[Tel.] v. a. &n. To step, walk, tread. adugupettu, naducu, trokku. “mella mellana mettucudolagi allanallanatalupulandaku jeri.” BD iv. 1523. To tread on, to trample on. To kick, to thrust with the foot. To wear, as sandals. tokku, kalitotannu, padukalu vesikonu. “eyetirthamulandu grunkiditi reyedvipamul mettinaru.” Swa. i. 26. “nillamunuganela jaladhimettaganela monasivelpulakunu mrokkanela.” Vema. iii. 259. n. Treading, trokkuta. A step of a ladder or stair, sopanamu. A step, grade, degree, rank. A mount a hill, tippa, konda. The total, verasi. A custom house, sunkamu puccukonucotu. A stop on the lute, vinesarakattu. Curds mixed with water, aspulimettu sour curds, pullanimajjiga. mettu a shoe, slipper. padaraksa. plu. metlu. sandals, pavakollu. mettincu mettintsu. v. n. To lead to make one walk, to cause to be trampled. To suggest, to stir the mind. nadipincu, tokkincu. To kill, campu. “mintan mrosinamrota talimini lo mettimpamunnipuna yintan buttedavancukaṃsudutodinhiṃsince niyannalan.” B. X. 102. mettika mettika. n. A step , mettu, sopanamu. See also metika. mettimalladu metti-mall-adu. v. a. To trample down or all over, to ruin,hatamuceyu, dhvaṃsamuceyu. “karmambula kattadalakulonugaka mayalanumetti malladi nirmalalingaseva nettibhaktighatincu.” L. xvi. 229. mettuku mettu-ku. adv. On the whole, altogether. In fact, in all, at the most, at least, at any rate. In short, at the best or worst, once for all, finally, at last, in the end, after all, withal, yet still. tudaku. mettukupoyinadu of course he is gone. mettillu (mettina + illu) the mother-in-law’s house, adudani attagarillu. mettubralu sacred rice, talabralu.