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1NDO-ARYAN FAMILY. (EASTERN GROUP.)
ASSAMESE.
STANDABD DIALECT. (DISTBICT LAKHIMPUK.)
TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION.
Ei makarddama misa. Mai tar gharat kono bftstu sur kariba-l&i
This case false. I his house-in any thing theft domg^for
zowa nasil6. Katha h£ise ei. Maa mor gal-g^ru-zAnl bisari
gone was-not. The-story is this. I my cow searching
nepaisilS. gei g&ru-zani mai e-basarar ageye Dh&ni-ramar para
did-not-find. That cow I one»year*s tqfore Dhani*rdm-of from
kinisilS* Gara-z^n! z£di-o mai Ijawdban-kfii rakhisilS, tai &ti batate
bought. The-cow although I cafe-doing kept, she very often
agar girihatar ghara-l&i g&i-tbakisil, aru mai talk keiba bar-o
former owner's house-to used*to-got and I her several
g&i aniba-iagiya-Misil. Dh&m-rame zi dinar katha
hamng-gone had-to-fyring (>away). Dhanwam what of-the'day story tells,
Jiei dina g&ru-z&ni tar ghara-l&i g&isil bull mai saba-l&I
that day the-cow his house-to went saying (i.e., thinJcing) I seeing-for
g&sil8. 5ei katha beli-mar-zowar pasat. G&ru-z&m ta
went. That affair (lit. story) wn-setting-of after. The-cow his
barit anai-baDai phurise buli saba-lM mai
cmpound»in haying-wandered has-roamed saying-(i.e.> thinking) eeeing-for I
an kbanar dare tar barir maze-i gftisilB. Ene gh&til
other times-of like his compound-of through-even went. So it-happened
ze hei liamayate tftr 18 basar bay&l^lya Malftti bol£ gabh&ru
that that time~at his 18 years aged Malatl called grown-up
bbtoiyek-z&ni hatat panlr feaz eta Ifti baii-l&i ahe.
his-sister-person hand-in water** pot one having-talcen the*compowd to comes.
Tetiya pray endbar h&isil Mai taM&i man kara-nasilS, kintu tai
Then nearly dark it-was. I her-to mind made-had-not, but she
as&mbite mok tair phala-l^i ^owa dekhi bhut zen bbabi
unexpectedly me her towards gone Saving-seen ghost as-if thinking
bhay khale, aru ayar-mari-dile. MsS. sowali-z&nlk dekba k&riba-l&i
fear ate> O9td screamed*out. I the-girl-person visiting doing-for
g^iisilB bull, Dh£nMam-ke l&i tar gbarar ^akal*o manuhe
had-gone saying^ Dhdw-rdm including his house-of all-even men
8hi mok dhftdlehi. Db&ni-rame pulisar agat kowa bptanta-o
me seized. Dharii-ram tht-police*qf btfore *poken siory-atso