Our brains' ability to retain meanings and make connections between languages we know is so fascinating!
Today at a clothes' store I noticed that the changing room didn't have a latch. But when I went to inform the staff (in Hindi) I realised that I'd forgotten the Hindi word for latch, having not spoken to anyone in Hindi for a couple of months.
As I struggled to recall the word, a couple walked up behind me, talking to each other in Kannada. The lady then says in English to her husband: "you're such a lazy bum."
Suddenly I remembered the word I was searching for- kundi (कुंङी) !!
Here's how my brain made the connection-
I remembered that in school (a lifetime ago) my friends used to joke about the fact that in Kannada, kundi means "bum" while in Hindi, it means "latch." As the only non Kannadiga in the group (i still havent learned any) this was not a joke I thought I would have remembered.
All it took was hearing Kannada + the English word "bum" for my brain to produce the Hindi word for latch!!
