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bebasha-gili-lag lage

prostitutes- (plur.) -(dat.) with

ay zakban aWle takhaii
he tohen came then

taiyar karle.' Tani ay
ready hast-made.9 Then he
lagan ase, ar malak
near art, and mine
ananda hula&h karan
rejoicing joy making
mariya-6, nai*mare;

having-died-even> did-not-die;

talak
thy

tay
thaw

ar

a-ge
him-to

za
what

bhalai
good

haraya
being-lost

dban-daulat kliaiya plielase,

wealth-property haviag-eaten Iias-thrown-away,
beden bara zabar khaon
for-the-salse very great feast

'baba, tay hagaUbelai mar
*my*on, thou at-every-time of-me

says,

hay,

is,

base,
fc

zabar,
went)

hagal-ita talak,
^is) thine.

kenena talak
because thy

tani pase.1

then I-have-found.9

Tabe-ze
Nevertheless
ei bbaira
this brother

[No. 48A,]

INDO-ARYAN FAMILY.

(EASTERN GROUP.)

BIALECT.

BENGALI OE BA&GA-BHASHI,

SPECIMEN II.

SYLHET.)

(A. Porteous, Esq., I.C.S., 1900.)
Ekra desh-mi ekra raja tiakiban, Ay rajalak ekra jMu
One cowtry-in one king was. That king-of one daughter
biyar Jagyi ale. Tanj[ rajara kale, fikallia bihante
marriage-of fit became. Then the-Tcmg said, 'To-morrow in-the-morning
Jage dekhe, age jMura biya diba.5 Ai kathara ekra
whom I-may-see^ him-to daughter (in) marriage I-wttt-gwe** Tliat word a
nari timad hnnile. Ay nari timadalak ekra dut-kliaua
widow woman heard. That widow uxman-qf a milk-eating (i.e., suckling)
hapal thakiban. Tani ay nari timada apana polarage ifti
child (i.e., son) was. Then that widow woman her-own boy ly-niglit
pobabar aga-mi rajala tsatbal-mi ghum pataya thale. Tani
dawning-of before-in Jting's courtya,rd-in sleep causing placed. Then
rajara bibante uthiya-mi hapalage dekMle: dekhiya-mi apana
the-Mng in~the-morning having-risen the'-child saw: having-seen his-own
jhiurage biya dile. Tani rajala ara ranila manate
daughter (in) marriage gave. Then the-king-of and the-queen*of mind-in
tamte dufc uthile. Eajala jhdnra kunu rao na kay-ke
much .sorrow arose. Tke~Hng-of daughter any word not having-said
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