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

LAHU N' I (HEll LAHU} NE\\ YEAH TI•:XTS-111 35
156. ya-nyi : today
157. che-ve : broken
158. yo: yes
159. peu-ve yo: finished yes. 156-9 means the same as 148-52
160. ya-nyi: today
161. yo law /e k'o k'o (see VI/17)
162. k'aw shu: again pull out
163. leh mo-hk'a-ja ba she-ve yo: and throw away down there at the
bottom of the village (see 142-3)
Verse 9
164. hk'aw li: year customs ( awv li" : custom)
165. chi li : these customs
166. a-pa Sha-ca: Father Sha-ca (see 65-6)
167. ka-ti: all-true
168. ka sheh-hpa: holding-in-the-band person
169. teh ta Ia : put (?)
170. leh.: and
171. naw hta : you (naw: you hta; accusative particle)
172. ta : oppose, contradict (?)
173. ma he : do not
174. naw: you
175. neh hk'aw : next year
176. k'aw peu : again rule
177. g'a: can, be able
178. yo law le k'o k'o (see VI/1 7)
179. leh : and
180. · ta yaw Jaw, ta yaw hai Ia (couplet) : do not curse, do not speak
evil
181. ce indicates request made on behalf of somebody else
182. hk'aw-g'a chi-g'a : everybody
183. hta, accusative particle
184. 0, o : oh! oh! (marks end of prayer)