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

32 Anthony R. Walker
77. sho ba kui ba (couplet) : pieces (?) of iron and copper, i.e. the farming
implements
78. hk'o-hta, accusative particle
79. ma g'a g'aw: not can cut (cannot cut)
80. leh : and
81. hk'a-ma aw ce: village four corners
82. daw : thoughts
83. hpu : white/pure
84. te she, classifier, also used with cehv: tree, so for 81-4 we might
translate "all within the four corners of the village uqited as one
tree-trunk by the same pure intention"
85. mui leh : work in the fields and
86. ga hpu te she, same meaning as 82-4; daw hpu ga hpu constitutes a
couplet
87. ti : only
88. mui leh : work in the fields and
89. hk'aw na ta hki (couplet) : sicknesses of the year
90. ma caw : not have
91. g'a-ve : can
92. chi ma ve : all these
93. yo law le k'o k'o : (see VI/17)
94. hk'aw na ta hki : sicknesses of the year
95. ma g'a: cannot
96. g'aw Ia : count. 94-6 (cf 89-92) "May we be troubled by no sickness
throughout the year''
Verse 5
97. a: ohl
98. she-le : dignity, style, respect (opposite of shame)
99. sha-ta : money (corruption of Thai satang)
I 00. ho-ho caw caw : oh ho, have have I 98-100