পৃষ্ঠা:Some Assamese proverbs.djvu/৭৮

6B SOME ASSAMESE PUOVERBS. 301. Fisherman. Dom chahaki bal chukat patile duli, Uliyai pelai dile ga shungshungaiechhe buli. A Dom became rich, and he placed in the corner of his house a basket for storiog paddy, He then pulls the basket out, saying that he feels his body itching. A dom would not nsually possess a " dull " for storing paddy, as he earns his bread by fishing, ^i ^sr^wt^ (gd shung- ahungdi), literally to feel an itching in the body. The word is derived from ^5f=:a bristle, a beard of a grain of paddy. 202. Guitar, Manathe tokari baje. The tokari is played when respect is paid. c^t^ft (tokari) is an instrument of music played with the fingers like the guitar. 203. Husband. Etiyahe palehi gharpata pai, Kildbalai ahichhe kherdal lai. Now has come the worthy husband. He has come to beat me with a straw. This is an ironical proverb. 204. Eusband. f¥ ^si f^ •t^si'^^^ ^^ ^^fJTt I Ki kara ki nakam pair nam batdli. What to Bay and what not to say, my husband's name is " chisel."