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nanlako si kusi. Kinimatana 
chit chuan phokoi-ya kusi on 
ina ingina si luwang uschin 
phophoyoi ud Photlok. 
2. Ingkau man sichit kawan 
chit kinufyat iningkau chat 
kaag sit chayan. Ot umillong 
yan tai naphyanikoi sit ining- 
kawan chat kaag on inilana. 
3. Masulit manot ayana chit 
phyato-wot pit-ongonat osan 
kaag. Masulit manot umachu 
cha chit kaag sit kayu on man- 
ischung kan sia. 
4. Paiyan ayanat osan phya- 
to-wot pit-ongona c h i c h a. 
Auni manot lumsa chat chuan 
kakuuphyanchan ummoi kan 
sia. Sinongpatna chicha. 
5. Maphyayag manot naamin 
nilumsa chat iningkau sit kayu 
on manokuyus kan sia ot malig- 
likot. 
6. Iningkau ud achayoma 
liang uschit ikid chit chayan. 
Tinainana chit awit nan kusi- 
yot phumtik sit liang-ngot 
jars. He carried suspended 
from a pole on his shoulder a 
couple of jars which he went 
to sell for a water-buffalo in 
the town of Photlok. 
2. When he was in the middle 
of the forest there were mon- 
keys on the road. And he just 
sat down for rest as he was 
tired, at the place where there 
were the monkeys he had seen. 
3. After a while he took a 
stone and threw it at a mon- 
key killing it. Thereupon the 
monkeys became many on the 
trees and they peered down 
upon him wistfully. 
4. Again he took a stone and 
stoned them. After that there 
came down two of their leaders 
who went at him. He cut them 
down. 
5. After a while all of them 
that were in the trees came 
down and rushed upon him and 
he became excited. 
6. There was a deep cave at 
the side of the road. He left 
the load of jars and ran to the 
cave and many were also the 
1. kinimata; a means of carrying loads is by a pair of baskets, kimata, 
suspended from the extremities of a pole, aseu, carried over the 
shoulder; mangimata one thus carrying a load; kimat&on what is 
thus carried. 
phokoi a classifying auxiliary to numerals used to count globular things 
such as jars, demijohns, coconuts, etc. 
ingina si luwang; also inginat luwang might be said; luwang is the 
nuang of other northern dialects. 
2. kawa middle, Isin. gawa. 
kinufyat forest, cf. Tag. gubat. 
umillong one resting; yan meaning “just.” 
3. pit-ongonat: pit-ongon object of stoning (Past pinit-ong) +na his-f 
f<si. 
man-ischung, cf. Bont. umuschung one looking down watching. 
