Si. 92; see also 91).

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   = ಕೊಣ್ಟು a knotty club. see Prv. s. ಮನೆ