[Tel.] n. A want, deficiency, defect; inferiority, baseness. lotakkuva the balance or remaining sums of money ekkuvatakkuvalu or heccutakkuvalu difference, irregularity, improper words. adj. Deficient, defective, inferior, mean, contempitible, base, low. With a dative it means less: as kosuku takkuva less than two miles. idi okate takkuva this alone was wanting. adi yemitakkuva what harm? what matter? takkuvamatalu low expressions, improper language. ekkuvatakkuvaga adv. More or less. takkuvapadu takkuva-padu. v. n. To be wanting, to be deficient, to be insufficient. koratapadu. takkuvapatu takkuva-patu. n. Want, deficiency.