Kannada — top 212 words

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#	Kannada	English
1		hello, greetings (respectful)
2		thanks, thank you
3		person
4		man
5		woman
6		child
7		girl
8		friend
9		teacher
10		student
11		king
12		queen
13		mother
14		father
15		elder brother, older brother
16		elder sister
17		son
18		daughter
19		husband
20		he
21		she
22		we
23		they (proximal)
24		what...?
25		why
26		one
27		two
28		three
29		four
30		five
31		six
32		seven
33		eight
34		nine
35		ten
36		eleven
37		twelve
38		twenty
39		thousand
40		body
41		head of the body
42		face
43		eye
44		ear
45		nose
46		mouth
47		tooth
48		tongue
49		neck, throat
50		hand
51		finger
52		nail
53		breast
54		stomach
55		back
56		leg
57		skin
58		bone
59		blood
60		heart
61		liver
62		water
63		milk
64		fish
65		egg
66		salt
67		sugar
68		honey
69		oil
70		potato
71		apple
72		onion
73		coffee
74		liquor, arrack
75		flour (cooking ingredient)
76		animal
77		dog
78		cat
79		cow, cattle
80		bull
81		calf (a young cow or bull)
82		goat
83		sheep
84		pig
85		horse
86		donkey; ass
87		chicken, hen
88		bird
89		mouse, rat
90		lion
91		elephant
92		rhinoceros
93		crocodile
94		snake
95		turtle, tortoise
96		mosquito
97		worm
98		louse
99		bear
100		wolf
101		fox
102		eagle
103		owl
104		crow
105		sun
106		moon
107		sky
108		cloud
109		rain
110		wind, air
111		lightning
112		fire
113		smoke
114		ash
115		sand
116		mountain (large, rocky hill)
117		river
118		lake (body of water)
119		sea, ocean
120		island
121		snow, ice, frost
122		tree
123		grass
124		leaf (part of a plant)
125		flower
126		root
127		garden, farm, orchard, plantation
128		road
129		desert
130		light
131		shadow
132		home, house
133		door
134		window
135		bed
136		chair
137		table, desk
138		spoon
139		knife
140		basket
141		box, container
142		hat
143		money
144		book
145		paper, sheet of paper, card, lettercard
146		letter, character (of an alphabet)
147		picture
148		car, automobile
149		boat
150		ship, boat
151		airplane, aircraft
152		axe
153		key
154		needle
155		village
156		city
157		store, shop
158		school
159		church
160		hospital
161		well
162		bridge
163		time
164		night
165		A day of the week
166		month
167		hour, o’clock
168		season
169		summer
170		red
171		black
172		white
173		green (colour)
174		blue
175		yellow (color)
176		gray
177		big, large, great
178		small
179		small, little, insignificant
180		beautiful person or thing
181		new
182		prime, main, important
183		to come
184		To go
185		to eat
186		to stand
187		To run
188		To hear
189		to speak
190		to say, to tell
191		to learn
192		To read, study
193		to write
194		to give
195		to search
196		To kill
197		to die
198		to live
199		to show
200		to use, to utilize, to employ (a tool or method)
201		name
202		word
203		language
204		question, query
205		thing in general
206		life, existence (the period of time between birth and death)
207		death, demise, dying
208		god, deity
209		dream
210		news, tidings
211		medicine, drug, curative, physic, remedy, medication
212		price