Ghunghuti Tribute Poem by Douglas Scotney

Trying to learn a new language, Doug? Don't get too ghung gho about it! Thanks for your recent help with Wordscapes!

You are truly genius and you keenly observe everything. I am glad that the word, 'Ghunghuti has recently attracted your attention. From Scottish to Indian or from American to Australian knowledge makes us great. We learn through interaction. This fruit fly or the fungus gnat or wine fly amazes us. Thank you very much for this this wonderful tribute poem....10

The meaning of Ghat in Hindi is a flight of steps leading down to a river and the zigzag or hairpin bend up and down roads in hill station. Ghat is also amazing. In Hindi meaning of the word, 'Ghee, ' is the liquid extract of butter made from it after heating and boiling it. Ghee is oily in nature in warm condition and ghee solidifies in very cold condition. Ghee smells very good and many love to cook vegetables with it during special occasions.

Ghee is added in rice sometimes for good flavor. Eating one or two full spoon of ghee added in a plate of rice not only improves flavors but also improves the tasty. Such rice with curry is truly nutritious. Ghee is very rich in cholesterol. Persons who are with high blood pressure and diabetes are not allowed to take ghee in food.

Again this is wonderful that if we break this word, 'Ghunghuti' into Ghun and Ghuti we get two words. In Hindi Ghun means Mite which means a minute arachnid which has four pairs of legs when which lives as parasite on plants or animals. Again the word Ghuti means Ayuruvedic or Allopathic liquid medicament which is specially prepared to give as a drink to newborn child to improve his or her digestion quality.

Being an Indian I feel glad reading your poem about Ghunghuti. This is absolutely wonderful and I highly appreciate your effort being a visitor to this poem and your page. Thank you very much poet Douglas Scotney for sharing this lovely gem.

Wow! This is very wonderful and new to me to learn about new Hindi words in your poems. Just I knew about wine fly is called as Ghunghuti after reading your poem. I had never heard before about it. This tiny creature is given more importance through this tribute poem. I have also read all the comments given by Kumarmani and comment of Kim Barney. I agree that this is lovely excellent poem.

In Hindi the word, 'gharry', means a car or cart with at least four wheels. This may have more wheels also. Keeping your keen interest on learning for new languages and words I have presented here a small assessment in many comments about this poem and words used here. You have written a great poem and I hope this will lead with time. I hope one day this will be your top poem and this will be treasured with time in history. You have given Ghunghuti a new identity.

Gherao's meaning is 'siege. In Hindi gherao also means to circles. This also means that during strike or public agitation, people in large numbers gather creating circles around any political or ruling leader and blocking his path and car to urge their demand to be fulfilled.

But Ghunghuti is completely different than Ghun and Ghuti. Ghunghuti completely refers to fire fly or wine fly. Learning language through assessment and interaction is very interesting and I like this. Thank you very much once again dear poet for this wonderful tribute poem towards Indian Sambalpuri-Koshli-Hindi word Ghunghuti, which starts with gh and frequently amazes us like the fruit fly.