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I. Cradle Songs. 5

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5.

Hao g'na gA+n dA djag'dj'was 'dji.

This thing for you sitting as a boy are.

Hao g'na gA+n dA djag'dj'was 'dji.

This thing for you sitting as a boy are.

NAk'lSLas agA ndaLxag'gAn.

NAk'lSLas himself made a human being.

Skls nag'ga ksk'ndias 'dji, wA'stA Q!aku'ngwi

Property in the house was, from it Rose Spit towards

ga-ilgaga' dA'al Ldjdal.

his flood with tidal wave went.

Gwa-isku'n x'-idAga-i xA'nhao dA n'ga lki'sigei

North Island people even your house towards the door

gut gunL!gA'ndias 'dj.

are as many as when waves meet each other and are packed close together.

Hao g'na gA+n dA djag'dj'was 'dji.

This thing for you sitting as a boy are.

This is why you are a boy

This is why you are a boy

NAk'lSLas has become a human being.

From the property in his house a flood went towards Rose Spit.

Even from North Island the people are crowded into your house, as when waves meet and are packed together.

That is why you are a boy. 1

Footnotes

8:1
The child is born to give these great potlatches. His property is likened to the flood raised in the time of NAk'lSLas, and it is said that people will crowd into his house even from North Island.
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