[Tel.] n. Nearness. samipamu. adv. and postposition. By, at, near, close by, at hand, towards, to, with, in possession of. vadda, samipamandu. evvaridaggara konnavu from whom did you buy it? na daggira unnadi I have it by me. atani daggiraledu he has not got it. i padyamu daggiranundi cadivenu he read on from this verse. nenu daggira untini I was by, I was present. daggirakutiyu to take (a child) into one’s family, to patronise, protect, take into one’s keeping. daggiri or daggari daggiri. adj. Near. samipamandunna. daggirincu,daggarincu or daggaru daggirintsu. v. n. To draw near, approach. samipincu.