The Mikirs

by Edward Stack

nē

I

tovār

the road

ēbèng

a piece

lēlo-tē,

have gone when,

‘chi-hī-nòn’

‘apply (rub) it’

pu

saying

nē

I

nàng-pupo,

will tell you,

àn-lē

then (and not before)

chi-hī-nòn.”

apply it.”