proper-aa, written script-aa pass down aagaamal, vaay vaziyaa ivai vanthathaala niRaiya santhEgangaL! niRaiya thiribukaL!
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proper-aa, written script-aa pass down aagaamal, vaay vaziyaa ivai vanthathaala niRaiya santhEgangaL! niRaiya thiribukaL!
240. Mudhalaikku thaNNeer saatchi, muttaaLukku moorgan Saatchi, manusanukku manam saatchi
Badri, oor koodithaan thEr izukka mudiyum! :D
PP akka..
idhu varaikkum post senja proverb ellAthaiyum alphabetical order-la group senju pOdunga..
kollan theruvila oosi vikkara mAdhiri enRalum enakkum
yEdhavadhu therinjA solluvEn illa ? :hakkaang:
madhu thambi, page 19-la consolidated list irukku! akka feeling very lazy to compile alphabetical list!!! :D
thaaraaLamaa oosi vikka vaanga, kpllan pattaRai-la ee-kku enna vElai-nnu inga yaarum thuraththa maattOm!!! :lol:
some REALLY ancient ones here...(thanks to pazhamozhi)
¿Ã¢ì Ü¯ì ¸¼ü¦¸ö¾¡ Å¡Ú
(a fox's howl cannot reduce the sound of the ocean)
¾£üÈ¡§¾¡ ¿¡ö ¿ð¼¡ø ¿øÄ ÓÂø
(meaning ¿¡Ôõ ¾ý§É¡Î ¿ðÒ âñ¼¡÷ìÌî º¢Èó¾ ¯½Å¢¨É «Ç¢ò¾ø §À¡Ä)
À¡õÀÈ¢Ôõ À¡õÀ¢ý ¸¡ø
¡Õǧá ¾õ ¸ýÚ º¡ì ¸ÈôÀ¡÷
¦ÀâР«¸Æ¢ý À¡õÒ ¸¡ñÀ¡Õõ ¯¨¼òÐ
±ØôÒÀ§Å¡ ÐïÍ ÒÄ¢¨Âò Тø
þÆÅýÚ ±ÕÐñ¼ ¯ôÒ
þÈìÌõ ¨Á ¬ð¨¼ ¯¼õÀÎòÐ §Åû× ¯ñ¼¡÷ þø
(no one gets the consent of a goat before killing it for meat)
º¢Ú ÌÃí¸¢ý ¨¸Â¡üÚÆ¡
((apparently means, Beat your enemies by creating an enemy for them)
§º§½¡ì¸¢ ¿óÐ ¿£÷ ¦¸¡ñ¼§¾ §À¡ýÚ
(save for the future as a snail saves water)
ÒÄ¢ Ó¸òÐ ¯ñ½¢ ÀÈ¢òРŢ¼ø
(helping kayavar)
ÌÚ ¿Ã¢ìÌ ¿øÄ ¿¡Ã¡Âõ ¦¸¡Çø(wasting a good arrow on a low life)
¸ýÚŢ𠼡ì¸ÈìÌõ §À¡ú¾¢ø ¸ÈÅ¡É¡ö, «õÒÅ¢ð¼¡ì ¸ÈìÌÁ¡Ú
¿¡ö ¦¸¡ñ¼¡ø À¡÷ôÀ¡Õõ ¾¢ýÀ÷ ¯ÎõÒ
(ppparently udumbu is sooo tasty that even if a dog has bitten paarppaarum thinbar - meaning±ô¦À¡Õû ¡÷ ¡÷ Å¡ö..)
Mk., these are really wise sayings indeed. But they are in a very old dialect/form which we are not familiar with now. All the proverbs we have listed so far are in easily understandable colloquial language. Perhaps we can maintain that standard for our collection. Let us hear the opinion of others too.
'paambin kaal paambaRiyum' is already included in the list!
Naay petRa thengam pazham.
pOdalaam enRu ninaiththEn. Athuvum pazhamozhi seyyuLkaLil varuvathu. Athanaal thaan athai vittu vittEn. PP solvathu pOl, seyyuLkaLil varuvathu vENdaam.
241. Moottai poochchiyai nasukkuvathu pOla