19, 2 
5. Anchimana adydn-dyonin 
matoi kenawétna chet attan 
chet pfuceya ot nilipsaitan chet 
pfucya ta masikcebeen set 
attana. 
6. Ot nilipsGtana Se Adukon- 
not mandyan set dud6<oina 
nomye achina makakuo ta ma- 
safsom chet phikoedna. 
7. Anchimana lum4os makat- 
lo umméi chit pfucey? ininap 
chet innéi Adukon ot inchasa- 
na chit nai-Aangon chcedan AXu- 
ken. Ot siya inGnu-Gnod nan 
ininau chet innéina. Ot chi- 
natongna chet dofoi Adukon ot 
nansoyok set choya. 
8. Nomyoa anchimana lumik- 
na Se Adukan nanchit nasi-yop 
chingngéAna chet pfuceya man- 
tatta-of ta picednan payau-on 
Se Adukon. 
Scheerer: Texts from Balbaldsang-Gindang 
195 
5. When he was almost dead 
he dug his fingers into the eyes 
of the alligator and the alli- 
gator let him free for its eyes 
caused it great pain. 
6. When Si Alugan was set 
free he went to his village but 
he could not walk for he had 
many wounds. 
7. When three nights had 
passed, the alligator went to 
search for the road taken by 
Alugan and found it by the 
dried blood of Alugan. And 
it followed the smell of his 
track. And when it reached 
the house of Alugan it hid it- 
self in the space under the 
floor. ‘ 
8. But when Si Alugan 
awoke from his sleep he heard 
the alligator snorting for it 
wanted to cause him to come 
out. 
3. u-l6k, past inillok, what is caused to enter. 
inawit, past of awiton what is carried as a load. 
intdkchan, past of itédkchan what is taken from the water to the 
shore. 
4. pillimaén, radical limd five; it appears herefrom that prefix pi (pin?) 
and suffix on are used to form with cardinal numbers derivatives 
indicating how often something is done. 
long-ag whole body; g with nasal resonance. 
5. adyen-dyant almost, Ik. ngan-ngani. 
kenawét, past of kautén (from *kawoton?) what is put into. 
attd eye; note formation of genitive after noun ending in vowel: 
attdn chet pfuéya eye of the alligator; compare genitive after 
noun ending in consonant: ikid chet chantim edge of water. 
nilipsitan, past of lipsitan object of letting go. 
masikeebcen what is very painful. 
6. makikua one able to walk, say, do. 
masakom what is numerous. 
7. makatlo, the word ‘‘night’’ is evidently understood. 
cheka blood, Inib. chala. 
8. payau-on what is caused to come out, past said to be pinaya-ua. 
