kopi-āpòt
for what reason
nàng lut-thòt?”
did you enter?”
Voārbīpī
The sparrow
thàkdèt—
answered—
“Chē!
“Oh!
Hèmphū!
Lord!
pī
how
nē
I
lut-lē-jī?
was I not to enter?
lōbòng
the plantain-stalk