732 ZUNI RITUAL POETRY [eth. ann. 47 



i'skon hon i'yanikika. 



tbere we greeted one another. 



ta'tcumo 



father 



ta'le pa'pa su'we ka'ka Ra'se na'na to'cle a'le 



son elder brother younger brother uncle nephew grandfather grandson great grandfather 



u'waka 



great grandson 



le' n a'k-a hon i'yanikika 



with these wo greeted one another 



lukakon le'n i'te'tcapa 



this all being at an end 



ho' tatcih te'ona 



my father [with] the one who is 



i'te'kunaka 



questioned 



e'ma' la'Eima 



yes now at this time 



ho'n a''wona-elateka. 



us (you) have passed on our roads. 



i'me' kwa'hol pe'nan te'yuianani'e pe'nan te'akana 



perhaps some word not too long word may be 



le' horn i'yantikwaka. 



thus to me they said 



e'ma' i'namilte 



yes now indeed it is so 



hol i'tiwana 



sometime at the middle of the year 



ho'ma le'n a"'tatcu 



my this many fathers 



ko'n a'ntecemana 



something desiring 



te'Ukinan ya"'naka 



prayer stick complete with 



hom a'nulana'wapa 



me having appointed 



li"'wan a'lahoankwin ta'*na 



hither to the south direction 



ii'wanam a"'wan o'neala kwai"ina ta'pana 



rain makers their roads coming out foUowing 



£o'n ho' te'likina le'an te'aka te'kwi 



to you I prayer sticks giving have hved when 



kes le"na lo'na'wa ya'tcu pi"lan i'te'tcapa 



now this much yoin- month sequence being at an end 



?o'na'wan ya'lenan pi"lakapa 



your count having been counted up 



le'si £e'wanan"e 



this many days 



a'ntsume'na 



eagerly 



