noun (neuter)
oota
"meal / food"
"meal / food" in spoken Kannada is oota. It's a noun (neuter) that you'll first encounter in Lesson 4: The Weather is Nice Today of the KannadaMaadi course, where Anu and Ravi use it in context.
Grammar note Specifically a proper meal (lunch/dinner); cognate with Tamil 'oon'.
Heard in a real Bengaluru conversation
Words land faster when you hear them inside a real sentence. oota is used in Lesson 4 (The Weather is Nice Today, CEFR A1) — a short audio conversation between Anu and Ravi set in a recognisable Bengaluru situation.
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