VOCABIU.ARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 383 



*(?ift?t^ [fr. Q<(\ two) (i) adj., double, two-fold, general ; (2) s., a pakka house consisting 



of a room and a^verandah-room in front. Howr. 

 Ctrlsffsj (cffi and ^f5(), s., land that produces two crops yearly (aus paddy and cold 



weather produce). Bard. 

 ♦CiftvS, s., running, general. CfTtvS %^ to run, run away, Dae. ; Q^ ^Itf??;^ to run 



away, bolt off, Jess. 

 *C5t1, s., a square measure, = 16 kanis^ 27,000 sq. yds. = i6| standard bighas. It is 



also used as a measure of length, = 16 linear kanis=:720 yds. Tip. ; Chit. 



f^^^ >l°'?t?, s., the first appearance of a woman's courses. [She then goes to live 

 with her husband. See ^^^ f'\'%H\. 



*f^ (or fu^), s., weight. 



^^, s., make, fashion, shape. Raj. 



f#t [fr. ^^ ?), s., post, stake, pillar (as a landmark). Maid. 



^ ^-. [ s., a euphemism for a boy's private parts. Jess. 



*(? ^5ttC^, v.n., to roll about on the ground. Chit. 



**f^f«1 (/f. ^f?C^), s., the hand-rail of a sako. 



**f5l (/r. *ff^f;^), past-particip. pass, held retained; applied to a stroke {as with a spear) 



in which the weapon is not let go. Jess. 

 5(5l8 {fr. 5ff^r.^), s., performing work for a neighbour on condition that the latter shall 



give his labour in return (= 'jfB! Jess.). Raj. 

 *«fi% {for *ff^<n fr. iifllUs ; comp. Engl, 'touching') verbal particip. used as aprepos., for; 



e.g. ^^ 1%^ mI^ for how many days ? Tip. 

 **fftC^, v.a. (i) to hold; *f?[1 ^f^^ to be found, to be met with; (2) to bear (fruit): 



e.g., ^t^ ^f^<rt^ it has produced mangoes. Raj. ; (3) to hold up (as rain), e.g. 



*f|% ^ttr.^ (sc. rain) to stop, cease ; (4) to wave about (as burning straw, so as to 



get it into flame). Jess.; (5) to apprehend ; (6) to find room enough ; (7) to con- 

 tinue, remain. 

 *^ {fr. ^US ?), s., penalty, penal stipulation ; excessive interest imposed as a 



penalty if a debt is not paid on the due date. Raj. 

 *^'^, s., a close semi-religious relation or kinship formed voluntarily between two 



persons, who thenceforward behave to each other as if they are so related ; e.g. 



M't ^tt,, ^^ 5^t^1 etc., general. 

 ift^t^ {fr. ^f^U* to unite, put together ?), s., conspiracy, combination. Hug. 

 H^] {fr. im white) ; (i) adj., white; (2) s., white powder, Jess. 

 *flt {fr. *fttc^ to run, pursue ?), s., = '^\:s^^^'\. Jess. 

 »rttc^ {fr. root "^T^ to run), v.n., (i) to run; (2) run away, flee, Chit. ; (3), v.a., to 



pursue. 

 sfft^, s., eave of a house. 

 t fl^l, s., a push, a shove : hence the propelling force (of the flood-tide). 



