Dr. Nagaphani Sarma said: "Use English like an eye-liner (`kaatuka), but do not apply it to whole of your body, as you may look dark. Use English like asafoetida (`Ing
He mentions that Kannada has alternate way of echo-formation for the words starting with –gi-/-gii-. The alternate echo-form is –pa-/-paa- Ex. giDapaDa "plant etc". When the words start with echo phoneme/syllable –gi-/-gii-, the phoneme/syllable -pa-/-paa- is used. It is ...