Progress Of Indic Languages Vs English - 2

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<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Jul 31 2008, 01:44 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Jul 31 2008, 01:44 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I got answers to one of my questions, gindalu doesn't mean "discourage" but "make fun of" I think, my source says its from tamil kindal where it means  "make fun of" and I think it got into Venkatagiri dialect because of tamil influence.
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We use Kindalu not gindalu in Nellore/Chittoor districts. Gindalu sounds like plural for Ginde (metal pot).