Names of Insects in Kannada - KeetagaLu

Nona - Housefly

Jenu Nona - Honeybee

Chitte - Butterfly

SoLLe  - Mosquito

Jirale - Cockroach

Iruve - Ant

Midathe - Grasshopper / Locust

Beetle - Dumbi ( u sounds like u in Put )

Spider - Jeda

Animal Sounds in Kannada words

Kozhi Koogutthade -

Naayi BogaLutthade

Katthe Kiruchutthade

Hulu Garjisutthade

Aane PeeLidutthade

KogiLe  Haadutthade

Numbers and Number names in Kannada

The first colums give the numbers ( AnkagaLu ) and the second column gives the number names.This post will help you to identify the bus numbers!I had a tough time identifying my bus initially

Numbers	Number names in Kannada	English Equivalent
೧	Ondu	One
೨	Eradu	Two
೩	Mooru	Three
೪	Naalku	Four
೫	Aidhu	Five
೬	Aaru	Six
೭	Ezhu	Seven
೮	Entu	Eight
೯	Onbattu	Nine
೧೦	Hatthu	Ten

Vegetables - ThargaarigaLu.

This post lists the vegetable names in Kannada.

Onion - eeruLLi 

Garlic - veLLuLLi

Ginger - shunthi

All tubers / roots end with gedde.

Potato - aloo gedde

Radish - mulangi gedde

Sweet potato - sigi genasu gedde

Green leafy vegetables are called soppu.

Coriander leaves - kothambari soppu

Curry leaves -  karibevu soppu

Spinach - pasala soppu

Methi - methi soppu

Brinjal - badane kaayi

Beans - huruli kaayi

Ladies finger - bende kaayi

Cucumber  - southe kaayi

Pumpkin - kumbaLa kaayi

Capsicum - donna mensina kaayi

Green chillies - hasi mensina kaayi  ( hasi - green )

Red chillies - kempu mensina kaayi

Ridge gourd - Heere kaayi

Bitter gourd - Hagala kaayi

Bottle gourd - Sora kaayi

Drumstick - nugge kaayi

Snake gourd - padavala kaayi

Raw banana - Hasi bhaale kaayi

Raw mango - Hasi maavina kaayi

cabbage - koosu

Cauliflower - Hoo koosu

Lemon - Limbe hannu

Colours in Kannada - BannagaLu

Kempu - Red

Hasiru - Green

BiLi- White

Kappu - Black

Neela - Blue

Haladhi - Yellow

Kesari/KitthaLe - Orange

NeraLe - Purple

Gulaabi - Pink

Brown - Khaaki

light colour --> thili bannada

dark colour --> kadu bannada

Time and Duration in Kannada

In this post we shall see some commonly used words to describe time and duration. We shall also see usage for some of the words.

Today - evathu  ( e as in easy )

Tommorow - naaLe

Yesterday - neNNe

Day before yesterday - moNNe  ( mo as in Modi )

Day after tommorrow - naadidhu

15 mins past 8 clock - entu ( e as elephant ) kaalu  

30 mins past 8 clock - entu varai

45 mins past 8 clock - entu mukkalu

Year - varusha

Month - thingaLu

Week - vaara

Day - dina

Hour - gante

Minute - nimisha

Last week - hoda vaara ( the week that just went by )

Next week - mundina vaara

Previous week - hindina vaara

Past tenses of Kannada verbs

Place holder for Kannada verbs past tense.

Opposites in Kannada - Part III

Place holder for some more opposites..

1. mean  (sankuchita )  x  nice ( udara )

2. heavy (bhaara )   x light ( hagura )

3. dirty (holasu )  x clean ( swachha )

The carpet is very dirty.It has to be cleaned -> Carpetnalli thumba holasu ide. Athana swaccha maadu beku.

4. brave ( shoora ) x coward ( hedi )

The king of Vijayanagara had many brave soldiers -> Vijayanagarada raja hathira thumba shoora sainikaru iddaru.
The army should not have any cowards -> Army hathira hedigaLu ira baaradu.

Opposites in Kannada - Part II

Some more opposites...

hot - bisi           x cold - thampu

dry - vona       x wet - hasi

 fast  - bega     x  slow - nidaana

apart  - bere  x together - jothe

high - hecchu  x low - kadimai

front - munde  x back - hinde

top - mele x down - kelege

Parts of the Body in Kannada

This post lists the parts of Body in Kannada.Later on I shall update with sample usage as well.

Parts of the Body in Kannada

1. Brain     -  MēdaLu

2. Hair      -   Koodalu

3. Forehead - Hane

4. Eyebrow - Hubbu

5. Eyelash - Kannu IrappaigaLu

6. Ear - Kivi

7. Nose - Moogu

8. Lips - Thutti

9. Teeth - HallugaLu

10.Tounge - NaaLige

11.Throat - Gandelu

12. Chest - Edde

13. Chin - Gadda

14. Cheeks - GaLLu

15. Neck - Huttige

16. Shoulder - Bhuja

17. Mouth - Baai

18. Hand - Kai

19. Fingers - BeralugaLu

20. Palm - Angaai

21. Nail - Uguru

22. Stomach - hotte

23. Leg - Kaalu

24. Knee - Monakaalu

25. Feet - PaadagaLu

26. Heart - Hridaya

27. Blood - Iraktha

28. Nerve - Nara

29. Face - Mugha

30. Toes - Kaal BiralugaLu

31. Elbows - Mona kai

32. Ankle - Himmadi

33. Thigh - Thodai

34. Thumb - Hebbaralu

35. Pointer - Thorberalu

36. Little finger - Kiriberalu

Birds - PakshigaLu

Names of birds in Kannada

1. Sparrow - Gubbi

2. Parrot - Gili

3. Peacock - Navilu

4. Pigeon - PaarivaLa

5. Crow - Kaage

6. Vulture - Rana Haddu

7. Hen - Kozhi

8. Duck - BaathuKozhi

9. Owl - Goobe

10. Cuckoo - Kogile

11. Swan - Hamsa

12. Kite/Hawk - Giduga

13 King fisher - MeenchuLLi

14. Crane - Kokkare

15. Eagle - Haddhu

Animals - PraanigaLu

Names of Animals in Kannada

1. Cow - AakaLu

2. Elephant - Aane

3. Tiger - HuLi

4.  Lion - Simha

5. Horse - Kudure

6. Donkey - Katte

7. Monkey - Kothi

8. Deer - Jinke

9. Camel - Onte

10. Bear - Karadi

11. Buffalo - Emme

12. Ox - Ettu

13. Cheetah - Chirate

14. Fox - Nari

15. Cat - Bekku

16. Calf - AakaLu mari

17. Pig - Handhi

18. Wolf -ThoLa

19. Goat - Meke

20. Sheep - Kuri

21. Billy Goat  - Tagaru

22. Snake - Uraga , Haavu ,Saraga

23. Dog - Naayi 

24. Rabbit - Mola

25. Mouse - Ili

26. Tortoise - Aame

27. Crocodile - MosaLe

Fruits - HannugaLu

Names of fruits in Kannada

1. Banana - Bale hannu

2. Apple - Sebu hannu

3. Chiku - Sapota

4. Mango - Maavina hannu

5. Jack fruit - Halasina hannu

6. Grapes - Drakshi

7. Custard apple - Seethaphal

8. Guava - Perale

9. Jamun fruit - Nerale hannu

10.Orange - Kithale hannu

11.Lemon - Nimbe hannu

12.Water melon - Kallangadi hannu

13.Sweet lime - Mousambi

14.Papaya - Papayi.

15.Pineapple - Anaanas