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Hugh Fraser— Folklore from Eastern Oorakpur. [No. 1, 
3TT, oblique verbal noun,—direct form ^ (^fBc or See ^Vi- 
above. 
2. plur. fem. past, of ^t, ‘ come’. See ^3 above. 
V. 8. Tyf% is the oblique adjectival form of x, ‘ this’. 
therefore means rather ‘ at this time’, than, ‘ this is the time’; is 
either the oblique, or the long form of ‘ time’. 
is more usually pronounced The \/ ^ ‘ take’ takes in the 
pres, imperat. an optional base (in Magadhi, whence 2 imperat. 
form 
fW, contracted for 2 plur. fut. fem. oE «TT ‘ go’. 
(more properly ^TWtR^T), is the long form of 
fem. of ‘ a parent.’ 
Y. 9. long form of TTT^t, ‘water’. 
Y. 10. is the usual word for ‘ black’, in Bihari. is long 
form of ‘ collyrium’. T^T is oblique of £ vermilion’. 
Y. 12. *f«fT (loc. ‘ in the eye’), is oblique form of *f*r, ‘eye’: and 
(‘ on the forehead’) of f%^rK, ‘ brow’. 
The translation makes the *TT in the 6th verse a negative. This, 
however, is hardly necessary; the sentence being equally capable of being 
translated as a simple direct statement, instead of a negative question, 
expecting an affirmative reply. 
No. II. 
V. 1. for the regular 3rd sing, past of iisr, ‘ send’. 
See note on above. 
long form feminine of ‘ light brown’. 
^T^T, for 2nd plur. imperat. of ^T, ‘ come’. 
Y. 2. long form of ‘ the lands near a village’,—a 
common Bihari word. 
would be better ^STR^TT, see note on ’^TR^TT, above. 
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V. 3. in this and other similar words, the ^ (or >3, short for 
metre) at the end of the word, is the sign of the 2nd plur. feminine. 
& c - are causals, hence the diphthong in the last syllable 
but one. 
Y. 4. qfJT^IT is long form of ^tjt, ‘a garden’. is generally 
specialized to mean, as here, ‘an orchard’. 
V. 5, 6. &c. are almost certainly incorrect for 
&c. The causal of m ‘ eat’, is BsI^r, and not f^R, 4 cause to eat’. 
No. III. 
V. 1. —I doubt the correctness of the spelling of this word. 
It is more usually spelt STfoK. 
— i- e. with final vowel lengthened for the sake of metre, 
is a very common Bihari corruption of 
