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F. E. Pargiter —Notes on the Ohittagong Dialect. [No. 1, 
V. n. to go to stool. 
) adv. together. 
g. V. 
(for ) 5. ridge of earth 
dividing fields. 
(= ^TC9f) ^re^. before, in 
front of. 
! standing -with the hands 
raised and the palms out¬ 
wards to prevent a per¬ 
son coming against one. 
s. kitchen. 
adj. unclaimed (as property, 
waifs and strays). Pers. ^jfjT 
scattered. 
s. small water-way in a hand 
(= 1 ^ 0 - 
s. hermitage. 
s. the top (of a tree), the 
prow (of a boat). 
5. scratch. 
<*v 
s. clasping around a person’s 
body with both arms. 
s. a workman’s leisure time 
after work is done. 
s. rough fence made of 
stakes. 
5. small wage. 
C^tc^T^ s. a bolak {g. v.) with¬ 
out the pendants. 
adj. quarrelsome. [son). 
to burn (a per- 
s. silence. 
^15^1 5. extension of time. 
adj. another, different; 
to close a door (but 
not fasten it). 
(loc. case of ;pron. vil) adv. 
here, in this place. 
adv. hither, in this direction. 
adv. so, thus. 
adv. here, in this place (cor¬ 
rupted from ^ ?) 
^■511 particle (= ) used with 
numerals to denote “ thina-s,” 
and with nouns to particularise ; 
— JTT'® seven things; ^1:5 
that particular night. 
(from and ?) 
to approach direct, go straight 
towards. Its imperative ^SiT-S, 
“ come straight here ! ” is used 
as a cry to the neighbours for 
help, when an offence is being 
committed. 
(from ) 5. a torch made 
of a bundle of split bamboos. 
adj. right in front, straight, up¬ 
right. 
(from time) used in 
composition to denote time, thus 
when ? 
adj. stark naked. [open. 
adj. unenclosed, unfenced, 
adv. thither, in that direction. 
5. simple country folk, 
who have always lived in the 
country and are ignorant of the 
ways of towns. 
^?rl s. buffalo-shed. 
s. machan or raised place in 
fa house for placing paddy 
J baskets. 
adj. straight and upright (ap¬ 
plied to a cow’s horns). 
adv. now. 
s. basket for collecting cow- 
dung (= ) 
