A Grammar of the OhhattisgarM dialeet. 
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The rider and the horse are of the same colour. On one is the 
saddle, on the other the girths. Ans, An insect called ra?4<ai)i. In 
Bihar it is called godrin. It is something like a centipede. They 
frequently go in couples, one on the top of the other. (2.3). 
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It lives in the forest crooked and in disarray. Its cap is black, 
and its coat red. Ans. The jeweller’s weighing-seed, Ahrus pre- 
catorius. It is red with a black spot. (24). 
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I cut it down in the forest, and carved it in the forest, and 
brought it out of the forest. In August I let it loose, and it whirled 
about (in the water) like a phdinpd-worm. Ans. A boat. (25). 
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A tree of dense leaves (many days) with twelve branches 
(months). Each with a bunch of thirty (fruit), and each with a 
different name. Ans. Years, months, and days. (26). 
A bit of wood becomes fruit on a branch apart, and your old 20 
woman relishes it. Ans. Mun’gd. The hard wooden like fruit of 
the horse-radish tree {Hyperanthera mm'inga), used as a condiment. 
(27). 
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My uncle has nine hundred cows, which graze by night, and 25 
are folded by day. Ans. The stars. (28). 
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An empty stomach, and a tail in the family way. Ans. An 
ant. (29). 
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When I go to your house, I open them (take them off) and sit 
down. Ans. Shoes. (30). 
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An oil vessel (to cook in) below, an oil vessel (to cover it) above, 
and in it is melted great sweetness. Ans. Beesting’s milk. (31). 35 
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An earthen goat which eats bran. Beat it a little, and it cries 
