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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[ETH. ANN. 47 



?om a'nulanapkona 



you the one they appointed 



li*'wan a'lahoa'nkwin 



hither to the south 



yam a''tatcu 



ta"na 



direction 



your 



fathers 



u wanam 



rain maker 



^•'r 



ciwan'i 



priests 



u'wanami pekwi"we 



rain maker speakers 



u'wanam a*'pi'}aci'wan"i 



rain maker bow priests 



a"'wan Ea'cima o'neala kwai'ina 



their water roads coming out 



te'liljinan Eo'?ia'lewunante 



badly made even 



?o ?eEohanan cemai 



you dayUght asking 



ya'ton'e hai'tokwin 



day the appointed time 



te'ona le'ciantikwafea. 



thus he said. 



prayer sticks 



ho'na-wan 



for us 



Ijes lu'^a 



now this 



ho' tatcili 



I lather having the one 



yam ta'tcili te'ona 



my father the one 



cu'la-witsi pe'kwin ci'wan'i 



cu'la'witsi speaker priest 



sai'yataca pi'Iaci'wan'i 



long horn bow priest 



hu''tutu pi'laci'wani 



hu''tutu bow priest 



ya'muhakt a-'pi'Ia-ci'wani 



stick carriers bow priests 



ya'ntelia'na ho"i ya'Eana 



impersonating making persons 



a"'wan ?o'waconan*e 



their seeds 



a''wan u'tenaife 



their clothing 



a^'wen ?e'apKiman*e 



their offspring 



?o'waconan lu'ptsikwa te'a'ona 



seeds the yellow ones 



}i"akwa te"ona 



the blue one 



ci'loakwa te"ona 



the red one 



Eo'hakwa te"«)na 



seed the white one 



lo'waconan ku'tcutcukwi te"ona 



seed the speckled one 



te'yapte 



valuable even there 



te'aka tekwi 



have lived when 



te'tcika — 



has arrived 



to'waconan 



seed 



?o'waconan 



seed 



?o'waconan 



