FLETCHER] EIGHTH EITUAL 115 



Translation 

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•176 Ha-a-a! An introductory exclamation. 



477 Era liera iruwa. Ha! Ti wi ruwa, ti wi ruwa, kara witika? 



era, it coming; refers to tlie eagle. 



liera; era, it coming; tlie h is added for euphony. 



iruwa, one flying this way, toward us one (singular) is flying. 



ha! look! behold! 



ti, here. 



wi, is. 



ruwa, flying this way. 



kara? has it? a question. 



witika, sat down within, or alighted and settled on, its nest. 



478 Kawas ti wi ruwa, ti wi ruwa, kara witika? 



Kawas, the brown eagle, the leading bird in the ceremony. 



ti wi ruwa. See line 477. 



kara witika? has it alighted and sat down within its nest? 



479 See line 477. 



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480 Ha-a-a! An introductory exclamation. 



481 Era hera eria. Ha! Ti wi ria, ti wi ria, hara witika. 



era, it coming. 



hera, a repetition of era, the h being added for euphony. 



eria, circling overhead; refers to the movements of the eagle. 



ha! look! behold! 



ti, here. 



wi, is. 



ria, a part of the word eria, circling over. 



hara, it has. 



witika, sat down within, or settled on, its nest. 



482 Kawas ti wi ria, ti wi ria, hara witika. 



Kawas, the brown eagle, the leading symbolic bird in the cere- 

 mony, 

 ti wi ria, hara witika. See line 481. 



483 See line 481. 



