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Vocabulary of the Ho language. 



[No. lO'; 



Come along, come along ! 



Come, get on. 



No I won't, I am tired. 



What } do you feel ill ? 



I feel very ill, Sir. 



Where do you feel pain ? 



I have got a headache. 



A thorn has run into my foot. 



When did your father die ? 



Ten years ago. 



How long have you lived there ? 



Where did you live before that } 



Why did you leave that place ? 



Why did you run away ? 



I thought they would kill me. 



Whose bullocks did you steal ? 



I didn't steal them. 



How many cattle were there } 



There were a great many. 



Did you kill any man ? 



Did you wound any one .^ 



Do, do, do, do ! 

 Do ! airemen. 

 Ka'i'nga ; lagaienaing ! 

 Chia ? um hassooiena ? 

 Essooing hassooiena, Gomke. 

 Okotarre hassoo metanna ? 

 Bo re eeng hassooiena. 

 Kattare janum boliena. 

 Appoo'm do chooila goyena } 

 Gel sirma iena. 



Amdo chimin sirma endre tykenum. 

 Airdo <>koire umtykenna. 

 Entado chikanminnabageatoodum. 

 Umdo chikan mente'm niriena } 

 Goikee'ngiako, mente eengririena. 

 Okoia ooreeko umkombookenna. 

 Ka'ing kombookedkoa. 

 Chemin ooreeko tykena. 

 Essooko tykena. 

 Mid ho amba um goikeeachee ? 

 Okoiamba um gowkedda chee ? 



I wounded one man with an arrow. Midho eeng poitkeea. 



I shot twice. (" two shoots,") 

 How many were you all } 

 There were only two of us. 

 There were only three of us. 

 I was there alone. 

 Was it dark at that time ? 

 No, it was light. 

 Who seized you ? 



Bar myl eeng tooingkeea. 

 Chemin horo'pe tykena ? 

 AUeeng do bar ho soomang. 

 Alle do appe ho tykena. 

 Aing soomang. 

 Enbetar do nooba tanachee ? 

 Bannotora ! maskal akanna. 

 Okoi sabked mia } 



do. 



Jurryekussat's son, Mahtee, seized Jurryekussata hon, Mahtee, 



me. sabkedingia. 



Did he bind you ? Tolkedmiai.^ 



Yes, he bound me with a rope. Eya, byre te tolkedingiai. 



If I let you go, will you ever Eeng amiendredo, tyoomdo okoi- 



shoot at any one again ? amba tarte um tooingiachee .? 



No, I will not, there ! Banno, ka'ingtooingia, joo ! 



