noun (neuter)
dīpa
"light / lamp"
"light / lamp" in spoken Kannada is dīpa. It's a noun (neuter) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 19: Winding Down at Night — Separable-Prefix Verbs of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note cognate with Hindi/Tamil dīpa/dīpam
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. dīpa is used in Lesson 19 (Winding Down at Night — Separable-Prefix Verbs, CEFR B1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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