Get Your “Kundis” to the D.C. Meetup, 3/25

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“Anyway monay, can I call you right back? I was in the middle of reports…”

“Ma? Please, really quick, ’cause I’m writing something?”

“Vat?”

“Does kundi mean “ass” or “anus“?

Sigh. A deep breath is inhaled.

“This is for your website? Kundi is chunthi. Koothi means anus.”

“Let me be painfully careful– kundi and chunthi are like…the butt cheeks?”

“Yes, they are what I would like to kick right now, absolutely.”

“So, like, you could use kundi in the following context: “get your kundi on the dancefloor?'”

Another sigh is sighed.

“YES.”

“I knew it!”“You knew what?”

“I knew it meant ‘ass’! Because you always said, ‘ninde kundi marredi!‘ to the dog and I couldn’t see you meaning “Girl, move your anus!”

“Edi, I have to go. I will call you back, though not to teach you any bad Malayalam–“

“But I still don’t know what thendi means-“

“I love you. Good. BYE.”

:+:

Sheesh…the tribulations I endure, just to research important issues for this blog. 😉

Speaking of the Mutiny, our first-ever DC meetup is less than two weeks away. Are you excited? I’m excited. In fact, I’m so giddy to meet you, I’m testing out new brands of shimmery eye-shadow in anticipation (to see which will leave the most glittery residue on you when we air-kiss) and I will be wearing Aish-scara (so that I can blink a breeze, in case the weather is as “unseasonably” warm as it has been these last few days).

We didn’t pick a venue, but I have two very different ideas to offer you:

  • We could go to Adams Morgan’s Tryst, which is where I laid un-Aishscara’d eyes on Abhi for the first time or

  • We could keep things REALLY brown and do a brunch OR dinner of Mysore Masala Dosas at Georgetown’s Amma Vegetarian Cuisine. They are closed from 3:30 to 5:30 so we could meet early (12:30-3:30) and have plenty of time or meet later and have even more time (5:30-…5:30?).

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Either way, if we are all madly in lowe with each other and we don’t want the magic to end, there are possibilities for further adventures near both restaurants. Thoughts? Arguments for me to relay to my saintly Mother about her Malayalam? Marriage proposals for Abhi? Let the comment-riots begin. 😉

144 thoughts on “Get Your “Kundis” to the D.C. Meetup, 3/25”

  1. Sigh!! Kundi in Hindi means the bolts for the door. Kundi daalo would put my brother and me into peals of laughter. Kundi Kholo Kundi Daalo

  2. not to distract from the fun conversation that is going on above..but what are the final plans/times/etc for March 25th? just have to get a few other things scheduled in that day as well in my DC jaunt… and abhi.. love your picture.. here is my self-portrait 🙂

  3. OK listen up biatches!

    KUNDI = BUTT

    KUTHI = ASS

    BUTT vs ASS. The word kundi gets thrown a lot around kerala. Kuthi is much more serious curse word. Ex. KUTHIMON = asshole. Kazhuveride Mon = Fucker. Pulayadi Mol = Whoring Bitch. Kunna = Dick.

    So the next time you see a mallu, knock yourself out!

    Bye 10dz

  4. my vote would be Tryst late afternoon (4.30 onwards)

    it looks like it’ll be great fun 🙂

  7. I like Tryst but it seems like we may have a lot of people. Wouldn’t a restaurant be more private? You can only re-arrange so many couches, chairs in Tryst until you become a large blog or have to break up the group into several smaller sub-mutinies. Maybe we should wait to see how many people RSVP before settling on a venue. Just a thought.

  8. you two made my day. konkani pride. i spit manglorean konkani and i literally spit it sometimes. on my del.icio.us, i have tagged a very special page for us konks. a page that brings me much happiness, for i can mutter these words underneath my breath while listening to folks on my bus or the metro. here is the wonderful page. enjoy my fellow konks, and commence the muttering. from migale gandi to yours.

    riverside that page is the money!

