[Tel.] n. A covering, a cover; the outside of anything: the husk of grain. The exterior surface or coat. Thatch, roof. Colour, as being a cover. Darkness. Blackness: also the dark colour applied to the teeth by some natives. intikappu or paikappu the thatch. melukappu a cover. adj. Black, dark, deep (as colour) kappucamana dark red. kappu kuttuka pulugu a peacock, as its neck is black. kapputeruvari fire. kappupacca sap green. kappurayi a sapphire nilamu. kappumala the “black hill.” katukakonda. kappumenigamu the planet Saturn. (gramu = grahamu.) kappu kempupollu crimson rubies. v. n. To spread, extend, come on, to cover, to settle as clouds or smoke. krammu. v. a. To cover, to place as a covering. acchadincu. kappukonu kappu-konu. v. a. and n. To cover oneself with. kannulakappukonu to greet: or rejoice at the sight of. kappudu kappudu. n. Covering achcadanamu. kappudencu kappudentsu Same as kappu v. n. kappuballakappu-balla. n. A plank of wood placed above the lintel of a door dvaramu midagodugu valla ninnu ballalaku nadumanunde palaka.