Talk:Madurai Tamil
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[edit]Many people say that Tirunelveli Tamil is the classic form. Can you give citation for the madurai tamil being classical formDoctor Bruno 13:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Irrelevant information deletion
[edit]The article contained general information about Madurai city(Area, Population, STD Code etc) which I feel is irrelevant to this article and hence have deleted the same. --Natrajdr 12:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
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[edit]Wiki Raja 09:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Madurai Tamil Words
[edit]Is this word list (instead of a comparison of how this dialect differs from related dialects) really an addition to the encyclopedia article? Moved from article to talk. RJFJR (talk) 22:26, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Pronountiations Note only for the Tamil term : a = a, A = aa, o = o, O = oo, e = e, E = ee
- appathA - Grand mother
- anneh - Brother or an elder friend
- annAcchi - Known elder friend, grocery shop owner, customer
- marutha - Madurai
- vArAinga - coming
- pOrAinga - going
- angittu - There
- ingittu - Here
- embuttu - How much?
- rAvuran - He is boring
- vyakyAnamA pesu - speak properly
- pottai - bitch
- kundaka mandaka - irrelevant
- Aathadi - exclaiming,surprised
- Cherata - Coconut shells
- Kamba nikkanum da - Stand against anything courageously
- munda kalapa - plough
- patraya pOdu - sit and relax
- ngokkA makka - collective term for cousin
- kolarA pOitu vA - take care
- posa ketta paya - useless fellow
- seemennai - kerosene
- imbutUnu - very little
- roota kodukAtha - Don't tell lie
- vaiya porainga ya - They will scold ya
- athu kAndithAn - For that only
- ithu kAndithAn - For this only
- kudikAra mattai - Drunkard
- jAri - beautiful woman
- Ataya pOdu - Steal,theft
- yenney - Elder Brother
- yekkah - Elder Sister
- podAng goiyAla - get out of my way
- Dubuku/Dumukku - fool
- manda kanam - Headweight
- oodala pooruradhu - To come in the middle, to cut a Q
- joliya pAru - Mind your business
- lanthu - Kidding
- alaparai - fashionable
- alumbu - Showy, showing proud
- yelraya kootAdha - don't create a scene
- Atum - ok
- sOdhanama iru - be careful
- kongA paya - ignorant
- kAvAli - waste fellow
- kalavAnE - Thief
- vellaney - Early Morning
- paiyya po - Go slow
- osakka - Up
- seanthi - Loft
- yaeni maram - Ladder
- jOppu - packet
- Thooppa kuzhi / Thoombu - Drainage water hole
- machu - Godown or Upstair Store room
- thondu - A narrow way
- ambuttukkittAn - He got caught
- jOli - Job / Business
- aduppadi - Kitchen
- pangarai - ugly
- roova - Rupee
- kAsu - Paisa
- mongAm Podurathu - Cheating, Swallowing
- komari ponnu- Teenage Girl
- venaiyam pudichavan- Very Cautious Guy
- agarAthi - Kidding
- kApi Thanni - Coffee
- porappadu - Start
- kenaru - Well
- kadudhAsi - Letter
- kollai - Backyard / Farmland
- vaela - Work / Job / Business
- kummu - To beat
- vakkanai - Proper
- elavu - Death
- pasiyAru - To eat breakfast
- koppu - tree branch
- Thoratti - Grabbling Hook
- eppudi - how is it!
- pottiya RAvittan - They Squeeze me something like that
- athAchi/madhini/anni - Sister-in-law
- machAn/mApla/mApu - Brother-in-law or Buddy
- yAthA - Hi Mom/lady
- amathA, kelavi - Old Lady
- emmA - Mother
- yeppA - Father
- avainga - Those fellows
- ivainga - These fellows
- ingavArra - See here ya
- yelei - Hi. Calling a younger person
- pulla - Representing a female
- paya - Representing a male
- rootu - Prostitute
- kadala podurathu - Talking/chating with girls
- jArri joking - Attracting girls from his activity
- jArri joker - Male doing jarri joking.