Note 40 — RIDDLES.
Reading edition
Cf. Suaheli (Velten):
49a. I send a man to call some one; he comes before the messenger returns.
49b. The messenger sent is not yet returned; the one sent for arrives.
49c. I am sent to call my friend; the friend is come, I am not returned.
Porta Rican (Mason and Espinosa):
174. Mandé un muchacho a un mandado; primero vino el mandado que el muchacho. ↑