148 
H. Francke — A collection of Ladakhi Proverbs. 
[No. 2, 
,48. (a) 
(6) za’o kha’ta zos’, cung’ka kha’ marpo’. 
(c) The [stolen] food was eaten by the crow [but the beak of 
the raven is red. 
id) Often the wrong person is caught instead of the guilty 
one. 
(e) Zos~hzas, zos is the only past tense in Ladakhi, which 
changes the vowel. 
49. (a) 
(&) thsil’thong’ste kha’gas’. 
(c) [When] seeing grease, the mouth cracks [open]. 
(d) When you see something nice you want to have it. 
(e) Thsil — mutton grease, a very desirable thing in Ladakh. 
50. (a) 1 1 1 
(b) nor’med thsong’sala cha’na, nyo’dod. 
(c) Who goes to the shop without money, likes foolishness. 
(d) Do nothing unprepared, you. might be laughed at. 
(e) Nyodod is Compos, determ. = u liker of foolishness. 
61. (a) 
(6) stod’na stod’na nga’ sang gyal’la stod’ 
smad’na smad’na, nga’ sang thus’pa sraad’. 
(c) Who praises me, is a better man than I am. 
Who despises me, is a worse man than I am. 
(d) Said by a man who has heard that slander is going on 
about him. 
(e) For sang with the comparative, see Jaschke’s grammar ; 
rgy alias und thvspas are Instrumentals, gyalla — a good 
man. 
