1900.] 
H. Francke — A collection of Ladakhi Proverbs. 
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12. (a) 
ND 
Ns 
(6) Ladag’skyi zhing’shmos dang nyam’po drug’ Idir’na, 
do’sha gil’idla ston’fchog thob’dug. 
(c) When at the time of ploughing in Ladakh the thunder 
sounds, they receive a harvest in dosha [lower Ladak] 
and Gilgit. 
{d) Peasant’s calendar. Lower Ladak and Gilgit have an 
earlier harvest than Leh. 
(e) Ldirces is the Ladakhi for adirba. In this Proverb the 
Genitive in kyi is pronounced in full. The ordinary 
Ladaki Genitive has a simple i. 
13. (a) 
(5) yunring’na ja’ros Idong’bo chod’. 
(c) After a long time a dead bird [which is blown by the 
wind against the trunk of a tree] cuts the trunk. 
{d) With perseverance great things can be done. 
(e) Ldongbo — sdongbo. 
14. (a) 
NS 
( 5) gang’lessi yang’mala Ita’lta. 
spid’thuggi sor’gob yang bud’. 
(c) Whilst looking at the good barley of Gangles (a village) 
the rough straw of Spithug is lost. 
(d) See 8 (d). 
(e) About Italta, see 8 (e). 
15. (a) g-<^c;-3q-g-?3q-ar5rci 
(b) ja’thsang’ma ja’yulla song’ 
jangan’ ututu’tse shul’juglalus’. 
(c) All birds have gone to birdland. 
The bad [stupid] bird hoopoe has remained to the last. 
(d) When a bad thing has been done by several, all who can, 
disappear, the one who remains, is punished for all. 
