BOAS] RECIPES 333 
husband | at once takes up two buckets and goes to draw water | 33 
for the liquid of what is being cooked. As soon as he comes back, || 
he pours (the water) into (the kettle). When it is half full of water, | 35 
his wife takes an old mat and covers it over, so | that the steam may 
not come through when it boils. As soon as | this has been done, 
she puts the kettle on the fire. Immediately | the guests begin to 
sing the songs of their ancestors. || Four songs are sung. Then the | 40 
host takes the dishes and puts them down at the place where his | 
wife is sitting; and when that is done, she dips up some water, so 
that | everything stands ready on the floor of the house. After it ~ 
has been boiling for a long time, the | kettle is taken off; and it just 
stands on the floor of the house, || for she wants (what is being 45 
cooked) to swell up. After the guests finish singing, | and when the 
hostess thinks that what is being cooked is (thoroughly) soaked, | then 
she takes the tongs and takes off the covering. | Then she takes a large 
long-handled ladle and takes out | what has been cooked and puts 
it into the dishes; || and she only stops when they are all full of what 50 
has been cooked. | Then (the host’s) wife takes an old [bad] food- 
mat and | spreads it out in front of the guests. After she has done 
so, | her husband takes up the dishes and places them before his | 
guests. There are four men to each dish. || After this has been done, 55 
hé’x*‘idarm k:‘!0’qtlitxa ma‘itsn’mé néna’gats!é qa‘s lé tsix ‘wa’pa 33 
qa ‘wa’palasés ha‘mé’x'silase*;we. Wa, gi/l'mésé g-ax aé/daaqaxs 
la’é gtiq!eqa’s lag. Wa, 4’‘mésé t!eprya’x‘idxa ‘wa’paxs la’é 35 
ax‘é’dé grenpn’maséxa k'!a’k'!obané qa‘s naseryi’ndés laq qa 
k!é’sés ktix%s/léda k'!a’tela qo medn’Ix‘widio. Wa, gi’lmésé 
gwa'texs la’é hi’nxtents 1a’xa legwi’le. Wa hé’x-ida‘mésé 
dn/nxédéda k!wé’lasa g‘i/Its!syalayo q!z’mdema. Wa, lan’m 
mo’sgEméda dn/nx‘édayds q!e’mq!eEmdeEma. Wa, la‘mé’sLaLéda 40 
k!wé/lasé ix*é’dxés 10’Elq!wé qa g°a’xésé mex‘a’lit lax k!waé‘lasasés 
genE/mé. Wa, la gwa’texs 1a’é tsi’x‘idxa ‘wa’pé qa g-a’xésé 
hané’t gwa’lita. Wi, la‘mé’sé gé’gililfem la maxr’mdelqtléda 
hi/nx‘talixs la’é hi/nx’sendeq. Wa, &’Emxaa’wisé la ha‘né’la, 
qaxs ‘né’k-aé qa po’s‘idé. Wa, lan’mia gwal dr’nxeléeda k!we’lé. 45 
Wa, gi/mésé k-d’t!édéda k!wé‘lasaq lan’m po’s‘idés ha‘mé’xsilixs 
la’é axfé’dxa ts!é’stala qa‘s k lip!i’dés la’xa nayi’mé qa‘s 4x0’déq, 
Wai, la &xté’dxa ‘wa’lasé gi’It!exnala k-a’ts!mnaqa qa‘s xuld’Its !alés 
la’xés ha‘mé’x'silasE‘wé qa‘s lé xzlts!4’las laxa 10’Elq!we. Wa, 
a/ifmésé gwa’texs la’é ‘wi’‘ldlts!4masxés ha‘mé’x'silase‘wé. Wa, 59 
lafmé’sé genkE’mas 4x‘é’dxa ‘ya’x’se‘mé ha‘madzo’ lé’*wa‘ya, qa‘s 
lé Lepdzam0’litas la’xés Le‘lanemé. Wa, g‘i’l‘mésé gwa’tnxs la’é 
1a/winemas k-a’g‘ilitxa 10’Elq!wé qa‘s lé k-ax-dzamolitelas 1a’xés 
Lélanrmé. Wai, lar’m maé’malasE‘wa ‘na’lneméxLa 1d’q!wa. Wa, 
gi/l‘mésé gwa’texs la’é tsi’x“‘itsa ‘wa’pé laq qa na’x‘idés lag. Wa, 55 
