[Tel. padi+unu.] n. Time, season, samayamu. Temper, sharpness, whetting, vadi. Moisture, tadi. Goodness of metal. The right degree of softness (in boiled areca nut, &c.) paripakamu. a kattiki padunu raledu that knife is not properly tempered. dunnadamunaku a nela padunuga nundaledu the ground is not sufficiently moist for ploughing. ukkunu kacadamulo padunu tappinadi he failed in giving the right temper to the steel. “padunainabaluvadimeruguvalu.” HK. iv. 193. padanukonu padanu-konu. v. n. To become wet or moist, tadiyu. “sanabattina rapodicalli medapi. padanunudhanidicesenopadmabhavudu.” Swa. ii. 40. ti padanu, cetitadi. padanu petterayi a bone or whetstone. okapadunuvana one moistening of rain, i.e., so much rain as renders the earth fit for ploughing. One padanu or wetting sinks into the ground about the depth of a plough share: equivalent to “one inch of rain.” padunuceyu to moisten. pogakupadunuceyu to prepare or cure tobacco in a particular way.padunupettu to set or sharpen.