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p. 15

16.

Dî L!naxAn gê'ildañ hao a gûdâ'ñgani[hê].
I | like that | became | they used to wish.
WAgaña'ñ ô la gêilsgia'ñ hao ô.
Like that | she became | soon.
Â'haô dalA'ñ sgA'nxAn kî'lsLa-i 1 ya'ta dî gadAldjî'gañ
You | only | chief | only (or fit) | you | are (said of a high family)
hao ô+.

They used to wish that I should be like that.
Like it she soon became.
You are the only ones fit to be chiefs' daughters.


Footnotes

15:1 Or gî'tsîs ("chief's daughter").


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