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1 Shorteats
for snacks (in small Sri Lankan restaurants Shorteats sometimes morphed in to 'Sorties') Sri Lankan English -
2 Msirilanka
[Swahili Word] Msirilanka[Swahili Plural] Wasirilanka[English Word] Sri Lankan[English Plural] Sri Lankans[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2------------------------------------------------------------ -
3 Do the needful
perform/complete or abstain from doing the required action. E.g. I have enclosed the instructions in the letter, please follow and do the needful. Also seen in Indian and Sri Lankan English. Pakistani EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Do the needful
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4 Hit for a six
ruined, e.g. I had planned to go to Murree for the weekend, but the blizzard hit that idea for a six. Also seen in Indian and Sri Lankan English. Pakistani EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Hit for a six
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5 Batchmate
Classmate————————college buddy. Sri Lankan English -
6 Batch-mate
Classmate————————college buddy. Sri Lankan English -
7 Lakh
Hundred Thousand (see Crore)————————one hundred thousand Sri Lankan English -
8 Mobile
Cell Phone; "I left my mobile at home."————————for mobile phone/cell-phone Sri Lankan English -
9 Pass-out
To graduate, to complete education, "I am a 1996 pass-out from Delhi University."————————means graduate from college/University Sri Lankan English -
10 Ragging
Hazing, harrasment of new students by seniors————————for fagging(UK)/hazing(US). Sri Lankan English -
11 Gone for a six
to mean something got ruined. (Origins linked to game of Cricket)————————to mean something got ruined. (may have origins linked to game of Cricket) Sri Lankan EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Gone for a six
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12 Where do you stay?
is the same as 'Where do you live?' or 'Where's your house?'.————————is the same as 'Where do you live?' or 'Where's your house? Sri Lankan EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Where do you stay?
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13 Dickie
for trunk(US)/car boot(UK). Sri Lankan English -
14 Funeral house
which is a literal translation of a sinhala word which refers to the event of the funeral taking place in a regular household (as opposed to a funeral parlour or funeral home) Sri Lankan EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Funeral house
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15 Parallelly
In Parallel Sri Lankan English -
16 How are you keeping?
How are you doing? or How are you? Sri Lankan EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > How are you keeping?
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17 habitante
f. & m.inhabitant, resident, dweller, habitant.m.inhabitant.* * *1 inhabitant* * *noun mf.inhabitant, resident* * *1. SMF1) [gen] inhabitantuna ciudad de 10.000 habitantes — a town of 10,000 inhabitants o people, a town with a population of 10,000
2) (=vecino) resident3) (=inquilino) occupant, tenant2.SM hum (=piojo) lousetener habitantes — to have lice, have nits *
* * ** * *= citizen, denizen, inhabitant, resident, burgess.Nota: Habitante de un burgo.Ex. This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.Ex. The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.Ex. The conference debated a library bill which aims to set up public libraries in all municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants.Ex. Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.Ex. They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.----* exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].* habitante de Junctionville = Junctionvillers.* habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.* habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.* habitante de la urbe = urban dweller.* habitante del campo = country dweller.* habitante del desierto = desert dweller.* habitante del este = Easterner.* habitante del lugar = local, local resident.* habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.* habitante del oeste = Westerner.* habitante del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.* habitante de Mesopotamia = Hippopotamian.* habitante de Misuri = Missourian.* habitante de Singapur = Singaporean.* habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.* habitantes = population.* habitantes del pueblo = village people.* * ** * *= citizen, denizen, inhabitant, resident, burgess.Nota: Habitante de un burgo.Ex: This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.
Ex: The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.Ex: The conference debated a library bill which aims to set up public libraries in all municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants.Ex: Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.Ex: They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.* exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].* habitante de Junctionville = Junctionvillers.* habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.* habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.* habitante de la urbe = urban dweller.* habitante del campo = country dweller.* habitante del desierto = desert dweller.* habitante del este = Easterner.* habitante del lugar = local, local resident.* habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.* habitante del oeste = Westerner.* habitante del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.* habitante de Mesopotamia = Hippopotamian.* habitante de Misuri = Missourian.* habitante de Singapur = Singaporean.* habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.* habitantes = population.* habitantes del pueblo = village people.* * *esta ciudad tiene medio millón de habitantes this city has a population of half a million, this city has half a million inhabitantslos habitantes de la zona norte de la ciudad the people who live in the northern part of the city, the residents of the northern part of the citylos habitantes de las cavernas the cave-dwellersB ( hum)este niño tiene habitantes this child has lice* * *
habitante sustantivo masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant;
( de barrio) resident
habitante mf inhabitant: esta ciudad perdió muchos habitantes, this city lost a lot of inhabitants
' habitante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
transeúnte
- ciudadano
- isleño
- llanero
- vecino
English:
Cockney
- inhabitant
- Sri Lankan
- town dweller
- villager
* * *habitante nm[de ciudad, país] inhabitant; [de barrio] resident;una ciudad de doce millones de habitantes a city with a population of twelve million;un insecto habitante habitual de las zonas pantanosas an insect commonly found in marshy areas* * *m/f inhabitant* * *habitante nmf: inhabitant, resident* * *habitante n inhabitant
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