The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

8 Anthony R. Walker
113. pi: give. 106-13 "Order that all the people be protected (literally
"separated from") the cuts of knives und axes"
Verse 7
114. naw: you
115. te: one
116. G'ui-sha: Divinity (G'ui-sha is the supreme and creating supernatural
of the Lahu people)
117. no-g'a: up there
118. na-pu: eternal (?) (see 12)
119. sha yeh, probably from G'ui-sha yeh: G'ui-sha's home (yeh: bouse)
120. sha to ka, probably from G'ui-sha aw-to : G'ui-sba's body
121. te ha k' aw suh : one night nine times (see 80-81)
122. k'aw g'a: again reach
123. Ieh ta pi: and put [and] give
124. Na-bo Na-shi (couplet) : Na-bo-ma, a female divinity, giver of
fertility
125. sha : prayers
126. suh, probably from aw-suh: new. 124-6 probably means "the new
prayers of Na-bo-ma"
127. te ha k'aw g'a leh ta pi : one night again reach and put [and] give.
Most likely the reciter of this prayer bas omitted some words here;
probably the correct version should be "te ha k'aw suh ~nine times]
k'aw g'a leh ta pi'' (cf. 87-8)
128. k'o-haw ce-va ce-sheh : underneath [the house) many animals (see
92-3)
129. k'aw g'a ka : again able to hold in the hand (see· 98-100)
130. leh ta pi: and put [and] give
131. k'o-hta chaw-va chaw·sheh k'aw g'a ka·leh ta pi: inside [the house]
many people again able to have, and put [and) give (see 96-10l)
Verse 8
132. nga: I
133. te peu: one time
l34. sha : pray