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II.--MOURNING-SONGS.

(Kî'ldjao qaga'n or S?ai'ga s?alAña.)

(Masset Dialect.)

Yaku lâ'nas.

89.

Hao gua dAñ qâ'gulAgî.
? | you | are going down.
Djîgô'es gu qagû'lAga kuda'l.
Sun there is going down, dear.

Are you going down?
The sun there is going down, dear, 1


Footnotes

56:1 The dead man is likened to the sun.


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