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something to eat, to drink, to gnaw, to feed the cow with, and to sow 
in the garden; and the boy advised by a clever girl brings back a 
water-melon. Cf. Madanakdmardjankadai (The Vravidian Nights), p. 63. 
for a similar incident. 
War a garden—generally nsed for vegetable gardens. 
106, Ati chhui tah ratun. 
It is in yonr hand,—catch it. 
Ans. Tshai , a shadow. 
107, Four men went out in a boat and gave two sers of rice to the 
boatwoman to cook for them. The boatwoman began to cook the 
rice. 
One of the party said:— Kctko, hdr md ablalian tai Jcarih, i. e. f 
O father, take care that the starling does not get the better of the 
fools—meaning, See that the woman does not eat any of the rice. 
Whereupon another of the party said :— Brak tout karimas tah kor 
kun pai karih ? i. e., I have broken its bill. What can she do now ?—- 
meaning, I have got my eye on her, etc. 
Then another said :— Shah wot dali manzi. Hdnz liet hai karili, i. e ., 
The king has reached the middle of the lake, and will run about with 
the boatmen—meaning, The rice is ready for straining. Now the 
woman will let fall some of it. 
On which the last of the party said :— Betas khumaras, “ meh wai.” 
Xseli kyah karih. I will pretend that I have got a drunken headache 
(and ask her to give) it to me. What can she do to you ? 
Kdk is a term implying intense respect for the person thus addressed, 
and is common both to the Musalmans and Hindus. A son will thus 
address his father ; the younger members of a family will thus address 
their eldest brother ; and any very respected person outside the family 
may thus sometimes be addressed. But the father only is called simply 
kdk. I find kdkkd is the Muhammadan Singhalese word for “ elder 
brother,” and cdccd for “ father’s younger brother.” The latter word is 
also in use in Southern India. Kdkkd is also used by the Malays of 
Ceylon for “elder brother.” I cannot traco the origin of the words. In 
Telugu kdkkd means “father’s brother,” cf. also Ceylon A. S. Journal 
1867—1870, p. 11. 
Khum&r, sickness, hoadaeho &c., the effects of drink, lvico*water 
is often given to alleviate sickness arising from intoxication. 
108 , Jjrjan wnhan than wilh. 
Twenty lids to twenty pots. 
Ans. Wuh nam, flic twenty nails on t\ man’s hands and feel. 
