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H. Francke — A collection of Ladakhi Proverbs. 
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(d) Do not laugh at another man’s misfortune, the same 
might easily come to yon. 
(e) The second sentence in full would be: stingmanas rgod 
ma shor^ from the follower a laugh must nob flee. 
37. (a) 
(6) stag’nana khyi’yongdug zer’te 
zha’bugna rdo’a khurte cha’rug. 
(c) Saying there comes a dog out of Stagna [a village four 
miles from Zhabug] they go carrying stones out of 
Zhabug. 
{d) Do not be afraid, there will be a helper. 
fe) Zhabug = zhahub = i8b[\ing headlong into a bog; charug — 
cha’adug ; the d of ’adug becomes an r after a stem 
ending in a vowel. 
38. (a) 
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(6) mi’ngan thsogs’ sebla cha’na 
shing’ ngan ta’ku dang thug’. 
(c) When a bad man goes into the middle of a forest, he 
meets [finds] only with bad crooked wood. 
(d) A bad man sees only bad things and persons about him. 
(^) Taku is the Ladakhi for crooked, crippled, ill-shaped. 
39. (a) 
{b) mi’la skyid’ mithag’ 
ra’la thsil’ mi thag’. 
(c) Man cannot bear good fortune, [just as] a goat cannot 
bear [eat] grease. 
(e) Thagces — thegpa. 
40. (a) 
(b) khyi’a sgal’dang be’daa shol, 
(c) To the dog is a load, what the plough is to a musician. 
(d) Certain people cannot be expected to do real work. 
