ಕ್

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   the twenty-first letter of the alphabet (Śmd. 12. 21). when the initial of the second word of a compound, it sometimes remains unchanged (Śmd. 78. 79. 80. 198. 199. 207. 208. 209. 210. 217. 222. 225. 386), but often changes into ಗ್ (77. 78. 195. 197. 198. 199. 200. 202. 203. 205. 206. 207. 210-216. 218. 221-224. 381. 386. 387); once it takes the form of ಚ್ (215). about the very frequent dialectical interchange of ಕ್ and ಚ್ (ತಾಸ್) see e. g. ಕೆಡು 2, ಕಿ/?/, ಕಿವಿ, ಕೆಯ್ 2, etc.