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, bate], n.m. ; partition, division (of everything). 



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Kaudi 



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Counts the cowries, but breaks up a whole stack of 



fuel. 



(Penny wise, pound foolish). 



, batle, adj., pi., gathered together, assembled, 

 l^rf. batydn, n.f., footpath, track. 



Ft batyau, n.m., traveller, guest. 



" Be hut kd dahd, putr led sog. 

 " Nit nth chalen batyau log. 

 " Jin hi marin adh bich ndr. 

 " Bind agan yeh jal jden char." 



A fine for no offence, or mourning for a son, 

 Travellers who rise and march each day, 

 Or he whose wife has died in mid life, 

 These four need no fire to burn with. 



WCT, baderd, adj., the biggest, or oldest, among several 

 ^fT baddd, adj., big, large, usually in comparison. 



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if«*t, bardangi, adj., 1. Shameless. 



2. Indigent. 

 , barnd, v.n., to get in, enter, penetrate. 



u Char khare, char pare, ek ek men do do bare. 



Four uprights, four horizontals : in each one two 

 inserted. 



(Answer — a bed). 



, barwd, n.m., buds of the hair (q.v.). 



W^mr, barhdpd, n.m., old age. 



^t badhi, n.m., a caste of carpenters (less common in this 



District than khdti, q.v.). 



*<H3r. banak, n.m., merchant, trader. 



*%m. banaj, money-lending. 



V*for, banhhand, n.m., a great wood, forest. 



W^jft, banshti, n.f., cotton stalk. 



W*ft bansti, n.f., as banshti (q.v.). 



W^t batti, adv., more. 



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M Do ghar batti mdngne, par chalnd masal hi chdndm. 



He'll travel by torchlight though he has to beg from 



two more houses. 

 (Spoken of a person who lives beyond his means). 



