[Tel.] v. a. To strike, knock. smite, beat, thrash. To attack (as rats do.) To rob, as highwaymen do. To quash, refute, defeat, dismiss, nonsuit. To strike off (the head) or behead. To strike out or rescind (a word). darulu kottu to rob (on) the high road. godanu kagitamukottu to put (or stick) a paper on the wall. cappatlukottu to clap the hands. accukottu to print. korrukottu to impale. itakottu to swim. nannumukottu to whitewash. nannu dongalukottinaru thieves robbed me. cempakottu to give a slap on the cheek. buddikottu to crack a bottle, i.e, drink liquor. talakottu to behead, to ruin. pindikottu to pound flour. derakottu to pitch a tent. udagottu to loosen. cedagottu to spoil or ruin. telagottu to set afloat. digagottu to drive in. naliyagottu to bruise. pandlu ralagottu to knock out a man’s teeth. pagalagottu a break to pieces. padagottu to throw down. pogottu to lose. virugagottu to break; sagagottu to beat out (metal). ukottu to hum in assent while listening. busakottu to hiss. vadu cesina daurjanyamu vanni kottinadi his wickedness has fallen on his own head. na notlo mannu kottinaru they have cast earth into my mouth, i.e., cheated or ruined me. kottincu kottintsu. v. t. To cause to beat.