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Vocabulary of the Ho language. 



[No. 107 



Names of Rivers, HtllSj S^c. 



TT 1 ^ J u ( the water of 

 Hackoo yam dan, J 



t weeping fish, 



Roro garra, roaring river, 



Oeko atta dah, bird-lime water, 



Toongi garra, the clear river, 



Sompa serra, hill of arrows, 



Sereng serra, hill of rocks, 



Abooroo, hill of the wild pea. 



Charree booroo, hill of butcher birds, 



Mara billee, pea-hen's egg hill, 



Ooree manda, bullock's track hill, 



H^m booroo, the old hill, 



Toopooing pee, the plain of battle, 



o -1 ^. I. "l hill of the shot 



Sael poet booroo, | ^^^^^^ 



Names of Persons. 



Potam, a wood pigeon, Dildil, corpulent, 



Loke Damoo, lame Damoo, Madkum, mowhooa tree. 



Jeetoo Mangta, little baby Mangta, Ooroo, a beetle, 

 Sooree Lenga, blind Lenga, 



What is your name ? 



Mine ? Markundo. 



Of what clan are you ? 



I am a Poortee. 



Where do you live ? 



In Goomwa. 



Where do you come from ? 



From Ramila, which is in Keon- 



jur. 

 Where are you going to } 



Dialogues. 



Umma cliikan noomoo ? 



Eengachee? Markundo. 



Chikan keelee oum ? 



Poortee neege. 



Okore minna mia.? 



Goomwa re. 



Okomanna te um hooilena ? 



Ramila te eeng hooilena ; Keonjree 



re Ramila. 

 Okote um seno tanna } 

 Sair te eeng sen a. 



I am going to Seryekela. 

 What business have you come on ? Chikan kajee reum hoojooena. 

 Some dispute about land. Otea epeser minna. 



Where is your house ? Umma oado okorea ? 



In Ramila, I tell you. Ramila re, metamtannying. 



Is your house far from hence ? Umma oa niaite sanging achee ? 

 Very far ! It is across the Byturnee, Essoo sanging houang ! Byturnee 



garra parrum. 



