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

Note 1 — The Story of the Bitch

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Apē ewundaeṭa, a pl. hon. form. Husbands and wives do not usually mention each other’s names; the wife is commonly termed apē gedara ēkī, “she of our house” (as in No. 125), or the mother of the youngest child if there be one, or “she of ours,” or merely “she.” ↑

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