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(q.v.) at their extremities in a well-voke. 

 f^ff. ndndni, n.f., rope on the well-yoke into which the lao 



(q.v.) is fixed. 



•n% flW 



e tor (q.v.). 



«IR. nag, adj., 1. (A plough), lighter than ordinal one, for 



sowing. 

 2. A big (snake). 



*rre«TL ndtnci, v.n., to deny, refuse, go back on one's word, re- 

 pudiate. 



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2?a?i<s chart ndtni kahe, hot ndto mat ko. 

 Main ndti ndtni bhayi, ndte so ndtni ho." 



Says the ndtni when she's climbed the pole, " If any 

 has ought (to give) let him not refuse. I refused 

 and became a ndtni; refuse and become one too." 



(A ndtni is a female acrobat, and the punning of the 

 original can be faintly reproduced by calling an 

 acrobat a cc knotter."f 



TT^^rr, ndtwd, n.in., second calf. 



, nar, n.f., a nerve. 

 wrft, nari, n.f., a leather strap joining the yoke to the plough. 

 *TTf *5rf. ndr harnd, v.n., to be proud. 

 •TT^T, ndnJcd, adj., maternal grandfather's. 



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WIK ndr, n.f., a woman. 

 •TRt, ndrd, n.m., a you 

 •ttf1\ ndrL adi.. same a 



bahrd (q.v.). 



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n.f., a woman. 



xVar par wari Man', nar ndri ke hath. 

 Nar ndr' bhejid, gayd awdz ke sath." 



Female standing on male, male in female's hand. 



The female thrown a male which has gone with a 

 whirr ! 



(The riddle refers to a girl watching the crops and 

 standing on a platform {ddmchd n.m.). In her hand 

 a sling {gopiyd n.m.) with which she slings a mud 

 pellet (gold n.m.) which whistles as it goes). 



f^Wf. »idma», n.m., a hole dug in the earth for drinking 



water (the word seems to he peculiar to the south of the 

 district). 



K mkand, adj., clean, thorough, careful (of ploughing)- 



