ನೆಲ

Kannada

Etymology

Cognate to Tamil ஞாலம் (ñālam), Malayalam ഞാലം (ñālaṁ), and Telugu నేల (nēla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̪elɐ/

Noun

ನೆಲ • (nela)

  1. earth, land, soil

Declension

Declension of ನೆಲವು (nelavu)
singular plural
nominative ನೆಲವು (nelavu) ನೆಲಗಳು (nelagaḷu)
accusative ನೆಲವನ್ನು (nelavannu) ನೆಲಗಳನ್ನು (nelagaḷannu)
instrumental ನೆಲದಿಂದ (neladinda) ನೆಲಗಳಿಂದ (nelagaḷinda)
dative ನೆಲಕ್ಕೆ (nelakke) ನೆಲಗಳಿಗೆ (nelagaḷige)
genitive ನೆಲದ (nelada) ನೆಲಗಳ (nelagaḷa)

References

  • V. Krishna (2019) “ನೆಲ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
  • Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ನೆಲ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971