kethe-òng peklèm-àn-ta un-e: thàngta (was) so very big, move it even they could not: anything

chònghoi thèk-the. Ànsi H. K. dun-lo: ari do by themselves they could not. Then H. K. accompanied them: hand

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e-hòng rum-dàm-kòk: ànsi phi-si one (with) he lifted and brought it away: then having scorched it

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ingthàn-lo, ànsi hèm vàn-lo, cho-tun-lo chodànglo. Ànsi aròng they cut it up, and home brought, cooked it, served it up. And joyful,

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bohòng chingnèk chingni-si cho-lo, jun-lo. noisy, laughing and making merry, they ate, they drank.

Ànsi puthòt-adàplo. "H. K. apeso chevànlo" tàng pu So next morning dawned. "H. K. his wife has brought" so much saying

arju-lòng-si a-ràt-isi adèt-isi nàng kelàng having got to hear the whole country-side there to see

chethòr-pre matha-thèk-the jadi-thèk-the. Ànsi H. K. kept coming and going as you could not imagine (doublet). And H. K.

apeso apini binòng, ajiso binòng, aser his wife's petticoat own striped cloth own, gold jewels,

alèk, pòng-ting-ke, làng-pòng thàp mesèn-si necklace, gold-drum (in a) bamboo joint putting away carefully,

kardòng ràklòk. Ànsi H. K.-ke ròng-phu-ri (in the) pitch of the roof tied up. So H. K. the village people

dàmlo, rup-phu-ri-dàmlo: aràt adèt each went to visit (doublet): the ryots, the country

chi-phu-ri dàm: aphi apeso nàng kelàng in turn came to visit him: afterwards his wife there to gaze on they

vàng-pre. Mane-ke "ni" mane-ke kept coming and going. Some "aunt" some

"nèng" mane-ke "te" mane-ke "sister-in-law" (brother's wife), some "elder sister" some

"pinu" pu-abàng-ta-dolo. "Vai! "paternal aunt" saying each one was. "Oh!

me-òng-te-ma?" pu pasingnàk-jo. Ànsi H. K. is she not beautiful, sister?" saying they all admired. Then H. K.'s

apeso thàk-dun-lo-- "Àn-chòt kali lànghe! Ne pini binòng, ne wife answered them-- "So much not yet! My petticoat own, my

jiso binòng, ne lèk binòng, ne roi binòng le ne striped cloth own, my necklace own, my bracelet own again I

chepindèng-lòng-te, aparta so-se-làng." Ànsi mane to put on were to get-if, it would not be thus only." Then some

asarpi pulo-- "Chi, tàngte nàng pi-tha." Ànsi H. K. old woman said-- "Oh, then do you give them to her." Then H. K.'s

asarpo pulo-- "Konàt-tòng la oso ingchàm bipikòk-lo-ne-le? old father said-- "Where ever (did) that boy mad stow them away?