[Tel.] n. A country, land, territory; a district or subdivision of a country. rajyamu. A part, site, place, situation, seat, region. pradesamu. desakaki desa-kaki. n. A homeless wanderer, a vagrant. desapandiya, desapandya or desamukhi desa-pandiya. n. A recorder. The higher revenue officer, a superintendent. desabhasa. n. A vernacular language, as distinguished from Sanskrit; a dialect. desabhasagranthamu a book in a vernacular or modern language as distinguished from Sanskrit. desavadi or desavali desavadi. adj. Of or belonging to a country; produced in a country; native. desasthudu desasthudu. n. An inhabitant of a country. desahassilu desa-hassilu. n. Inland duty. desantaramu des-antaramu. n. A foreign country, a strange land. desantaramandu in another land, elsewhere. desantaramunakupovu to emigrate: to travel in foreign parts. desantarudu desantarudu. n. An emigrant, a foreigner. desantarudai poyenu he emigrated from his country. desacaramu des-acharamu. n.The custom of a country. dasacaraprakaramu vrapikonnapakramu a bond written “in the manner of the country:” desatanamu desatanamu. n. Travelling. desadhipati des-adhipati. n. A king: as “lord of the land.” desayi desayi. n. Desayi, a title borne by a headman among the Balijas. A chief man among the Lingayat merchants, peddasetti. desikudu desikudu. n. A tutor, master, instructor, or teacher. guruvu, desiyamu desiyamu. n. A dialect, a local expression. An obsolete idiom. a provincialism. adj. Idiomatic, provincial. desyamu desyamu. adj. Belonging to the country. Native. n. The language of a country, a vernacular; a vernacular term. Desya words are opposed to foreign words.