NO. 29. — 1884.] THRESHING-FLOOR LANGUAGE. 



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Mudune yana gonrajune 

 Tope balayen kola madine 

 I'lauga yana nambane 

 Tope balayen kola madine 



Ape noveyi me kamata 

 Sanda deviyanne kamata 

 Ape noveyi me kamata 

 Iri deviyanne kamata 

 Ape noveyi me kamata 

 Soli raj age kamata 

 Ape noveyi me kamata 

 Pandi raj age kamata 

 Ape noveyi me kamata 

 Gana deviyanne kamata 



Samanala mahavehera usata genet purava me kamatata 

 Makkama mahavehera usata genet purava me kamatata 

 Kelaniya mahavehera usata genet purava me kamatata 

 Ruvanveli mahavehera usata genet purava me kamatata 



Ihalavele tiyena beta genet purava me kamatata 

 Phalavele tiyena beta genet purava me kamatata 

 Atukotuvala tiyena beta genet purava me kamatata 

 Genunne hema beta genet purava me kamatata 



[On — king, leader of the team, 

 Lend strength the corn to tread; 

 Lusty steer * that follows next, 

 Lend your strength the corn to tread. 



This is not our threshing-floor, 

 'Tis the Moon-god's threshing-floor ; 

 This is not our threshing-floor, 

 'Tis the Sun-god's threshing' floor; 

 This is not our threshing-floor, 

 'Tis King Soli's threshing-floor ; 



* Namband, a wordfound in both Sinhalese (ndmbd) and Tamil (ndmpan). 

 According to Winslow it is a provincial word, meaning " steer " or " bull-calf." 

 In Sinhalese, c 'boar," = xiru-ndmbd. 



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