Konàt-tòng = konàt-ching, "wherever?" Kopi-athe = kopi-apòt.

Pai-pe-lo: this idiom is illustrated by the following phrases: klèm-dàm pai-pe-lo, "he is not working gratis, for nothing"; là aklèng pai-pe-lo, "he is not the elder for nothing"; i.e. he can do better than his younger brothers. Ingjar-èt-dàn-lo: the element dàn gives the force of returning to her own place whence she came. Jo, verb, "to bend a bow," ràng, particle of continuance. Tha, "wait!" Assamese loan-word. Pho, verb, "to touch, arrive at," as a boat comes to the shore with chi, "to touch one another, to meet" (see p. 112, lines 1 and 2).

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Akhi-lo-du; akhi, "something to eat," lo, "leaf," du, "wrap up," = "so much food as can be wrapped up in a leaf," a morsel.

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E-joi, "one draught"; joi is perhaps Ass. jol, "water." O, verb, "to leave, set down."

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Mòn Recho-atum; notice that here tum has its original sense of "company"; "Mòn Raja's company, or following."

Pu-hur-lo: hur is one of the particles indicating plurality.

Ne dun-ik-nòn: ik, "elder brother," used as a respectful form of address; observe its place in the compound imperative. Matha-thuròng, lit. "you had another (thu) meaning" (viz. to make me lose my life). Notice how -si, the mark of the conjunctive participle, is affixed to the reported utterance of H. K. Cherbàk = che-arbàk; arbàk, the lap or bosom; also a verb: oso karbàk, "she holds the child to her bosom." Kràp is said to be used only of a child climbing up into its mother's lap.

Ingring, used as homonym of theràk, "to be ashamed," also means "to be afraid, disturbed in mind."

Cherju-lo = che-arju-lo. Phar, "to order"; nàng ne kephar aling-lo, "as you order me"; ne phar-dun peme-sèn-lo, "I gave him careful instructions." Bida = Ass. bidai, "leave to depart."

Che pe; notice that pe, "mother," is used as an affectionate term of address to a daughter, exactly as po, "father," is used above to a son or grandson. Lo-thui-hàn-thui, "a bundle of vegetables, with a leaf wrapped round it." Chòk and thèng mean literally "to beat," but are here jocularly used for getting rid of a person. Palar causal of lar, "to be changed or exchanged," also apparently used jocularly of giving in marriage.

H. K.-atum: notice the plural affix used to indicate H. K. and his wife. Cho-lo, "he became"; this seems to be a different verb from cho, "to eat." Notice a-recho "his kingship"; recho stands for raj as well as raja. Thir, Ass. thir, "steady, stable."