பாவாடை - pavatai
s. a petticoat; 2. cloth spread on the ground in honorary decoration, நடைசீலை; 3. a table cloth; 4. an offering to the gods, பாவாடை யமுது.
பாவாடைபோட, to spread cloth on the ground in honorary decoration, பாவாடை விரிக்க; 2. to give an offering (of rice) to the gods. பாவாடைவீச, to wave a white cloth as a signal; 2. to show a flog of truce.