I. Cradle Songs. 37
38.
Ha ddaxui'+g'+ anA' xAg' lAndj'+wa'+s la+.
Towards the woods some one facing sitting down (like common people) he (who was sitting).
Dja Lana' q!o'guga++.
Say, stop telling lies.
DA siwulAndj'g'+sga+[ha] djigA'ldAxwa g+djhao.
Your mouth will be crooked mosquito (i. e., common people) people.
One sits here like a common person facing the woods.
Say, stop telling lies!
Your mouth will become crooked, mosquito people. 2
Footnotes
29:2 Some one uses the low-class word for "sitting down" to the child, and is told to stop or the wealthy will give away so many blankets as to put him to shame and "give him a bad name." That is what is meant by "your mouth will become crooked." Common people are called "mosquito people."
Ha ddaxui'+g'+ anA' xAg' lAndj'+wa'+s la+.
Towards the woods some one facing sitting down (like common people) he (who was sitting).
Dja Lana' q!o'guga++.
Say, stop telling lies.
DA siwulAndj'g'+sga+[ha] djigA'ldAxwa g+djhao.
Your mouth will be crooked mosquito (i. e., common people) people.
One sits here like a common person facing the woods.
Say, stop telling lies!
Your mouth will become crooked, mosquito people. 2
Footnotes
29:2 Some one uses the low-class word for "sitting down" to the child, and is told to stop or the wealthy will give away so many blankets as to put him to shame and "give him a bad name." That is what is meant by "your mouth will become crooked." Common people are called "mosquito people."