    Zonyachea…Qualwont ..wow..they roll off the tongue superbly…

    and who knew we actually had one called Bonkmari..that’s absolutely classic .. ROTFL

    so many good words..i’m gonna retire my old favorites like chutiya, BC and MC.. it’ hightime cuz I think Yumricans are getting wise to some of them..especially chutiya..so it’s good to diversify 🙂

  9. andi = dick {both american nick names!!!} kundi = ass {mostly used by youngsters, both in reality and as a word 😉 } chandi = ass {the word used mostly in literature and by elders}

    mandi = stupid female…

    you could; chinda = thought.

    you shud just have asked….!!!

  10. once i was in pune at a small grocery store…I heard a a pretty woman asking…

    “char andi de mala” something like that in marathi.the word andi was very well pronounced and echoed….MAN !!! i started laughing out loud in the store and not a mallu around to share my feelings..obviously people around me started getting irritated….i had to escape from there…(odi thalli)….

  11. Never thought the day would come when I’d read kundi, thendi and worst of all mairay on SM! Alas, what can I look forward to next?!? Can I wear a lungi to the SM meetup? I’ll wear undies boxers, I promise. Can we get SM t-shirts with the word kundi on it? I’ll buy atleast 50 5 of them, I promise.

  12. “Kundi” means flower pot in Marathi

    I think that was derived from another Dravidian word “kunda”. kunDa in Kannada means pot; “hoo(vu)-kunda” means flower pot.

  14. rversde23, that link is good ! Except for a few obviously literal translations of Americanisms, it is pretty accurate.

    Brings back memories )

    and to add my two bits to the discussion

    Chundy and asanam are polite terms for bottoms across Kerala. In the Malabar, Kundi is an acceptable substitute and won’t raise too many eyebrows.In Central Kerala, however, it is used only when politeness is not intended.

    Andi is normally used for balls ( lit. nuts ) but sometimes for dick. And Nari (lit. stinky) is used not to denote somebody stinks, but that somebody’s actions are really vile and they stink. Hence a person who does really f*up stuff is a Nari.

  16. I like Tryst but it seems like we may have a lot of people. Wouldn’t a restaurant be more private? … Maybe we should wait to see how many people RSVP before settling on a venue. Just a thought.

    fair enough, but can we pick a time? I still vote for late afternoon onward 🙂

    And Abhi, (and any other e. african asians (or those who love us)) Msichana, Chickpea and I are planning a little meet up so we can gorge on desified e. african food (makai, mogo, maandazi, matoke, kachri-bateta…ok, well we’ll see what we can do :)and speak our warped gujrati/punjabi/swahili, so if anyone is interested please let me know in advance.

    Kwa heri ya kuonana

  17. After seeing our home team win a match a bunch of us mallus went cheering

    “Ethae nammal jaichirikunnu, elevaraum Kazhi addi!Kazhi addi!” Translated to [We have won the match everyone clap their hands!,clap their hands!]

    A bunch of my tamil friends go rolling on the floor laughing hard

    Kazhi addi mean to “whack of” in Tamil

    Next time around Tamilians I keep my kazhi addi to myself. :))

  18. abhi raises VERY valid points– on the weekends, it may be difficult to get an entire “area” at a joint as popular as Tryst…it also can get very loud and someone else pointed out to me offline that people are often smoking there, which can be unpleasant if you want to spend more than 10 minutes hanging out/need to shout to be heard. oh, and they turn the wifi off on friday nights, so THAT little perk is out. 😉

    like kenyandesi, i would prefer an evening-ish meetup, b/c it turns out that i may be in new york that morning. perhaps that would be easy for atl’s bean, as well? i’m starting to think that Amma at 5:30ish might be our best bet. i know the people who work there, the all-wegetarian food is wonderful (and cheap) and they won’t care if we take over the whole damned place.

    can i get an early headcount?

    ryan? dc desi? a malayalee? la ciudad de chocolate? the pagal one?

    i don’t have contact info for any of you, so you’ll have to shpeak up. 🙂

    people i CAN harangue via email =

    chai chickpea kenyandesi msichana abhi

    so…i guess we’ve got an “official” count of six?

  19. i’m down at 5:30… i think kenyan desi and i will meander our way down from baltimore :)… can’t wait can’t wait.. and when you do get a final head count ms. anna, let me know…. surprises galore 🙂 —the bean from hotlanta… yes.. we’re baked pure goodness..

