@cain posted:

Dah make me a Putargee in Punjab.

Hahahahehehehe….you really out do yourself…cannot remember when last I laughed so much

Who say I jokin, is true story dat..hehehe

@cain posted:

Dah make me a Putargee in Punjab.

LOL! manjey bartan, chalo, jaldi-jaldi.

Dheere dheere…(slowly)

chupke chupke (quietly)

Mits bhaiya..wht do the repeat thr words..n wht do they mean?

@seignet posted:

Iz dem words Hindi or Bhojpuri?

I have no clue..we say hindi for everything..lol

ic an tell u i have never met an indian here who knows abt BHOUJIE ..they all say Bhabhi..

BAUJI..ive heard on TV n i think it means Father

the say MAMA for mom’s bro, not Mamoo as we say

n Daadi for grandmother

i dont think Putar means  “son” only as ive seen on TV..even grandmothers call the grandsons  ‘putar’..maybe itis a pet name for male kids/grandkids??

Ok..letus change up this thread…n test our vocab a bit

what  does suskay mean??

Baito?sp? Bhaito?

@Lynn posted:

Dheere dheere…(slowly)

chupke chupke (quietly)

Mits bhaiya..wht do the repeat thr words..n wht do they mean?

I understood it to emphasize comparative; but I could be wrong.

Dheere - Slow, Dheere Dheere - Slower or more slowly

Chupke - Quiet, Chupke Chupke - Quiter or more quietly.

@Mitwah posted:

I understood it to emphasize comparative; but I could be wrong.

Dheere - Slow, Dheere Dheere - Slower or more slowly

Chupke - Quiet, Chupke Chupke - Quiter or more quietly.

Makes sense..the emphasis..like how we say ‘true true’ or ‘dry dry’..

another 1 is chori chori ..wht does that mean ?(like the song ‘chori chori koi aaye”..)  is it small/little??

@Lynn posted:

Makes sense..the emphasis..like how we say ‘true true’ or ‘dry dry’..

another 1 is chori chori ..wht does that mean ?(like the song ‘chori chori koi aaye”..)  is it small/little??

I had to look up this one. Chori for means thief. But in the context of the lyrics, it means "secretly".

You can find the full translation here: Chori Chori Koi Aaye Lyrics Translation | Noorie | Hindi Bollywood Songs (filmyquotes.com)

Choti is Small.

@Mitwah posted:

I had to look up this one. Chori for means thief. But in the context of the lyrics, it means "secretly".

Chori chori koi aaye

Someone is coming secretly

You can find the full translation here: Chori Chori Koi Aaye Lyrics Translation | Noorie | Hindi Bollywood Songs (filmyquotes.com)

Choti is Small.

I know chor??Sp is thief ..ahh secretly !! Thnx Bhaiya

yeah i see..in the song it conveys the meaning of ‘sneaking up like a thief i guess ..stealthily’

Ok so the word JHARAY or jaray..imnot sure if it is spelt diff but we used it for 2 diff meanings..

1..jharay/jaray d mat..shake out the mat

2. Dem JARAR/JHARAY u to chase out evil/bad eye with a pointer broom similar to ounchay/owchay (my dad did this n he would chant some mantra under his breath n shake the broom out after each round. Did it 7 times from head to toe making circular motions n the last 1 he shook the tip of broom violently n then laid it under the bed )

i know JHARA is broom, so #2 makes sense..but not  # 1

did anyone else say ‘jharay d mats’ ??

Junjunee..whn yr foot catch ‘ cramps’

jag joray..like u get a good shake up from yr angry mumma or big sissy whn  u do something wrong

or sometimes whn 2 ladies fight n 1 hold on to the other hair n give her a good jagjoray..lol

Joota/jhuta/jhoota

1..whn u eat n leff back some food n then somebody else come n eat it..

2.  Juta means shoes..

maybe they r spelt diff n even pronounced differently??

?? Mits bhaiya..

My dad used to always tell me that i mustnt be ‘gurmusaha’ ..because i had plenty DULAR n whn i didnt get wht i wanted, I used  to laang me mouth /swell up me mouth ..didnt say anything n even whn he would ask me  wht happened..i wont answer him..lol

I was a spoilt kid..the ‘baby’ ..7 siblings. I mean ‘stink with dular’ up to abt 11-12 yrs n then i finally grew up whn i started high sch since i had to stay away from home.  So whn I wanted something n didnt get it i used to go where my dad would notice me n ‘laang me mout’ n ‘grind 1 foot with the other’ because I knew y dad couldnt stand to see me like this.  He would ask me wht was wrong n i wont answer..he-had to plead with me for a long time n then he would ask me wht i wanted (he knew i always wanted something)Finally he would ask my mom or sisters wht it was that I wanted n tell them to give it to me.  (Yeah i was sly pickney..knew how to get my own-way..hahaha..)

Pookni (poker) n chimta(tongs)

I never cooked at my parents home ..my sisters did n we didnt have stove until my sis got a job in 1975 n she bought a 2 burner kero stove. Once my sister askedme to ‘blow’ d fire as it was ‘dying’ . Well nobody toldme how to blow n i mek wan big blow!! Me out-out the fiah n sucked in smoke as well..me nearly choke to death!!  There is an ‘art’/technique in using the pookni.

As for the chimta..that also is an ‘art’ to keep the fire going by moving up the firewood n once again i failed as i just shoved the firewood anyhow n -out-out- d fiah!!  

As for chunkay..i was scared to chunkay the dhal..as it ‘pitched up’ so high n burn u

saapie (pot holder)..my sis/mom made these using old rice bags or old cotton clothes ..

Ghotay..again used in 2 diff ways

1. Whn u talk 1 thing over n over ..

2.  Swizzle dhal with dhal gutney

i still have a dhal gutney ..even though i have a hand blender, i prefer the dhal gutney

talking abt Dhal/DAL…when a girl/lady dress up n put on lil powder, dem ole people used to say..’ she dal up’ . Ask ‘where  u going mek u dal up so much’

@Lynn posted:

I know chor??Sp is thief ..ahh secretly !! Thnx Bhaiya

yeah i see..in the song it conveys the meaning of ‘sneaking up like a thief i guess ..stealthily’

Yes. It's a methaphor or poetic expressions. Sometimes it is Urdu and differs greatly from regular day to day conversational Hindi.

Dem ladies does prappa dal (doll) up fo go see matanee ( film) and dem does potay ( rub Lots) lipstick and when dem get together dem does pusur pusur ( I think that is whisper)

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Jane lots of the words you wrote few days are new to me…I will go back and get them so u can tell me what they mean

@Mitwah posted:

I thought d song guh like dis.. mommy baylay roti n daddy CHUNKAY dhal ..or is it goatay??