hanam

Updated: May 5, 2025

'You don't say so, Shorsha ma vourneen? you don't say that you have cards fifty-two? 'I do, though; and they are quite new never been once used. 'And you'll be lending them to me, I warrant? 'Don't think it! But I'll sell them to you, joy, if you like. 'Hanam mon Dioul! am I not after telling you that I have no money at all!

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

‘You don’t say so, Shorsha ma vourneen?—you don’t say that you have cards fifty-two?’ ‘I do, though; and they are quite new—never been once used.’ ‘And you’ll be lending them to me, I warrant?’ ‘Don’t think it!—But I’ll sell them to you, joy, if you like.’ ‘Hanam mon Dioul! am I not after telling you that I have no money at all!’

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

"You don't say so, Shorsha mavourneen! you don't say that you have cards fifty-two?" "I do, though; and they are quite new never been once used." "And you'll be lending them to me, I warrant?" "Don't think it! But I'll sell them to you, joy, if you like." "Hanam mon Dioul! am I not after telling you that I have no money at all?"

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

The pronoun u is used for the plural as well as the singular, instead of the Standard plural ki. The diminutive i is used with inanimate nouns. This is also sometimes the case in the Standard form. Nouns. The prefix of the Dative is hanam, hnam, or tnam. The Standard Dative-locative prefix ha is also used, and may be spelt he or hy. Ta or te are also found.

P. R. T. (Philip Richard Thornhagh) Gurdon - The Khasis