Riddles are either in prose or verse.
As examples of prose riddles the following may be mentioned:—
What is it that cries on this bank, but drops its dung on the other (megoda andalayi egoda betilayi)—A gun.
What is the tree by the door that has 20 branches and 20 bark strips; twenty knocks on the head of the person who fails to solve it. (dorakadagahe atuvissayi potu vissayi netêruvot toku vissayi)—10 fingers and 10 toes.
What is it that is done without intermission (nohita karana vẹdê)—the twinkling of the eye.
The following are examples of verse riddles.
The Eye—
“Ihala gobê pansiyayak pancha nâda karanâ
Pahala gobê pansiyayak pancha nâda karanâ
Emeḍa devi ruva ẹti lamayek inda kelinâ