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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.
canto 27 divine comedy dante
|
canto 27 divine comedy dante
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