cigarette is always not smoked
From: kishore patnaik
Message: 54464
Date: 2008-03-02
Dear all,
Will some one explain me the origins of the following usages?
In Indian languages, cigarette is not smoked.
In Hindi as well as in Telugu, it is 'drunk'
'Hindi: cigarette peena mana hai : It is not allowed to 'drink ' (peena) cigarette
Tekugu: poga thraguta neramu :It is a crime to 'drink'(thragu) cigarette
slang:
Hindi : ek cigarette mar ke atha hun ( I will come back after 'hitting' (mar) a cigarette)
Telugu : oka cigarette peeki/laginchi wostanu (i will come back after plucking/pulling (peeki) or pulling/finish off (laginchi) one cigarette"
Interestingly, Oriya does not follow Hindi.
They say" cigarette khaibu ki ? " will you eat a cigarette?
Since these usages must be of recent origin, I am sure these practices must be explainable without much problem
Kishore patnaik