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I. Cradle Songs. 68

68.

Gut s'+lgadaga' xA'nhao k'ga kuqda's at (a) lA

Each other right after even names aristocratic with he (baby)

kia'gaao gd'g.

call it sitting thought he would.

KlsLa'-i kugw'dala 3 swa'.

Chief while walking hither he said.

'yaa k'nget g'ga liga'n.

Be careful chief's father is going to be!

D'nA ay'a q!o'ldjat x'tga lgA'n dna'.

My child be careful, chief-woman father is going to be my child.

p. 46

He thinks he would use high-sounding names, one after the other, (to the others of his own family.) 1

He says the chief comes walking.

Be careful of the future chief's father!

Be careful of my child, the future chief-woman's father!

Footnotes

45:3
Kugw'dala ("while walking hither") is a low-class word referring to the chief himself.
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