The bulk of the tribe live on ragi or hill-rice, and whatever vegetables they can grow, and whatever meat they trap or shoot.
Trestles are then set out in the tope, and upon them the warp with the bamboos is stretched horizontally, and sized by means of large long brushes with ragi starch, and carried along by two men.
They are joined by the bride and bridegroom, and the parents of the latter distribute ragi (Eleusine Corocana) liquor and ippa (Bassia) liquor.
Ragi grain constitutes the staple diet of the poorer classes, who cannot afford rice, and of prisoners in jails, for whom it is ground into flour, and boiled into a pudding about the consistency of blanc-mange.
The staple food of the Sholagas is ragi paste and yams (Dioscorea), which, like the Uralis, they supplement by sundry jungle animals and birds.
Ragi is the staple dietary of many of the lower classes, who cannot afford rice.
The staple foods in Bellary are cholam, cumbu, ragi and korra.
After worshipping the gods, he makes a small seed-pan in the ground, and sows therein a small quantity of ragi (Elusine Coracana).
With a sharp stick they also dig up spots of ground in the skirts of the forest, and sow them with ragi (Eleusine Coracana).
The outline is first drawn with rice or ragi (Eleusine Coracana) flour deftly dropped from between the thumb and index finger.
The former worship the forest deities Narali and Mastamma; eat flesh and "drink liquor, a favourite beverage being prepared from ragi (Eleusine Coracana) flour.
A quantity of rice and ragi flour is poured into a basket, over which one of the village servants cuts the throat of a small black ram.
They live chiefly onragi (grain: Eleusine Coracana), and are a fine, powerful race.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ragi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
