CH UAN MIAO SONGS AND STORIES — GRAHAM 



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jai* tsi-' jao' tju-" |in^ 



husband yao tsu yin 



sai' tsa' ba-' Tau' nTo-' 



arise come pat get (did) sky 



ba-' Tali' nd^ao' Tei* t'o-^ 



flat 

 d5in 



nTo" 

 get 



pat got everywhere earth wide far 



(with hands) 



nTo-^ jao^ Sin tja' tsai^ ntjei^ 



sky move unfirm not able firm 



na-' bo-' glaO^ gla-' nTAu' n[aO; na-' 

 woman glang gla 



ts'a-" 

 thousand 



lo-"^ 

 piece 



TAn' 

 nail 



beat 



ntsa' nja*^ 

 son silver 

 (ending of 

 a noun) 



bjei' 

 three 



bjei^ ts'a*^ 

 three thousand 



Tau' ba-' Tau' 



six hundred nail 



nts3 

 son 



go- 

 gold 



k'ai' 

 give 



i-^ 

 one 



nTo-' 

 sky 



Tei' 

 earth 



nTo- = 

 sky 



Tu*' jai* tsi'^ jao^ tju" 

 to husband yao tso 



lAn' 

 piece 



ntfa-^ 

 nail 



Sin^" tja' 

 edge not 



ntja- 

 nail 



tsai' 

 able 



Tau' 

 got 



glaO^ 

 wobble 



5m 

 yin 



nTo' 

 sky 



tf jai'' dVa-^ nd^An" tja' tsai' 

 below firm secure not able 



dVa- 

 firm 



bao^ 

 move 



OGai' 

 narrow 



a-' OGai' 

 also narrow, 

 (again) 



50 ' 

 smooth 



clean pure 



Tei' GaO' a-' GaO' 

 earth broad also broad 

 (again) 



sin' ndsao" 



jai* tsi'* jao' tju 



husband yao tsu yin grasp 



d5a-' tso;' Jau' nd^aO' 



nine pieces tendon earth 

 ground 



bjei' nTa- " 



three strokes (times) 



5ao 



secured 

 nTa-' 

 pdfl 



na-° 



(a helping word) 



gla-* 



Tei' 



d5u- 



d'oO^ i-' ba-= i- 



below earth mountain one hundred one ten 

 peak 



lo' XaO^ 



piece bend (of a valley or mountain) 



d3ao' 

 several 



i-' ba-' i-' dsu- 



one hundred one ten 



dsao' lo-" d^oO" 



several piece mountain peaks 



