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Window To Our Culture - Proverbs & Sayings - Guest - 08-26-2008
Konkani Proverbs
<i>boD khaavnu kumbo kelle</i>
Literal Meaning: Ate my head and made it hollow.
Context Of Usage: An irritating person who talks a lot (on unintersting topics) to give one an headache.
<i>chaaraaNe ku.nkaDa, baaraaNe maasolu</i>
Literal Meaning: Four annas for the chicken and twelve annas for the masala.
Context Of Usage: A relatively inexpensive thing that costs more to maintain.
Miscellaneous Notes: Four annas make up the equivalent of present day 25 paisas (or a quarter of a rupee).
<i>raatri paLayile baayi.ntu, disaa vachchunu poDche</i>
Literal Meaning: Fall during the day into a well which was seen in the night.
Context Of Usage: Doing a mistake inspite of having forseen the consequences.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indian_proverbs
Window To Our Culture - Proverbs & Sayings - Guest - 12-17-2009
Proverb: "Edigo Puli anti, adigo toka antaru jannam "
Language: Telugu
Translation: If one shouts here is Tiger, then other person in the crowd is going to shout there I see a tail, even though one doesn't see a tiger at all.
Courtesy: RameshVarma @ BRF
Window To Our Culture - Proverbs & Sayings - Guest - 02-09-2010
Saying: Pathinarum Petru Peru Vazhvu Vazhga
Language: Tamil
Translation/Meaning - Courtesy Rajan Venkateswaran {source: http://rajanvenkateswaran.blogspot.com/2007/12/pathinarum-petru-peru-vazhvu-vazhga.html}
Quote:In Tamil Nadu, from where my forefathers migrated to Kerala, elderly people bless the newly wed 'Pathinarum Petru Peru Vazhvu Vazhga' (Live a long life acquiring 16 boons). The 16 boons are,
"thudhi vaani veeram visayam sandhaanam thunivu dhanam
madhi dhaaniyam saubaaggiyam bogam - arivu azhagu
pudhidhaam perumai aram kulam novagal pun vayadhu"
thudhi = fame
vaani = education
veeram = courage
visayam = success
sandhaanam = progeny
thunivu = daring
dhanam = finance
madhidhaaniyam = valued grain(abundance of food)
saubaaggiyam = well-being
bogam = enjoyment of pleasures
arivu = wisdom
azhagu = beauty
pudhidhaam perumai = unending honours
aram = philanthropy
kulam = birth (lineage)
novagal pun vayadhu = healthy long life
Window To Our Culture - Proverbs & Sayings - Bharatvarsh2 - 02-09-2010
Proverb: "Edigo Puli anti, adigo toka antaru jannam "
Should be:
"Idigo puli ante, adigo toka antaru janam".