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Interesting that a synonym for கறி is தேய் which google-tamil translates as either curry or chafe the later meaning to warm by rubbing which then may be an atte
by escherplex 8y ago
Interesting that a synonym for கறி is தேய் which google-tamil translates as either curry or chafe the later meaning to warm by rubbing which then may be an attempt to curry favor with someone :)
- stubish 8y agoIf you curry a horse, you are (generally) not cooking it but brushing it with a curry comb (the chafe or rubbing meaning). This would be where 'currying favor' comes from, since horses tend to like being curried. If Google Translate is machine learned for Tamil->English, I suspect it is just confused.
- escherplex 8y agoThat was simply an amusing illustration of an English word which lacks a clean etymology or consistent usage