Friday 18 February 2011

BODHI TO BODI

bodhi = the name of the places in a river or creek ,dug out of the bank ,where country vessels are fastened and get repaired ,in the manner of a dock..
Bonkadam = to speak false ,to deceive ,to pervert the truth
Bonku , abaddham = a falsity
Bongaram = a top
Bongu = the general name given to the long thick bamboos ,cut in the hills and brought to towns for sale ,to serve for tent poles or for palanquins or roofs of houses ..,veduru bongu = a bamboo pole.,bongu povadam = to be hoarse ,used in a figurative sense..
Bonda = on apprehending a thief ,his hands are put into pieces of wood tied down upon them ,which they call a bonda .the indians had also the practice of fixing the feet in wood ,in the manner of our stocks ,which they also call bonda..
Bontha = the name of the quilted jackets worn by the hindoos in rainy and cold weather ,also ,the name of the jackets made of broad cloth..,bontha also means a blanket..,bontha aratikaaya = a plantain of a long shape
Bondhi ,shareeram = the body
Bobba = a noise or disturbance ,as applied to loud words..bobba also means a blister ..,bobbalu veyadam = to raise the voice ..,bobba levadam = a blister to rise..
Bomma = an image such as are made by the moochy people , as toys ..,bomma also a picture..
Bomike ,yemuka ,= a bone
Borra ,bojja = a pot-belly
Borige ,kola = a hoe ,used for cutting grass for horses in india
Bolli = the leprosy..
Bhogamdi = a dancing woman ..,properly speaking ,a woman of pleasure ,from the sanskrit word bhogam signifying pleasure
Bodi = baldness ..,bodithala = a naked head or when bare ,after the hair has been shaved off

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