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.
ಊಟಕ್ಕೆಇಲ್ಲದಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿಯಾತಕ್ಕೂಬೇಡ 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; ಮಾತಿಗೆಮೊದಲುಗಾದೆ, ಊಟಕ್ಕೆಮೊದಲುಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ mātige modla gāde, ūṭakke modalu uppinakāyi (prov.) (said of a person who tends to quote a proverb frequently) to use proverbs frequently or always.