CHILLU- BROCKEN SMALL PIECE OF GLASS/GRANITE Chillu is a word with same meaning in Tamil and Malayalam.Most common MEANINGS are told below:-
Brocken piece of glass- Brocken very small piece of aglass. It could pierce in foot while walking not necessarily outside but eveninside also. These broken pieces can be from glass vessels or mirrors or glassin window panes or roof tiles. If at all swiped tiny bits can still remainfalling on doormat, very distant areas etc. Broken pierce of metal- Chillu can be a piercing itemfalling from metal cutting of material like iron plates or roads, granite smallpieces, marble small piece, porcelain pieces of broken jars etc. As the piece becomes smaller it couldpierce in as well as break in tip and skin may cover it also many times. A chillu from granite can piece through rubber footwear andleather foot wear also sometimes. Ifchillu could be removed easily by squeezing the area, no problem or else wehave to see a doctor immediately. There is no purpose in bearing pain for daysand approaching after days after trials with safety pin, needle, small knifeetc. to remove the broken chillu and it may go deeper on trials!! Chillu has othermeanings also. Inthe Puttukudam chillu supports the ingredients and through its holes steam goes up to cook the required item. Thechillu is a circular piece with small holes to let in stream to cook the ingredients to make Puttu. Another common use ofchillu is the chillu used in seva nazhi. Semi cooked thick batter is placed inside the nazhihaving bottom chillu with tiny holes. The cooked batter is squeezed with pressing handle, and delicious sevafalls on the leaf under it Though name is seva nazhi, having different types ofchillu, and varieties of batter, mixture, omappodi, etc. are prepared squeezingover the boiling oil in a pan and frying. The different types ofVadaams are preparedfirst squeezing dough over clothes and dried in sunshine. On requirement they are fried. The word chillu is also used to mean the very glass usedwhile framing the pictures. The glass in the spectacles is also many a times referredas chillu. If at all it is fibreglass, name is chillu.I am not sure; the coinscalled sometimes called chillara is having any relation with CHILLU. Originally posted on4-7-2016. Reposted on 30-12-2020 after editing and updating. R. Gopala Krishnan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1558424841.4423683.1609285922758%40mail.yahoo.com.
