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747 Eru! Ra hi ra hi rnra e; 



748 Eru! Ra lii ra hi rura e: 



749 Kits Stira karakawe? Kits Stira karakawe? Hi rura e; 



750 Eru I Ra hi ra hi rura e. 



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751 Erul Ra hi ra lii rura e; 

 753 Erul Ra hi ra lii rnra e; 



753 Kits Stira karatawi: kits Stira karatawi: hi rura e; 



754 Eru! Ra hi ra hi rnra e. 



Traiislatiun 



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747 Eru! Ra hi ra hi rura e. 



eru! an exclamation of reverence. 



ra, part of rura, coming. 



hi, it. 



ra, coming. 



hi, it. 



rura, coming. 



e, vocable. 

 7-t8 See line 747. 

 74'J Kits Stira karakawe? Kits Stira karakawe? Hi rura e. 



kits, an abbreviation of kerits? is it? 



stira; s, feminine sign; tira, part of atira, mother; refers to 

 the ear of corn. 



karakawe? is it inside? 



hi rura e. See line 747. 

 750 See line 747. 



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751, 752 See the first stanza, line 747. 



753 Kits Stira karatawi; kits Stira karatawi; hi rura e. 



kits? is it? See the first stanza, line 740. 



stira, she who is the mother, the coi-n. See the first stanza, 



line 749. 

 karatawi, it is hung up. Refers to the shrine in which the 



sacred ear is kept being hung on one of the posts within 



the lodge of the priest, 

 hi rura e, translated above. See the first stanza, line 747. 



754 See line 747. 



Explrni(ttio)i of Kit' rahus 



About niiduight the Children disperse to their homes and all the 

 members of the Father's party except those who must remain in the 



