A Grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect. 
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One brother (a pumpkin) lives on the hills ; another (the 
green urid) brother lives in the jungle ; another (ginger) in the 
spice-garden ; and the three are all together. Ans. A pumpkin 
pie. (G). 
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King of vphite, king of whiteness, in the land not born. It eats 
up a hundred fruits, and with no hollow for its mouth. Ans. Hail. 
( 7 ). 
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A little sparrow {Oerthia tula) hops along, and makes nine 
hundred holes as he goes. Ans. A needle. (8). 
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When it gets its dinner (is oiled), it gets lean, and without its 
dinner it gets fat. Ans. A pig-tail (of hair). (9). 15 
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Everything may burn, but the smallest garment of the old man 
may not. Ans. A road. (10). 
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Soft when it is unripe, hard when it is ripe. Ans. An earthen 20 
vessel. (11). 
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A black sho-goat, with a string round its neck. Come along 
my little girl. It is time for market. Ans. A pair of scales. (12). 
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A rose-flower blooms, and its shadow pervades the city. It is not 
in the mdli’s garden, nor does it go to the king’s palace. Ans. The 
sun. (13). 
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Four posts (points of the compass), drums all round (thunder- 
ing), tens of thousands of bullocks, two drivers. Ans. The sun 
moon, stars and thunder. (14). 
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