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(Masset Dialect. 1)

Lî'êlAñ qê'awa-i.

75.

Êya hâ hiê', etc.
Qâ'gaigaña nâ'ga L!ao Skî'lsîs xê'gAndigi wa'di kuñgîña'ñ uga'-i.
Uncles | houses in | but | Skî'lsîs | makes a noise (potlatch) | for it | (he or she) is crying.
Wa'di kû'djiwa ê'ya hâ hîê!, etc.
For it | sits greatly.

Êya hâ hiê', etc.
But he (or she) is crying for the noise Skî'lsîs (now reborn) makes in his uncles' houses (at the potlatch).
For it he sits greatly.


Footnotes

50:1 In the songs the Masset catch ? is strengthened to Skidegate g.


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