I. Cradle Songs. 16

p. 15

16.

D L!naxAn g'ilda hao a gd'gani[h].

I like that became they used to wish.

WAgaa' la gilsgia' hao.

Like that she became soon.

'ha dalA' sgA'nxAn k'lsLa-i 1 ya'ta d gadAldj'ga

You only chief only (or fit) you are (said of a high family)

hao +.

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 g'tss ("chief's daughter").