a vegetable, fruit or a combination of both, preserved in vinegar or spicy solution, and served to add taste or as an appetising relish; a pickle.

ಊಟಕ್ಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ ಯಾತಕ್ಕೂ ಬೇಡ ūṭakke illada uppinakāyi yātakkū bēḍa (prov.) a thing, however valuable it is, becomes useless if not got when it is required; advice after injury is like medicine after death; ಮಾತಿಗೆ ಮೊದಲು ಗಾದೆ, ಊಟಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊದಲು ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ mātige modla gāde, ūṭakke modalu uppinakāyi (prov.) (said of a person who tends to quote a proverb frequently) to use proverbs frequently or always.

= ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ.