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40.

AdAñ gô'+ñga nagâ'ga, adAñ gô'+ñga nagâ'ga, Q!ô'na
Your | father's | house in, | your | father's | house in, | Cape Q!ô'na
kun sq!ê'na-i hao[a] ga ta goñalxa'ndies.
sea-gulls | eating things are making cries.
Ga dAñ gîdagalgâ'l uga'ñ.
All these things | you | are going to move | proudly as you sit.

AdAñ gô'+ñga nagâ'ga, adAñ gô'+ñga nagâ'ga, Gîlû'sAms
Your | father's | house in, | your | father's | house in, | Nass Inlet
kun sq!ê'na-i hao[a] ga tâ goñalxa'ndies.
sea-gulls | eating things are making cries.
Ga dAñ gîdagalgâ'l uga'ñ.
All these things | you | are going to move | proudly as you sit.

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In your father's house, in your father's house, Cape Q!ô'na sea-gulls 1 make cries as they eat.
You are going to bear yourself proudly in the midst of these things.

In your father's house, in your father's house, Nass Inlet sea-gulls make cries as they eat.
You are going to bear yourself proudly in the midst of these things.


Footnotes

31:1 That is, those invited to the potlatch.


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