Vol VI, No. 12, 1910.] Jatu Glossary. 789 



[N.S.] 



ftwraT, bisdnd, v.a., to purchase. ....;..? 



" Z>o Sdwan, do bhddwe, do kdtak, do md. 

 " Dhande dhore bech ke ndj bisdwan jd" 

 Two Sarvans, two Bhadons, two Kataks, two Maghsl 

 Go sell. your cattle and buy grain. 

 (If the intercalary month fall after any of these it is 

 considered a sure sign of impending famine.) 



mWTO, bisdl, n.m. ; recess inside the living room of the house. 



fsWJff, bisdsat, n.f., residence, living. 



f^rr, biswd, n.m., a share in the village and so one's landed 



property — The ownership of a village is often still divided 

 on so many ploughs or the 20 biswds of a bigha. 



Wg^pc. bisweddr, n.m., landowner with a share in the common 





property of the village. 



bawan paihh panchwm, badal ho na mj. 

 st Becho gddi balddn nipje kuchh nd chij." 



If there be no cloud or lightning on the dark fifth of 

 Sdwan, sell your cart and cattle, nothing will grow. 



(A sign of famine.) 



ftarT. bijnd, n.m., a hand fan. 



^T^TT, bijhnd, v.n., to be eaten away (of wood). 



Wt»r, bitM, n.f., droppings of birds. 



*T^, birh, n.m., forest or grass preserve. 



*»W, bit, n.f., grazing fees taken by a herdsman for looking after 



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another man's cattle. 



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house). 



*H **, bir bat y adj. or adv., division per stirpes— by wives. 

 *H*T*ft birbdni, n.f., as bir(q.v.). 



^ *i^, buhdd bdndi, n.f., a few drops of rain, " spitting.' ' 

 **, bukh, n.f., sand that pours into a well from the spring level. 

 ^f\ buld, n.f., calling, summoning. 



dhdnak 



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whose duty it is to assemble the villagers). 

 ^ buld, n.m., bullock broken to plough or cart. 



: Ghoridn rdj, bulddn andj. 



A kingdom by horses, 

 Grain by bullocks. 



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