Vulgar words in The Khasis (Page 1)
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Hei: thou, oh, young man, canst go and make love to Ka---- for she is now unmarried (_khynraw_), and thou, oh, spinster, canst make love to U----.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 2,342 ~ ~ ~
In front walks one who strews along the line of route leaves of the tree known by the Khasis as _diang shit_ (the berries of which are need for fishing with), and grains of rice, all the way from the pyre to the cairn.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 2,439 ~ ~ ~
In front of these women walks an old man who scatters along the way leaves of the _dieng-shit_ tree and grains of rice, and when it is necessary to cross any stream or river, he ties a thread from one side of the bank to the other, this is for the spirit of the departed to cross the water.
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The Moon was a wicked young man, for he began to make love to his elder sister, Ka Sngi.