Vulgar words in The Khasis (Page 1)

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make love x 3
shit x 2
            

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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.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,030   ~   ~   ~

The Moon was a wicked young man, for he began to make love to his elder sister, Ka Sngi.

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