cruel

very large shallow cauldron

small cauldron, frying-pan, metal utensil for frying

shallow wide-mouthed iron boiler (for boiling sugar in) a boiling-pan, boiler, cauldron (also written karhaya)

hardness, firmness, stiffness, toughness

To have a hard time.

Firmness,hardness, rigidity, stiffness, toughness, strictness, hardness, restraint

a tough day, time of trouble

high price

thunders (of lighting)

cook anything as offering

lick the pot

a crash (as of anything breaking, or of a falling house, burst of thunder

brink, precipice, declivity, the perpendicular bank of river

a high and perpendicular bank of a river, high and steep river bank

hard times, trying time

a ceremony which consists in worshipping the boiling-pan when put on the fire for the first time on some festive occasion

a type of meat dish

stiffen, make tough

fitting reply, biting retort

successive sounds of crashes, crackling

Strong protest.

(of pan) be placed on fire to cook food, to frying of the dish

to starve

if you licked the pot, it would rain on your wedding day (a reproach to prevent a child from licking the pot)

pass days in extreme poverty, go without food, starve

extreme sunshine, severe heat of the sun