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Quizz held at picnic on 23rd Feb 2020:
Section 1: Amchigele shabda ending in “do’ eg: Sweet – “Undo””
| 1 | Palm tree | Maddo |
| 2 | Grinding stone | Ragado |
| 3 | Sweet made by folding a chapatti | Mando |
| 4 | Male of cow | Paddo |
| 5 | Male of buffalo | Raddo |
| 6 | Not intelligent | Duddo |
| 7 | Short person | Guddo |
| 8 | A kind of flower | Gondo |
| 9 | Tip of a husked coconut | Shendo |
| 10 | Servant | Chado |
| 11 | Betel leaves in puja | Veedo |
| 12 | Worms | Keedo |
| 13 | Pack of dhotis | Mundo |
| 14 | A gap | Yado |
| 15 | Milk sweet | Pado |
Section 2: Amchigele shabda ending in “li” eg: yesterday – “kaali”
| 1 | Sweet made on a leaf | Pattoli |
| 2 | Coconut scrape | Kattali |
| 3 | Raw Mango | Ambuli |
| 4 | Pancake | Surnali |
| 5 | Navel | Bombuli |
| 6 | Millipede | Gontarli |
| 7 | Garden Lizard | Parli |
| 8 | Dragon Fly | Girgitli |
| 9 | Festival | Divali |
| 10 | Savoury | Chakkuli |
| 11 | Tickling | Kachkuli |
| 12 | Coin | Pavli |
| 13 | Chain | Sarpali |
| 14 | Blanket | Kambali |
| 15 | Scented | Parmboli |
Section 3: Idioms (gyadi) e.g. Everyone thinks their own kids are the best “Kaile peela kailaka chanda”
- The curry is sour or spoilt
Raanday ullaita assa
2. Try to help & cause a problem for oneself.
Baddi divnu Petta khavchen
- A relatively inexpensive thing costs more to maintain.
Chaar ane kunkdaka bara ane masolu
- Make a mistake inspite of having foreseen the consequences.
Ratri pallaye baintu divsa vocchunu podchen.
- A useless thing being advertised as a posh item.
Bhanksheri Ungtika jari border.
- Hard work produces rewards.
Chakra Kelyari Bhakri ass.
- Sincere efforts should not be discouraged.
Chodche vaali katurche nhai.
- Retaliation for an offence has to be appropriate.
Sunane chable mhonu sunake ghasu marche.
- Some people are never content and complain constantly.
Dukraka possunka vheleri radta ani marunka vheleri radta.
- Abandoning work midway can be disasterous.
Ardha madder chonu hath sodche nhai.
- Do not anticipate bad things too much. Meet danger when it comes.
Phalle marta mhonu ajichi phonda podche ve?
- Contribute to making a situation worse.
Ujjeri toopa rokoche
- Any honest work should not be considered beneath one’s dignity.
Aavalo vikkunu ailo duddu khorzukhainati.
- Any excuse to claim sickness.
Aarti ghetleri Ushna, tirtu pillyari saitya
