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 I. 



REV. FJR. J. HOFFMANN, S.J. 



f x .. 2 3 . 4. 



I 0&o£ hijutan ? chaulim chapitan I 



Boys <i 



.12 3 4 



i Chimae setertan, ramram salatan ! 



I 

 Girls — Chimae setertan ? ramram salatan ! 



Who is coming (that) thou art busy 

 washing the rice ? 



Which one is nearing ? thou art se- 

 lecting grains ! 



II. 



Boys { 



I 2 



Gatim hijutan ? chaulim chapitan ! 



I 2 



Sangam setertan ? ramram salatan ! 



I 



Girls — Sangam hijutan ? ramram salatan ! 



Is thy friend coming ? thou art wash- 

 ing the rice ! 



Is thy lover coming ? thou art se- 

 lecting the urid grains ! 



in. r i .2 3 4 _ 



Chitem aiumli ? chaulim chapitan ! 



B °y s i2 3 4 



Meretem atenli ? ramram salatan ! 



Girls- 



Meretem atenli ? ramram salatan ! 



By what did'st thou hear him (ap- 

 proach) thou art, etc. 



By what did'st thou make out (his 

 approach) ? thou art, etc. 



IV. 

 Boys 



I 2 



Kata peredo richi-gugura. 



I 2 



I Maeang peredo besra-dambarkom. 



I 

 Girls — Maeang peredo besra-dambarkom. 



His feet forsooth are full of hawk- 

 signals. 



His waist forsooth is full of falcon- 

 bells. 



V ' x 2 



j Richi-gugura nringkenado, 



{ Besra-dambarkom rarangkenado. 

 Girls — Besra dambarkom rarangkenado. 



VI. 



(Enategeho ! chaulim chapitan 

 -o°y s | Enategeho ! ramram salatan ! 

 Girls— Enategeho ! ramram salatan ! 



t 



The hawk signals (sounded) riving. 



The falcon-bells (sounded) rarang. 

 The falcon-bells (sounded) rarang. 



Aha ! that's why thou art washing 



the rice. 

 Aha ! that's why thou art selecting 

 the urid grains. 



The following considerations may perhaps be suggested as a possible explanation 

 of this very peculiar feature. 



The alternating chora arrangement just shown demands of course a repetition. 

 But it does not exact the substitution of synonymous terms Similarly whenever 

 expansion or generalization is required by means of a contrasting or a spec fically 

 differing term, repetition of the rest of the line is a necessity. But here again the 

 expansion or generalization would be attained equally well by the mere repetition of 



