I. Cradle Songs. 71

p. 48

71.

+hua', 1 +hua', hua'-a-a,

Loftiest one, loftiest one, loftiest one,

DA n'ga ga L!a qoa'ndgn gua k'lsLa-i.

Your house in there was formerly plenty, ? chief.

G'na uhua', uhua', qli sku'na ydA'lgAAs a,

Something, greatest one, greatest one, inside (some thing) big smells strongly,

U'hua, 'hua, q'ndal?

Loftiest one, loftiest one, mightiest one?

Loftiest one, loftiest one, loftiest one,

There used to be plenty in your house, chief.

Does not something big (i. e., a whale) smell strongly in your house,

Loftiest, loftiest, mightiest chief?

Footnotes

48:1 hua' is a very high word, only applied to one or two chiefs who attained especially great power.