Nepal dictionary

A dictionary of things you find in Nepal

close the door (v)-- what Nepalis don't do, esp. when it's freezing outside.

heavy (adj)-- a word which in Nepal describes loads carried by mountain porters but which in America is used to describe the inhabitants

keti (n)-- hot Nepali serving girl, "wench," sister.

Nepali (n)-- somebody who can walk, eat, live or grow food anywhere.

pick her nose (v)-- what an Indian or Nepali woman will unselfconsciously do while talking to you.

porter (n)-- somebody who can carry three stoves, a metal table, two chickens and four sacks of rice on his back. He carries this load uphill, in flip-flops, in the rain, faster than an obese French tourist can carry a water bottle.

ramro (adj)-- a word which applies to bread, cigarettes, women and mountains, roughly "beautiful." e.g. "Keti, timi ramro tsa!" (hey girl, you're hot!)

rock-wall (n)-- a geographical feature which in many places is used for rock-climbing or the viewing pleasure of tourists, but which in Nepal is used mainly to grow food.

traveller (n)-- (1) a tourist with an attitude (2) a self-consciosu tourist