  21. Ammas at 5.30 then…I was talking to a sometime lurker/infrequent commenter friend who can’t make it. He’s jealous. He should be.

  22. Sweet…

    Anna, my man will come along too. So your official count is 7. Hehe. Where is this ammas place again? And it’s five thirty on the 25th of march, right?

  24. hmm.. interesting discussion. haven’t read mallu talk online for quite some time. you guys heard of mallu chorichu mallal? i.e. mallu spoonerism?

  25. Unfortunately I will miss the grand gettogether by a week. I will swing around to Amma’s though to partake in the delicious dosai though
    Need a little bit of guidance from a local. Please. Can you recommend a reasonable hotel on the orange line around bethesda? the most reasonable deal i am getting is something in vienna. i’ve tried orbitz and expedia but the cherry blossom thing seems to be suckign all vacancies. I’m hoping there’s a little non-chain hotel/inn in your know that might be reasonably priced. Pls email and a HUGE thank you!!!
    sorry to butt in your thread Anna – hope you dont mind? 🙂

  27. oops… swap that then… i need to be on the red line . -thx Anna – i’m getting vienna because the wolftrap motel (yes there’s such a motel) is the best deal under $250/night I can get right now 🙂

  28. Dhaavak check out hotels.com. I can usually find GREAT (4-5 star) hotels for $99-$120, especially over weekends…

  30. Kenyandesi, I may not be E.African, but does S.African count? 🙂 Anyway my husband is E.African and I know he would love to throw around some swahili. Anyone know any Afrikaans?

  31. Cinammon Rani, You and hubby are MORE than welcome to come…email me (unbwogable AT gmail DOT com) and I’ll send you all the details…

    baya dankie!

  32. I’m in, but parking isnt very good at Ammas!!!

    take the metro. 🙂 when i was in grad school, i walked to Amma’s every single day from GW (foggy bottom: blue and orange lines).*

    that calorie deficit you rack up via a very pleasant walk down Penn. Ave/M st will be obliterated by your third bite of dosa. 😉 if you don’t feel like walking, take the 32 from farragut west. easy-peasy, nimbu-squeezy.

    *and you wonder why Amma lowes me. 😀

  33. Hello: Thank you for your tips in reply to #125. made the reservation. maybe i’ll run into you, no? 🙂

  34. Wow, this has been quite educational in terms of Mallu swear words. I’ll have to show the huz who is half-mallu. As a Tamilian, I can confirm that kundi= ass/asshole, I don’t know if there are distinct words. Ditto ‘soothu’, but in Brahmin speak ‘soothaamaattai’ is actually a polite word for ass.

    And just to clarify, ‘mairu’ does mean just hair. The context makes it mean pubic hair. My mom would always say ‘tala mairu’ or ‘head hair’ so it could never be misconstrued! Tam Brahm lingo is pretty different anyway, I only have to open my mouth to identify my lineage (which, interestingly, is mixed).

    I need an education in Tamil cusswords. I know all the choice Hindi ones. 🙂

  35. What the hell is going on in here? How man ppl here seriously wants to constantly read the definition for ASS in malayalam?

    KUNDI/CHANTHI = ASS KOOTHY = ANUS

    DONE OK??? Lol im jk, i just had to add to this funny messaging board.

  36. Preemptive blabber blocker

    Kundi/chunthi = ass Koothi, Kotham (derived from gudham) = anus Patti = dog (gender neutral) Koothichi = bitch Koothipatti = bitch (dog) Avaradhi = sexual vice (adjective) Thayoli = motherfucker Pannu = fuck Pooru = vagina, cunt Kunna = penis vanamadi = masturbation Mula = breast Kanth (maybe derived from cunt)= clitoris

  37. Aside from those first three, I’ve never heard of any of those words. Anyway, kundi is now an accepted part of SM lingo, for all brown people, no matter where they are from. There’s no need to get in to the rest of this because I’m never going to use anything besides that word to raise eyebrows when I’m writing.

  41. It is good to know bad words first to know th language. I am non mallu man . I have mallu tamil, telgu friends. I like to reconfirm that they are teaching correct words

    TIM

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