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Homonym. In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs —words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones —words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both. [ 1] Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument ...
Homophone. Venn diagram showing the relationships between homophones (blue circle) and related linguistic concepts. A homophone ( / ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə -/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning and sometimes also in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, for example ...
The Kannadigas or Kannaḍigaru[ a] ( Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು[ b] ), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada and trace their ancestry to the South Indian state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions. [ 5] The Kannada language belongs to the Dravidian family ...
Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jaya he Karnataka Maate ( pronounced [Jaya bhārata jananiya tanujāte, jaya hē karnāṭaka māte]; lit. 'Victory to you Mother Karnataka, The Daughter of Mother India!') is a Kannada -language poem composed by Kuvempu. The poem was officially declared the state anthem of the Indian state of Karnataka in 2004.
Bhagyada balegara. " Bhagyada balegara hogi ba " ( Kannada: ಭಾಗ್ಯಾದ ಬಳೆಗಾರ ಹೋಗಿ ಬಾ, meaning Dear bangle seller, please go to my home town) is a popular Kannada folk song. [ 1] The song is about a conversation between a newly married lady and a bangle seller. The lady asks the bangle seller to visit her ...
The most common is the circumflex (which it calls to bach, meaning "little roof", or acen grom "crooked accent", or hirnod "long sign") to denote a long vowel, usually to disambiguate it from a similar word with a short vowel or a semivowel. The rarer grave accent has the opposite effect, shortening vowel sounds that would usually be pronounced ...
weak (or unaccented): a rhyme between two sets of one or more unstressed syllables. ( hammer, carpenter) semirhyme: a rhyme with an extra syllable on one word. ( bend, ending) forced (or oblique): a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound. ( green, fiend; one, thumb) assonance: matching vowels. ( shake, hate) Assonance is sometimes referred to ...
Kannada ( / ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn -/; [ 4][ 5] ಕನ್ನಡ, IPA: [ˈkɐnːɐɖa] ), formerly also known as Canarese, [ 6] is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third ...