I. Cradle Songs. 75
(Masset Dialect. 1)
L'LA Q'Awa-i.
75.
ya h hi', etc.
Q'gaigaa n'ga L!ao Sk'lss x'gAndigi wa'di kuga' uga'-i.
Uncles houses in but Sk'lss makes a noise (potlatch) for it (he or she) is crying.
Wa'di k'djiwa 'ya h h!, etc.
For it sits greatly.
ya h hi', etc.
But he (or she) is crying for the noise Sk'lss (now reborn) makes in his uncles' houses (at the potlatch).
For it he sits greatly.
Footnotes
50:1 In the songs the Masset catch ? is strengthened to Skidegate g.
L'LA Q'Awa-i.
75.
ya h hi', etc.
Q'gaigaa n'ga L!ao Sk'lss x'gAndigi wa'di kuga' uga'-i.
Uncles houses in but Sk'lss makes a noise (potlatch) for it (he or she) is crying.
Wa'di k'djiwa 'ya h h!, etc.
For it sits greatly.
ya h hi', etc.
But he (or she) is crying for the noise Sk'lss (now reborn) makes in his uncles' houses (at the potlatch).
For it he sits greatly.
Footnotes
50:1 In the songs the Masset catch ? is strengthened to Skidegate g.
