Things he used to say

Galgalaachari

Anyone who takes far too long in the shower. Named after a fussy relative on the Chegoor side, famous for exactly that.

Yenkya Nonya Seenya

Roughly: Tom, Dick and Harry.

Howla paasha

Roughly: fool.

Thali bolsa

Literally, shave their heads, as families do after a death. His crude way of saying: leave it.

Kathi sath biddada

The donkey has died. What he said when you looked at his plate during a meal. Mind your own business.

Nona voddada

The housefly has kicked. Said when barely anything happened, but the wound is being made out to be much bigger than it is.

There is tomorrow also

Said to us kids as we sat down to eat. Spare some food for tomorrow too. Teasing, mostly.

Keep that donkey last

Or, as it sometimes came out, keep that donkey lost. Don't start with "I". Put others before you.

Nene dobryy

Not good.

Fool of an ass

His endearing way of teasing his grandkids.

Huccha

Crazy, in Kannada.

Allide mane, illige bande summane

My house is elsewhere. I'm just a visitor here.