Kannada Dictionary
14035-K-SHARATH(MT5712)XXXX
>Children of Kannadigas who are born in this country will never
>hear the following words growing up in this usa.
>
>1. soolemagane = son of a whore
>2. bolimagane = son of a widow
>3. hajama = barber
>4. jugga = a very stingy person
>5. bewarsi = ?
>6. beppathakkadi = i have no idea what this word means ( maybe stupid]
>7. goobe nanna magane = son of an owl
>8. shani = person born when the planet saturn was in the house #8
>9. pishachi = devil
>10. Kolli devva = devil with a torch
>
>I have requested my friend professor Dharanendrayya to send me
>additional enries to this list.As soon as I get them i will post it.
>
>Have a nice day, seeya.
Yentha maare,
Salpa Nidanisi, naalige mayle salpa Hathoti irali. Kannada padagalu andre
bari bigolu kettoythenu??? ACK nalli Henmakklu kooda iddarappa...
Barileye beku andre, wolye padagalu bariri.
Sharath
P.S: Non-SouthCanarians, if you didn't know, note that Maare is Bahu-Vachana
for Maaraya.
Giri Shivaram
>In article <3ev2m1$26...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, <ksp...@ibm.net> wrote:
>>Children of Kannadigas who are born in this country will never
>>hear the following words growing up in this usa.
>>2. bolimagane = son of a widow
>>3. hajama = barber
>>4. jugga = a very stingy person
>>5. bewarsi = ?
>>6. beppathakkadi = i have no idea what this word means ( maybe stupid]
>>7. goobe nanna magane = son of an owl
>>8. shani = person born when the planet saturn was in the house #8
>>9. pishachi = devil
>>10. Kolli devva = devil with a torch
Unfortunately, this is not true. Growing up as a Kannadiga in this country ,
I have heard this expressions quite frequently and even more, such as:
Goofat
Ghamod
Goobald
etc, etc.
Bye,
Giri.
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