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I. Cradle Songs. 7

7.

A+ya'+ a'da gua 'dji tc'na-i.

Be careful you ? is grandfather.

A+ya'+ a'da gua 'dji NAk'lSLas.

Be careful you ? is grandfather.

A+ya'+ a'qws nA ktn'ugn. 2

Be careful this sky one touched.

Be careful. Is this you, grandfather? 3

Be careful. Is this you, NAk'lSLas? 3

Take care. This is perhaps the one that touched the sky. 3

Footnotes

9:2
Equivalent to ugA'gn.

9:3
The mother refers to ancestors, one of whom is possibly being reborn in her child. "The one that touched the sky" is Many-Ledges (T!s qoa'naiya), a cliff back of Skedans inhabited by a supernatural being.
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