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(Your son is "samathu". Has completed his food without making any "azhimbu".
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(He is a "vethu vaetu". Not fit for anything)
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TamilRegion
Tamil NaduCategories
Phrases & ExpressionsTerms referencing this
vayila vada sudrathuDefinition
Usually the person is well qualified to work in a bank/IT etc but somehow acts like a duffer.
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Girl 2-Nee vera di..Avan sariyana ammanji. Onnumae panna theriyala.
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Especially used by Carnatic music rasikas (mamas) when the singer croons an alap or a mrindangist goes high with his thaniavarthanam etc.
Also used to express happiness when a tambrahm elder listens to some pleasant surprise..such as his son/son-in-law etc got a Green card, purchased a car- i10, or got his kid into padma seshadri school...
Or when Jayalalitha issues a counter to Karunanidhi...
Or when the Finance minister gives a good budget...
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Mama2- Bale Bale...
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(Yesterday Suresh got bruised badly after hitting a buffalo)
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Highly morale boosting and positive word. Never used in negative connotation.
Antonym-Sappa figure or just Sappa.
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(Our empress Namitha is a "semma katta" dude)
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Possible origin-Mridangist playing his instrument at a low pitch either due to low payment or if he doesnt have enough sankeerthanams to fill in...or if the lead singer goes abaswaram..
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(Dude..you tend to speak too much in front of her..just "amiki vaasi" a bit)
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(Why r u repeating the same like a "thenji pona tape")
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to ask a person to complete something, to look at you etc.
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(Only if you get your work done "tak-tak", we can watch a movie tonight)
Dei..tak'nu anga paru..oru super figure pora..
(Dude..just "tak" look at that super figure going)
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Direct meaning-deals with death.
Sangu-Counch. This is blown when a person dies. So sangu is used whenever an end of world threat needs to be given.
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(Dude..if u dont complete that assignment by tomorrow, "Sangu thaan" for u)