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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 2 — The Story of the Cake Tree

H. (Henry) Parker translation

This is an instance of Peraeli-bāsa or Transposition, and the meaning is, “Go a little little [further].” Jēn may be derived from ned; the other words are ṭika ṭikak. ↑

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