Kasaragodu Malayalam (glossary) - updated

I want to make a list of Kasaragodu Malayalam words that I mostly use with my daughter.
pronouns:
മോള്‍ -mol- daughter
അപ്പ -appa- father
അമ്മ -amma- mother
ഞാന്‍ -nhan- I
നീ -ni- you
കുഞ്ഞമ്മി -kunhammi-darling
ആണ് -an- male
പെണ് -pen- female
ക്ഡാവ് -kdav- child

Sensory organs
കണ്ണ് -kann- eye
മൂക്ക്-mukk- nose
ചെവി -chevi- ear
നാക്ക് -nakk- tongue

Senses

നോക്ക്‌ -nokk- look

കാണ്ണ് -kan- see

കേക്ക് -kekk- hear

ചൂഡ് -chud- heat

തണക്ക് -tanakk- cool

നമ്ബല -nambala- pain
പൊള്ളു -pollu- burn
കൊള്ളു -kollu- hit/impact
മണ -mana- smell

Speech words

ബിളിക്ക് -bilikk- call

ചെല്ല് - chell- say/speak

പരെ -pare- say
ഓര്‍മ -orma- memory/remember
നിരോണ -nirona- reminder

കൂട്ട്‌ -kutt- noise/shout

Body parts

തല -tala- head

ബായി -bayi- mouth

തനര്‍ -tanar- hair

പല്ല് -pall- teeth

കയ് -kay- hand

കാല്-kal- leg

ബെരെള് -berel- finger

ബയര് -bayar- stomach

പൊര -pora- back
കാദ് -kad- pinna

എരാവു -eravu- wing
തുവല് -tuval- feather

Physical movements

നഡക്ക് -nadakk- walk

ഓഡ് -od- run

തുള്ളു -tullu- jump

പായു -payu- run
ഇരിക്ക്-irikk-sit
നിക്ക്-nikk-stand
തൂച്-tuch-sit
താച്-tach-sleep
കഡക്ക്-kadakk-lie down
ഒറങ്ങ്-orang-sleep

ബ്ഊവ് -b'uv- fall

Physical actions
ഇഡ് -id- put
എഡക്ക്‌-edakk- get/take
തൊഡു -todu- touch
ബെക്ക്‌ -bekk- put back/ return
പിടിക്ക്‌ -pidikk- catch/hold
ബിഡ് -bid- leave/free/release
ചാഡ്‌ -chad- throw
ബലിക്ക്-balikk- pull
തൊരക്ക്‌ -torakk- open
പൊത്ത്-pott- close
അഡിക്ക് -adikk- beat
തയിക്ക് -tayikk- beat
ഉന്ദ് -und- push
ചൊരിയു -choriyu- itch/scratch
പോ-po-go
ബാ-ba-come
കേര്-ker-climb up
കീ-ki-climb down
കൊഡുക്ക്-kodukk- give
താ/തെറു -ta/teru- give (to me)
ഇന -ina- take (from me)
ബാരു- baru- comb (v)
കീരു -kiru- tear
കഡിക്ക് -kadikk- bite

പൊട്ടാക്ക് -pottakk- spoil
പൊട്ടിക്ക് -pottikk- blast/burst

പൊളിക്ക് -polikk- break/destroy
കവ്വ് -kavv- wash
കത്തിക്ക്‌ -kattikk- light
ബിരിക്ക് -birikk- open and spread
പൊദിക്ക്‌ -podikk- cover
തിരിക്ക്- tirikk- turn
ചവട്ട്-chavatt- step on
ചുട്ടു -chuttu- circle(v), go round
പ്ര്‍ക്ക്‌ -prkk- pick
പെര്ദ് -perd- search

Existential words
എന്ദെ -ende- what
ഇന്ഡ് -ind- exists
അല്ല -alla- no (not that)
ഇല്ല -illa- no (doesn't exist)
ബ്ഏണു -b'enu- want
ബ്ഏണ്ഡ -b'enda- don't want
ആക് -ak- do
ആകി -aki- did
ആയി -ayi- done
ആഗ -aga- don't
ആകണ്ഡ-akanda- don't do
കയ്യു-kayyu-can
കയ്യ -kayya- can't
പണി -pani- work

