VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BEN(;ALJ WORDS. 373 



vSt^Slj s., a water-course, streamlet: a branch or arm of a jhil or marsh. Raj. 



v5t*1, s., SL cultivated plot of ground. Raj. See \5tt«1. 



vSf^n, s., the part of the upper arm just below the shoulder. Jess. See C^S^L 



\5t^ (*W^), s., a wooden handle (as of a dao). Maid. 



\5t^, s., high ground {= ^\W\). Ch. Nagp. 



v!?t1, s., the cross-rafters in a kaccha roof. i^a/. 



*\5t^ (connected with *\5t^ a young watery cocoanut ?) s. {orig. anything shaped like 



a cocoanut ?) a pitcher ; a spittoon ; a grass-purse to keep pan leaves in. 24- Pargs. 

 ■5t^1 {prob. jr. *v5t^), s., the pipe of a cocoanut hukka. Dae. 

 '5\^'^, s., a channel left in a river between a char and the bank or between two chars, 



which becomes shallow or dries up in the hot season. Raj. ; Maid. 

 * \5t«n, .s. (i) a large shallow basket ; (2) a lid, cover, top, gen. ; (3) a coarse mat. 



Maid. 

 v5t«^1 {fr. *\5t«^1 a basket ?), s., articles prepared as offerings for idols. 2-\.-Pavgs. Com- 



pare English 'hamper.' 

 \5t«Tt^ (*\5t?[1), s., a large basket for rearing silkworms. Raj. 

 ^tf^^ (*^5t1%^), s., a witch. Maid. Also *v5t^?f. 

 1% (corrup. of f?C^ ? see fw) prep. — f^^^, ^ICW : e.g. 'Q^ 1% ^f%^tfw I have told him. 



ff^^ttc^ (ff^f^C^), y.a., to leap, jump; leap over, jump over. 



ff^f^TJ^, v.n. (i) leap over, jump over; (2) to climb over, scale ; (3) to frisk. 



f^f (*t%f^(;^ to leap), s., a leap, a jump. 24-Pargs. 



*f%fj (Pers. so a village), s. (i) a group of villages, a small district consisting of a 



group of villages, gen. ; (2) a village cutcherry, a zamindar's village office. 



Maid. 

 ^^, s., a fish-basket. C/j^V. 

 ^^, s., a funnel-shaped fish-trap. Chit. 

 ^^1, s., a bamboo hedge around a tank. C^zi^. 

 ^^tf% (*^f^^ to dive), s., one who dives, a diver. 

 *^f^C^s, v.n. (i) to go under water, sink under water, be immersed ; (2) to plunge into 



water, to dive; (3) to sink, disappear (as the sun, moon, day-light, etc.). 

 ^^1 (*^^1 a small piece), s., a small cloth or scarf, a garacha. Chit. 

 ^#t, s., a ditch made by excavating earth to raise other land (^(^t?) alongside it. Raj. 

 '§^ {*CM^), s., a female of the dom caste. Dae. 



^f??n, s., a fish-basket carried on the back between the shoulders. Chit. 

 v5«i = Cv5t«l. Dac. 



-^r- f ^-^-j to drive (cattle). Chit. 



05'^) (connected with *^^1 ?), s., a wall of earth surrounding a bari. Chit. 



r.:5'f1, s., the upper arm. Raj. ; /IfaM. ; the part of the upper arm just below the 



shoulder, Jess. See ^5t«t1. 

 rjs^n (corrup. of v5tt*1), adj., right (opposed to left). C. 5gwg'. 

 Cv5?1, s., a tent, g^w. : a very small house, /9ac. 



