Friday 11 February 2011

BAATHINEE TO BAAVA

Bathinee = a spy..
Baadhadam = to flog, to beat ,to chastise..
Baadham kaaya = an almond
Baana = this is a large thick earthen pot of an oval shape,in which washermen parboil the clothes they have to wash.these pots are fixed on country cots, to float travellers across small rivers ,during the rainy season
Baanisa = a female slave..
Baabathu ,baapathu = respecting ,regarding
Baabu ,baapu , naana ,naanna ,naayana, ayya ,thandri = father
Braahmanudu = a brahmin..
Baara = fathom, a measurement of six feet ..or the full extent of the stretched out arms
Baarachaapu = the name of what we term long cloth..
baaru = a load or charge of a gun..,chetlu baarugaa veyadam = to plant trees in a line or row ....,baaru javaanulu = a term applied to sepoys..,baaru also means liberality..
Baalyam = infancy , childhood..
Baava = a brother-in-law

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