Directions
ആഡ -ada- there
ഈഡ -ida- here
ഏഡ -eda- where
അങ്ങോട്ട്‌ -angott- that direction
ഇങ്ങോട്ട്‌-ingott- this direction
എങ്ങോട്ട്‌ -engott- which direction
മീത-mita-above/top
തായ-taya-below/down
ഉളില്-ulil-inside
പൊരത്ത്-poratt-outside
എദുരു -eduru- front
ബയ്യ -bayya- back

Activities
പാഡ് -pad- sing
കളിക്ക്-kalikk- play
തുള്ള്-tullu- dance
പഡിക്ക്- padikk- learn

Bio-respnose

കരെയു -kareyu- weep

ചിരിക്ക്-chirikk- laugh

ബായി പരെയു -bayi pareyu- scold

Feelings
നല്ലെദ്-nalled-good
മദി-madi-enough

പേഡി -pedi-fear

പട്ടിക്ക് -pattikk- dupe
ചിച്ചി-chichchi-bad

ചൊടി -chodi- anger

Bio movements

പയിക്ക് -payikk- hungry

ബേയിക്ക് -beyikk- eat meal

കൂട്ട്‌ -kutt- eat

കുഡിക്ക് -kudikk- drink

തൂരു -turu- defecate
തുപ്പ്‌ -tuppu- spit
ബ്ആത്ര ബ്ആത്‌ -b'atra b'at- pass urine
ബേര്ക്ക് -berkk- sweat

Changing Environment
മയ -maya- rain
കാറ്റ്‌-katt- wind
ബ്ളക്ക്-b'lakk- light
ഇരുട്ട് -irutt- darkness
കുളിര് -kulir- chill

തി -ti- fire

Still environment
മര -mara- tree
ഏല് -ael- branch
എല -ela- leaf
തയ് -tay- plant
മണ്ണ് -mann- soil/earth
ബ്ള്ളാ -b'lla- water
ചേര് -cher- mire

Articles
ചോര്-chor-rice/meal
ചെരുപ്പ്‌-cherupp-sandals
കാട്ട -katta-waste
ചീര്പു -chirpu- comb(n)

തൊട്ടില് -tottil- cradle
പായ -paya- bed
ബായക -bayaka- banana
പയ -paya- fruit

പൂ -poo- flower

Dwelling
ബ്ആട്ട്-b'att-house
പൊര-pora-house
ബയി -bayi- road
ബാദല് -badal- door
അഡക്കള -adakkala- kitchen
ചൊമര്‌ -chomaru- wall
ബര-bara- boundary wall


Space and Time
കാല്തെ -kalte- morning

ഉച്ചെക്ക്-uchchekk- afternoon

ബ് യട്ട്-b'yatt- evening

രാവ് -rav- night

പാരു-paru-flow/fly

നേര -nera- late
ബേന് -ben- quick/immediate/in advance/fast
തിരുച്ചു -tiruchchu- again/re
പിന്ന -pinna- after/later/again
പുദിയദ് -pudiyad- new
പയദ്-payad- old

കയിയു -kayiyu- elapse/complete

Dimensions and Measurements
കൊര്ച -korcha- little
കൊറേ -kore- plenty
നൊര്ച -norcha- full
ഇത്ര -itra- this much
അത്ര -atra- that much
എത്ര -etra- how much

ബെല്ദ് -beld- big
ചെര്ദ് -cherd- small

ഒന്ന്‌/ ഒരു -onn/oru- one

രണ്ടു -randu- two

Animated objects

പുര്‍ക്ക്-purkk-mosquito
പൂച-pucha-cat
കോയി -koyi- chicken


Unclassified
കിട്ടനെദ് -kittaned- gettng/coming across

ബെര്ദെ -berde- simply/without any reason

Ratings of 20th century Kannada literary figures

Nowadays I hardly read Kannada fiction. I was thinking about all the authors I have read and the ones I have missed. The list doesn't look extensive. I have observed that I have not read any poetry and plays. I have skipped most of the female literary figures (apart from a children's story teller). But I might have seen movies based on many of these authors' works and I might have seen the plays and also I might have studied poetry in the school. But I have always been a reader of prose in the form of fiction or non-fiction.

