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Eke'we yihi' niki', do j'^ou believe it? (sic), 



Eke'we fikihi', I believe it (sic). 



Eke' yihi', he believes it. 



Eke' yuxtu', they believe it. 

 ; 5 Eke' we yiixtu', ye believe it. 



Eke'we Ski'uxtu, we believe it. 



1° oxpa', he drank it all up. 



Du'ti oxpa', he ate it all up. 



^iki^' inkiyo'xpa, I drank it all for (or, from) you. 

 10 Ndu'ti iiikiyo'xpa, I ate it all for (or, from) you. 



Ande' xya xti xyo', he shall live always, provided 



^kande' xya xti xyo', 1 shall live always, provided [I do not tell, etc.]. 

 A'kika'hi^ ma'nktu, they were telling news to one another. 

 Kapusi'ni t'e' o"" max ka°' pusi', after he had been lying dead 



Not night dead was lying when night. 



for some time, night came on. 

 15 Kusi'hi'^ wa'j-a'^, towards evening. 



Pusi' wa'ya'^, towards night. 



I'ya'^xkya'tuxa'^ na', beware lest you search in my house for my 

 possession. 



lya'diya*^ e'ti na' (male speaking), this is your father. 



lya'diya"^ e'ti ni' (female sp.), this is your father. 

 20 Tcu'nk ita' e'ti na' (male sp.), this is your dog. 



Tcu'nki-ya'* e'ti na' (male sp.), this is the dog. 



Ipa'stuki' ya'nde, were you sewing on it? 



Unkpa'stuki iika'nde, I was sewing on it. 



Aja.^' toho' tcupa°' nauki' na^xkiya', I am not a rotten log! (from a 

 myth). 

 25 S^kyetcum-na' nanki' na°xkiya', I was not an [habitual] liar! 



^a'sne-na' nanki' na^'xkiya', 1 was not a thief! 



Te'haiike na' naiiki' na^xkiya', I was not the one who killed him! 



S^e' naiiki' na'^xkiya', I was not saying it! 



;Kke'ni na'nki, I have not said it [while sitting]. 

 30 S^e'ni xa' (or, fike'ni xa na'nki), I have not yet said it. 



lye'tcum-na' ina'nki na'^xkiya', 3 ou were not the one who lied so. 



"Cnkye'tc-pa-ni', I am not a liar (I am not one who does nothing 

 but lie). 



A'sne pa a'nde, he does nothing but steal, gets his living by stealing. 



^a'sne pa nka'nde-ni', I do not get my living by stealing. 



