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55.

Yâ'ku gîtîna'-i.

55.

(Words in Tlingit)

Ya'naxê, ya'naxê; â'hao; ya'naxê, ya'naxê. 2
Gadjî'djûs dûqal dAsgî xûku yana.
his dog
WAgakîda kAda'ostêdja.

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Haida Equivalent.

Xa'as xA'nhao qê'gas wa'ga A'ñga k!û'gagA'ñga:
Dogs | even | when they have pups | to them | theirs | love:
Wa'alhao A'ñga ga dî k!ûga'gAñ.
That is why | mine | I | love.

Even dogs love their offspring:
So I love mine.


Footnotes

  1. 38:2

    This line is repeated several times.

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