కోతి చావు, కోమటి రంకు

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Telugu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /koːt̪i t͡ɕaːʋu, koːmaʈi ɾaŋku/, [koːt̪i t͡ʃaːʋu, koːmaʈi ɾaŋku]

Proverb[edit]

కోతి చావు, కోమటి రంకు (kōti cāvu, kōmaṭi raṅku)

  1. A monkey's death, a Komati's adultery. (Both are concealed from the eye of the world.)

References[edit]

  • “కోతి చావు, కోమటి రంకు.” in Captain M. W. Carr (1868) A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters, Madras: Christian Knowledge Society's Press, page 20