Oxen are used by the peasantry both in ploughing and in tempering the mud in the wet paddi fields before sowing the rice; and when the harvest is reaped they "tread out the corn," after the immemorial custom of the East.
And two centuries later, so scanty was the production of native grain, that Asoca, amongst the presents which he sent to his ally Devenipiatissa, included "one hundred and sixty loads of hill paddi from Bengal.
Along with these was sacred water from the Anotatto lake and from the Ganges, aromatic and medicinal drugs, hill paddi and sandal-wood; and amongst the other items "a virgin of royal birth and of great personal beauty.
It seems to me that they will not even question us, for they will know that the men of Paddi have recently captured an English schooner, and will think nothing of the fact that the latter is leading the prahus to sea.
De way to Paddi am open, and de Chinamen go dere velly easy.
Nor had he long to wait, for once Paddi had been destroyed, and the pirates defeated, the expedition turned its attention to Pakoo, which was easily captured.
Dey go to Paddilike de ghosts, and only de night know.
But dey not always friends wid de men of Paddi and de oders whom we havee beaten.
The river there divides into two, and Paddi is placed on the tongue of land between the two tributaries.
And thus, pulling cautiously by day, and tying up to the banks at night, the winding course of the river was slowly followed and Paddi approached.
How you and this lad here managed to beat the Dutchman so often is beyond me, and your audacity in making for Paddi takes my breath away.
To hand myself over to the men at Paddi would be madness, for the Dutchman suspects everyone, and would soon get to the bottom of my disguise.
Me knowee him velly well, for it am dere dat China boy first taken when him captive, and from Paddi him pull down de river on de prahu, for de first time in him life living wid de pirates.
On the tenth day they all went away to a small river in the neighbourhood, where they took their meals, cooking paddi in bamboo, also fish in the same manner.
At the age of six years, or when it begins to take part in the work of the paddi fields, fishing, etc.
If paddi is planted in the second month the crop will be injured; if in the fifth month, the plant will be damaged.
A man helped the half-dead boy to come to his senses again, throwing water on him, and when the mother returned she was very angry to see the mortar broken and the paddi strewed all about.
When the first baskets of new paddi arrive at the storehouse and the grain is poured out on the floor, a little blood from a fowl sacrificed is smeared on it after the necessary offering to antoh has been thrown up into the air.
In five months the paddi is ready for cutting--a very busy time for the people.
The paddi had been harvested, but the crop was poor, and therefore they had made no feast.
I told you to husk paddi in the house when the sun came over the tree," she said.
Some women were pounding paddi (rice) under the large communal house which, in accordance with the custom of the country, was raised from the ground on posts.
Birds singing in the morning are always rare except in the localities of paddi fields.
In order to ascertain the auspicious date for planting paddithese Dayaks employ an astronomical device founded on the obvious fact that in their country there comes a period when a rod placed in an upright position casts no shadow.
Then comes planting of the paddi preceded by a sacrifice of pig or fowl.
They then packed the harvested paddi in big baskets, which they carried on their backs to the storehouse in the kampong the same afternoon.
After we had destroyed every thing, we received a flag of truce, when similar explanations and promises were made as at Paddi and Pakoo; and here ended for the present, the warlike part of our expedition.
At Paddi the river branches off to the right and left; and it was on the tongue of land formed by them that the forts were very cleverly placed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paddi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
