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I. Cradle Songs. 27

27.

AgA' l++d'g+, AgA' l++d'g+, Lgalai'gl djna's.

Get ready (for him), get ready (for him), Lgalai'gl women of.

's 'dja kdj'dia '++ya a 'ldjao ai+ + 'ldjao.

Again it is a boy, here nobleman, nobleman.

Get ready for him, get ready for him, 2 women of the Lgalai'gl 3 family.

Again it is a boy. 4

Footnotes

20:2
That is, to marry him.

20:3
An extinct branch of the G'tns of Skidegate.

20:4 Indicating that boys were scarce.

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