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1886.] F. E. Pargiter —Notes on the Chittagong Dialect. 
s. help, aid (by money or 
advice). 
s. a Mag headman of a vil¬ 
lage. 
51^1% s. Mag priest and teacher. 
V. n. to become angry. 
s. ’weaving instrument. 
5 t«j (Pers. ejlj thigh) s. the side of 
the thigh. 
adj. well-known, manifest, 
plain, clear. Pers. true. 
C|[?IT^ s. kind of bracelet (= C'^l- 
tf5^). 
^ ] prep, close to, near. 
I prep, with (with gen. case). 
to make salt by boiling 
off the water from salt-water. 
s. peon; from English ‘ num¬ 
ber’, each peon having a badge 
with his number on it. 
^^1 5. prison, jail. 
s. Sir; it is used interrogatively 
when a person does not under¬ 
stand what is said to him, 
“ Sir ? ”. 
prep, with — see 
(corrupted from ^TfVf ?) prep, 
by reason of, on account of. 
s. basket. 
s. an outer or secondary 
verandah. 
V. a. {= ^^C^) to catch, 
seize. 
adj. leased out, sublet. 
V. a. to lease out 
(land); to transplant (paddy). 
s. verandah. 
(from prep, below, 
down-stream. 
(from J(^) adj. naked. 
V. a. to lay down or place 
/ on the ground. 
adv. lying on one’s back.' 
V. n. to lie down. 
s. kind of hard light mud 
that covers a field, 
prep. upon. 
*^>§1 s. flame of fire. 
adj. dry, dried up. 
adj. hollow. 
^jTC^T^ (from ) a person 
related to one through one’s wife, 
wife’s relation. 
adv. quickly, without delay. 
5 . step-mother. 
e. rival wife, co-wife. Sansk. 
co-wife’s daughter. 
not acting willingly. 
Arab, perversity. 
adv. commonly, ordinarily. 
s. a dug-out, plain open 
boat made out of a single tree. 
31T^TC1/1 adj. born of the same fa¬ 
ther, but a different mother. 
adj. able, capable. 
s. frame of the roof on which 
the thatch is laid. 
(= ) s. 4-anna piece. 
(from 9f5i well) adv. very 
well. 
V. a. to sweep. 
C^T?r®lff] s. salt-water inundation. 
) s. father-in-law. 
5 ^^ (= *t|^^ ) s. mother-in-law. 
(= ) everything. 
