730 ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



yam Eacima pai'yan e'lete'ukatekwi 



his water scat where it was prepared 



yam ha'lawo'tinane 



his prayer meal 



a'witela'ma 



four times 



o'la'wite-yaltona 



sprinkling on top 



ho 'man o'tsimowa 

 yam ha'lawo'tinan'e 



his prayer meal 



o'ta'wite-ya'ltona 



sprinkling on top 



yam Ea'cima pai'yan a'lkwi 



his water seat wliorc it lay 



ha'lawo"tinan o'ta'wite-yii'ltopa 



prayer meal sprinkling on top 



i'ste yii'lu 



him following 



yam ha'lawo'tinan'e 



my prayer meal 



ho' o'ta'wite-ya'ltona 



I sprinkling on top 



yam ta'tc'on ami 



my father's his 



Ea'cima pai'yan a'lkwi 



rain seat where it lay 



ho' ye'li'ula'ka. 



I stood beside it. 



ho'ma ta'tcu te'a'ona 



my father the one who is 



homa ya'^eka 



me grasped 



lalhok" le'si te'kwi ta"Kana ho'm an'imla'Euka. 



yonder to all directions presenting me he made sit down quietly 



ho' i'milakupa 



1 having sat down quietly 



ho'ma ta'tcu te'a'ona 



my father the one who is 



yam na'nil'i te"ona 



his grandson (having) the one who is 



la'kaia tsa'walj' te"ona 



read youth the one who is 



an ce'lna'a 



his inside 



pu'su a'npikwai'i a'nhaitelja 



hole piercing him he gave to him 



yam se'wekc wc'pun a'witela'ma a'n-iilana 



his tobacco sack four times drawing toward him 



