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T. G. Bailey —The Secret Words of the Guhrds. 
[No. 1, 
The following refers again to a carrion feast— 
Lai lal kandln laya. 
Citte da dega carhida. 
Ghar sade thana lattlia. 
Wagyara nalif chutkari da. 
The red is thrown to the wall 
(red = the blood of the dead 
animal). 
The white is placed in the pot 
(white = the flesh). 
In our house there’s a thana to-day 
(referring to the congregation 
of kites and crows watching 
the carrion). 
There’s no time even for labour 
that’s forced. 
There’s a fifth line to this rhyme, but it has an obscene meaning. 
The following vocabulary will be of some interest. The connec¬ 
tion between the Cuhra words and those of Qasais, Gamblers, and 
Sisls is worth noting. 
VOCABULARY. 
Stealing. 
ehikdra , clod of earth. 
ccimnd , watch (used also by gam¬ 
blers in general). 
chajpelnd , hide. 
churm , thief. 
gul launa , break through a house 
(san marna). 
gaimi , theft (cf, Qasai argot 
gaimbi, theft, gaimba, thief). 
kald, thief. 
kuddh, house. 
kaiTjkar karna , strike with a clod 
of earth. 
kdrki , stick. 
Idlli launa, steal ( ? cf. Slsi lalli, 
night, Arabic lail). 
litard, confidant. 
neold , throwing earth to warn 
thief. 
neodl, theft. 
paintrl, shoes (left outside), cf. 
S§si pauni. 
thijpnd , hide oneself. 
tombd , weapon for breaking into a 
house. 
Poisoning. 
chaggi, a short stick with poison¬ 
ing iron point affixed. 
dhdrki, knife. 
gand dend , kill. 
goli, poison ball. 
lanji, a small chaggi (see above) 
which may be concealed in 
the hand. 
rukhm, professional poisoner. 
tidrl, poison. 
thirnd, poison. 
Human Beings . 
bliatd, SIsi cf, Sisi bhattu. 
ghirbald, Musalman. 
kajjd, Jat used also for Europeans 
and others (a word used by 
Sasis). 