I thought of ranking my favourite authors. So here is the list.

1. Poornachandra Tejaswi

2. B G L Swamy

3. Masti Venkatesha Ayyangar

4. Shivaraya Kulakunda (Niranjana)

5. Subrahmanya Raje Aras (Chaduranga)

6. Devanuru Mahadeva

7. Kota Shivarama Karanta

8. Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (Kuvempu)

9. Goruru Ramaswamy Ayyangar (Goruru)

10. Anupama Niranjana

11. S L Bhairappa

12. Ha Ma Nayaka(Hamana)

13. Patila Puttappa (Papu)

14. Ta Ra Subbarao (Tarasu)

15. Aa Na Krishnaraya (Aanakra)

16. Bhimasena Rao (Beechi)

And the authors I shouldn't have missed reading(not ranked).

Anasuya Shankar (Triveni)

M K Indira

Sara Aboobakkar

U R Ananthamurthy

Girish Karnada

Chandrashekara Kambara

T P Kailasam

P Lankesh

Baraguru Ramachandrappa

Chinese lessons

Chinese are no longer overawed by Indians' mastery over English. On the contrary, now it appears they want to atone for their inferiority feeling vis-a-vis Indian English.
[Chinese]: It's tough to follow your accent.
[I]: he he he
[Chinese]: I asked my colleague how to follow Indian English and he told me there were three rules.
[I]: A-ha...
[Chinese]: You don't say -t- but -d- instead.
[I]: Is it?
[Chinese]: Say, "interesting"
[I]: iMTresTiG
[Chinese]: Yes, Yes. There you go, iMDeresTiG
[I]: < That must be my Dravidian tongue. We are supposed to use 'voiceless' form in the beginning of a word and 'voiced' form in the next part. > Okay. So, what is the second rule?
[Chinese]: You don't say -c- but -g- instead.
[I]: huh...
[Chinese]: You don't say 'come' but say 'gum'. Say 'come'.
[I]: kam
[Chinese]: < brightening > You see... gam .
[I]: < Now that is a googly. That defies my Dravidian tongue too. I should be natural in pronouncing voiceless velar instead of voiced velar in the beginning. > And the third rule...
[Chinese]: Say 'Mary'
[I]: myArri...Did you mean mEri
[Chinese]: mEli! You don't say 'r' but use 'l' instead.
[I]: < How can my rhotic ever be misunderstood for alveolar lateral approximant? > That is tricky ...ha ha ha..
[Chinese]: Oh! Trrrr......

Unstereotyped

[Few summers ago]
[Air Hostess]: Mr. Mangalore, you have ordered a vegetarian meal?
[I]: < I have to tick 'non-vegetarian' next time onwards >. No, I didn't give any preferences. Probably, agent must have ticked wrongly. I would like to have something from the menu.
[Few summers later]
[Air Hostess]: Mr. Mangalore, you have ordered the Hindu meal?
[I]: < What's this non-sense? Why the agent had to change my non-preference to vegetarian preference > No, I didn't order for Hindu meal. I'm not sure how it happened. I would like to chose from your menu.
[Last winter]
[Air Hostess]: Mr. Mangalore, you have ordered the Hindu meal?
[I]: < What is going on here >. I'm sure that must be a mistake. I didn't give any choices. Do you have something else.
[Air Hostess]: Sorry, Sir. You have only vegetarian selection. Would you prefer that instead of the Hindu meal?
[I]: < What difference will that make? Why these fadists want to force their identity to the majority? > Okay, I'll have the Hindu meal.
[Hindu meal was delivered. It was a non-vegetarian meal]
[I]: < Did they make a mistake? Who cares? >
[Few days back ]
[Air Hostess]: Mr. Vadiarillat, you have ordered the Hindu meal?
[I]: < I stared at her face thinking what to say >
[Air Hostess]: Hindu meal, it's a non-vegetarian meal
[I]: Yes, I know. I'll have it.

