so what are some uncommon/unusual words you have in your vocab for the common things that other people ( belonging to different ethnic backgrounds/communities/cultures etc) find funny sounding.
example we use the word “Mori” for bath/shower area in restroom.
“Kakus” for toilet
“Rakharna” for someone who roams outside too much
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kakus 
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The words “khota” and “khoteya” are pretty funny.
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Mori
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what language do these words come from. i think people who speak this language do NOT find it weird/funny…is it?
Mori is also used for ‘naali’, which is a small outlet for water to flow out of kitchens or bathrooms
My dad always called plate, rakaabi. He used to call toliya, tawaal.
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in our area [Allahabad area], we used to say the following funny but cute sounding words:
-kuiNyaaN for kuaaN [well]
-TuiNyaaN for parrots
-maiNyaaN for mamaanii [maamooN’s wife]
**-kaaiNyaaN **for chaaloo/chaalaak aadmii
**-jhaaiNyaaN **for wrinkles
-baiNyaaN for upper arms
-paiNyaaN paiNyaaN for baby walking
**-bakaiNyaaN **for crawling
-ghuiNyaaN for arvii
-luiNyaaN luiNyaaN for limping
-chiyaaN for tamarind seed [we used this in place of marbles]
-buiyaa for lass [do sheezah]
-chhunnii for ;)]
-DuiNyaaN for dhuniyaa [cotton spinner = jolaahe]
-DhiRiyaa for jack-o-lantern
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my dad called rikaabii too but only the ones made of copper.
he called tashtari for saucer. my sisters called long cooking spoons a Dauwwa and the flat spatula a Kafgeer [kaf = hand; geer = pakaRne waalaa] and also the small deep frying pan [just big enough to fry an egg (sunny side up] a kalchhulii 
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We also say tashtari for saucer!
I don’t know if these count, but:
degchi/pot/patila is **bhagona
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banana/kayla is **maus
**Instead of saying “geela” for like when your hair is wet, we say “baal’aan **kachay **hogayay”
When it’s raining: “Paani paraha hai”
Taking a shower: “paani nahaakay aaye’a main”
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It is always ‘bhagawna’ in our family too. I was surprised when I saw that people call it ‘pateeli’ which we never use.
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KKF is just making stuff up 
jk jk
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there once was a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh whose name was Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna…when i heard his name for the first time and before i knew the correct pronunciation of the utensil “Bhagona”…i wondered why his name sounds like a pot? 
Queer, there is a difference between a Bhagona and a pateeli. bhagona is as wide at the base as it is at the rim while pateeli is wide at the base and at the rim with a narrower neck.
Bhagona
pateeli
lol…why don’t you go to a Bhojpuri Library in Jhumri Talaiya and ask for a Bhojpuri Dictionary [shabdaavli] and look these words up for yourself? 
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no not really
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i have seen some people saying “TUWAAL” for towel
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Bushirt for shirt
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kachchhaa = underwear
jaangiyaa = Boxing shorts [jaang = thighs]
silipchii = portable metal sink
**bilnii = eye cyst
gohii = mango stone
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maTichcha = Indian fire cracker
**chhuchhuiya **= zig-zagger [Indian firework]
chihuahua = a dog
khuDDu = desi squatting toilet
ghuR ghuRii = miniature hand held Huqqa
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DewRhii **= vestibule that connects house to the exit door
dugahii = inner room in rural Indian house
**khapraa **= Indian roof tiles
**khapaachii **= split half of bamboo [baaNs]
chau Haddii = boundary wall
**chaukhunTii **= square
tirbhujii = traiangular
goojhii = bugger
**Bulbuli **= Hair Style
boDDa = Carrom Striker
**anguRii = finger
GoaR = feet
pahuuNchii = anklet
paulii = calf [shank]
TeTvaa **= neck
