30 On the Language, Maimers, and Rites, of the 



[July 



mother in a 



grandfather bodda boppa 



grandmother bodda ma 



grandfather, mother's side wodja 



elder brother 



younger brother 



elder sister 



younger sister 



what is your name P 



where is your village ? 



come early in the ) , -, , , 



3 > boddu soccale aso 



morning S 



how far is your village ? tuoragaukete door utchee mi naju esse duro 



J humara gau dos kos mai naju dos kossu 



i 



nunna 

 sana bhai 

 nanni 

 bhouni 



tuora naum kiso 

 toura £au koture utchi 



ay a 

 akenja 

 atha 

 akey 

 dada 

 apo 

 bhai 

 budi 



anni padatatti inu 

 mi naju embam unni 



daasay varn or bam 



my village is ten coss 

 how far is Patlin^eah ? 



utchee 



Patlinga kete dur utchi 5 Patlin ^ aki essse dur 

 ° ( ane 



have you cooked food ? 

 have you eat food ? 

 how many seers of rice 

 did you eat ? 



I eat three seers of rice 



do you eat meat ? 

 what meat will you eat ? 

 I will eat mutton 

 I will eat fowl 

 I will eat fish 

 I will eat dry fish 

 I will eat pig's flesh 

 who is your God ? 



what is his name ? 



:ods have 



bhatta randuloki 

 bhatta khailoki 

 kete ser chaulo bhatto 

 khailo 



{ (in ser chaulo bhatto 



^ khailu 

 Maunsa khailoki 

 tu ki maunsa khaibo 

 cheli maunsa khaibu 

 kukuda maunsa khaibu 

 matcho khaibu 

 sukvva matcho khaibu 

 gusri maunsa khaibu 

 tumara kau Deybota 



5 tumara Deybota namo 



I kiso 



tumara kete Deybota 

 utchi 



samos teko bodda taku- 

 rani 



ki mante Deybota puja 

 korocho 



veyha vasiti ginnaa 

 veyha tisi ginnaa 

 pranga esse adiah 

 tinge 



tin adiah veyha 

 tiee 



inu onga tinji ginnaa 

 ani onga tinji 

 odu onga anu tiee 

 kodju ongha tiee 

 minu an.u tiee 

 nore minu tiee 

 anu paji onga tiee 

 mindi anni peynu 

 mi peynu anni pey- 

 nu 



how many 

 you ? 



Takurani is the great- 

 est of all 

 how do you pray to 



the God ? 

 what is the name of ) 

 this month ? J 

 February Mhago 

 how manv people do 



you sacrifice in one. so katus0 

 month ? 5 C 



amongst the khonds $ khondare kete jati ut 



ye masuro namo kiso 



mi peynu esse pey- 

 nu munne 



gulletiki dumalurri 

 durani 



peynuki singhi laki= 

 deru 



iree anni danju 



Keydu 



T . (orodaniu cs so anni 



jute masurekete manu- > • J . . , . ,. 



how many castes ? I chi 



r 



pakidir- 

 jati esse jati 



minmmi 

 ru 

 hoi 

 muni 



