[Tel.] n. Rising ground, high lying land, uplands. A hill, a rock. unnatabhumi, meraka, parvatamu, dibba. The foot, padamu. Dry land as opposed to madi or magani land artificially irrigated. sarangametta the hill at Rajahmundry on which sarangadhara was slain. “ittalambugamida buttalu perigimettala kriyanunna yittisanmunulu.” BD. iii. 2141. mettajilugu metta-jilugu. n. A species of jilugu. (q. v.) mettatamara metta-tamara. n. The plant called Cassia alata, or Senna alata. Rox. ii. 349. mettapanta a dry crop, a crop raised on land which is solely dependent on rain. mettamadugu a lake among hills, or on rising ground, dona, kondamadugu. mettamargamu the upper road, merakamargamu. A land route (in opposition to samudramargamu “by water.”) mettanalupitta or mettavalpitta metta-valu-pitta. n. A fowl, kodi.