Relative knowledge

[Get together at my relatives' place]
[Visitor Malayali]: This parippu vada (red gram vada) is a typical Malayali dish.
[I]: Yeah, it is very common nowadays.
[Host Malayali]: Yeah, Yeah...
[I]: In fact, in Mangaluru we call it 'chattambade'
[Host Malayali]: ...o..o..
[I]: It's basically a funeral dish...the name 'chatta' means funeral and 'ambade'* is vade
[Host Malayali]: [Confused, looks up and nods his head]

* ambade was the original common (Proto-Dravidian) name of all these dishes, now surviving only in coastal Karnataka. The diluted name 'vade' of eastern Dravidians has become common name all over India and among Western Dravidians like Kannadigas too. Strictly speaking, the native Kannada word should have been 'bade'.

Raavan - Movie Review

Other day I watched Rashomon. I wasn't impressed. I suppose I'm sort of saturated with the idea of people viewing any event thro' their own limitations. A day later I read the plot of movie 'Raavan'. It reminded me that I'm still living in Treta Yuga when it comes to Indian movies. However, I'm not going to be a cynic. I would say that the film still has its merits. It has intellectualism of 20th century if not 21st century in its characters.

I have already mentioned I haven't watched the movie. But after reading the plot, I am sure not watching is not a drawback for writing a review. As I have said I'm going to discuss the the wisdom 20th century in that movie. It's all about racial struggle.

Let's check the names of the characters.
Beera Munda: The main protagonist. Equivalent to Ravana of Ramayana.
                      In Ramayana: Ravana was a Brahmin. Most likely Indo-Aryan speaker. Supposedly a scholar. Hence Rama, Kshatriya thus lower caste, performed a penance called Brahma Hatya Dosha for the sin of killing a Brahmin (in that case Ravana). The story was good versus evil. The good was a Kshatriya and evil was a Brahmin.
                      In Raavan: The surname Munda clearly suggests Austro-Asiatic tribal man. Thus an oppressed being and probably illiterate or with a moderate education. He is a diluted version of Ravana of Ramayana in every sense. The story is grey versus grey. The anti-hero is a Munda tribal and hero is a Brahmin.

Serena Munda: Beera Munda's sister. Equivalent to Ravana's sister Shurpanakha.
                      In Ramayana: Shurpanakha lusted after Rama and Lakshmana. But was disfigured by Lakshmana when she tried to harm Sita.
                      In Raavan: The name Serena is unique. It's not a common Indian name. However, most of the educated Indians instinctively imagine Tennis star Serena Williams when the name crosses the mind. Thus his sister is a representative of an African woman. Another suppressed population. Here Serena is the object of lust.

Note: While I started this post couple of days I back I found Wikipedia mentioned her name as Serena. Then they changed it to Jamuni. It appears producers announced the name as Serena but later changed it to Jamuni. Anyway, I'll stick with their pre-release name.

Dev Pratap Sharma: Equivalent to Rama of Ramayana.
                      In Ramayana: Rama was a born Kshatriya. Probably moderately educated. A brave warrior but panicky about purity of his kidnapped wife.
                      In Raavan: Dev Pratap Sharma is a Brahmin.Ruthless and modern enough to be bothered about purity of kidnapped wife. On the contrary, he coldly uses the purity concept of a woman to his own advantage. He is not a stereotypical Brahmins of yesteryears who were passive and panicky about the purity of their women. He is a modern, educated, liberated counterpart of mythical Rama.

Ragini Sharma: Equivalent to Sita of Ramayana.
                       In Ramayana: A passive and submissive wife. Always trying to prove her purity under every  circumstances.
                       In Raavan: A passive and submissive wife. Probably even dumber compared to Sita. Confused in front of aggressive males. Also, trying to prove her purity.

My Genetic Horoscope - i

Slow metabolizer of Caffeine
Less likely to avoid Errors