[Tel.] n. Good, kindness. upakaramu. Good fortune, prosperity, favour, happiness, ksemamu, subhamu. Profit, advantage, labhamu. Righteousness,punyamu, sukrtamu. Excellence, superiority, visesamu. Love, mohamu. Pride, madamu. “caduvula meluledo.” P. iv. 119. akkadiki pote melu it would be better to go there.ademelu so much the better. melerugu to be grateful, remember kindness. kidumelu telisinavadu one who knows good and evil. ‘melukaligevadu in time of prosperity. “tatsutasatakambukante noka sunrta vakyamu melubhuvara.” Bharat melu or meli adj. Upper, higher. upari, adhikamu, pai. Good, better. Noble, fine, excellent, superior,subhamaina, sresthamaina. melumidde an upper storey. “lopaliyantastuloni melmidde.” Sarang. D. 113. melugoda the top wall, battlement, parapet or rail wall. melumusuku the outer cover. melumata or meluvarta happy news. adv. Up, above, over, melu or melumelu interj. Well done! excellent! better and better! jaya, jaya jaya. melukattu meli-kattu. n. An awning, a canopy. vitanamu. “melimimiraga melukattulugattu, ramaniya cinambaramulugatti.” N. ix. 124. melukammicira melu-kammi-chira. n. A cotton cloth woven with a coloured border three inches broad. meluceyyi melu-cheyyi. n. Superiority. heccu, adhikyamu. adj. Superior, heccaina. Victorious, gelupugala. meluceyyiganundu to prevail, to have the advantage. “atlu tamavaru meluceyyaina bhangivini.” M. VI. ii. 2. melimi melimi. n. Fineness, excellence. Pure gold. tapta kancanamu, aparanji. melimi or meli adj. Fine, excellent. B. X. 207. melillu mel-illu. n. A upper storey, meda, saudhamu. melukonu, melkonu, melukanu, melkanu, melukancu or melkancu melu-konu. v. n. To awake, rise. To be aroused, stand on one’s guard, be alert. nidrateliyu, jagratapadu. melukolupu melukolupu. v. a. To awaken. nidralepu. melukolupulu melu-kolupulu. n. Matinsong, reveille, music in the dawning. suprabhatamulu. cf. “the dulcet sounds at break of day, &c. melukolu melu-kolu. n. The act of awaking, melukonuta. meludurangi ormeldurangi melu-durangi. [H. dorangi] n. Fine velvet. Fine shot silk. okavidhamaina cakkanipattu. “patikampumetlanu jigirangu meldurangi.” T. iv. 202. meluvadu or melpadumelu-padu. n. To fall in love, be enamoured, mohimacu, asapadu. “evvanicuci melupadite yaravinda dalaksi.” Vijaya. iii. 37. melubanti melu-banti. n. The top line, the copy set to a schoolboy learning to write. A pattern, madiri. One who is or sets an example; a paragon of excellence, an example, udaharanamu. adj. Excellent, sresthamu, sresthudu, sresthuralu. “medininadhulakunella melubantiga bravartimpakela, duskarmivaiti.” Vish. ii. 116. “nijacaritrambu bhavibubhujulakella melubantigavasumatiyelucunde.” ib. vi. 63.melalumaccu melu-matstsu. n. An upper storey, candrasala. melumacculu a kind of game played by boys. melurasi melu rasi. n. The top part of a heap of winnowed grain.turpettina dhanyapusogu. meluvadu melu-vadu. n. A lover, vitudu, valapukadu, mancivadu. “antaradhakumelu vadaimurari.” A. v. 56.