Note 467:

betai aljā (Also beto aljī in III.11.) The inner handle of the drum. (Drums throughout Jājarkoṭ are one sided, with inner handles.) beṭ "Cane; switch, stick" (Turner 1980:456). aljhāunu "Fasten up" (Turner 1980:25). The combination of these two words may also involve wordplay on betāl, "wraith" (see note š197).