man (male)
—
<ready meal>
1 realization
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kannada | |
| Lexeme | gaṃḍu | |
| Meaning 1 | man | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | (being as) cooked rice | |
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 311 | |
| Comment | Another meaning: courageous man, valiant man. DEDR: n. 1173 | |
Presumably, there is a сontrast of "man" as a mature person, to "child" as unripe, not mature and "not fully cooked" one.