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58.

Îhî îhî hî, etc.
Gû'gus t!a'gahas dînA'ñ kûñgîñâ'ñodigañ?
What | for | my child | sits crying,
Gu'lxas t!a'ga gwA dînA'ñ kuñgîña'ño?
Abalone-shells for my child cries?
DAñ gaña'ñ gwA dî kîlsLia'wus qâñ l qê'gAn.
You | like | ? | I | sit a chief, | my uncle | I | bore.

p. 41

Îhî îhî hî, etc.
For what does my child cry?
Does my child cry for abalone-shells?
Like you I sit as a chief, uncle 1 that I bore?


Footnotes

41:1 One of the parents' ancestors is reborn: therefore the child is called "uncle."


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