754 ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



kow a-'waktsik a-'lana 



half-grown boys 



kow a-'katsik a-'lana 



half grown girls 



a''wona''we'kwinte 



even those whose roads go first 



an he'cotana 



his house in 



?eapEunan ii'lton kwai"ilen tea^un'onak'a 



his offspring jostling one another going out that it may be thus 



an Eapowan i'tiwanana 



his ceiling middle 



te^'likinan i'patcaka 



prayer sticks fastened together with 



ho' an e'lete'uka- 



I for him prepared it 



hot ko'n a'ntecemana 



sometime something desiring 



?e'wusu pe'na ya'"kona 



prayer words the ones that are finished 



fe"tsinan*e 



winter 



o'lo'ikanan'e 



ya'tcu pi'lan'e 



the sequence of months 



?o'na'wan ho' te'kohanan ce'man te'aka te'kwi 



for you I daylight asking have lived when 



lu'ka ya'ton-e 



this day 



kes ho' tse"makwm mo'la'ka ke-'si 



now I thought have straightened now 



yam ta'tcih te"ona 



our father [havingl the one who is 



sai'yataca pi'laci'wan'i 



long horn bow priest 



a'ntelia'na ho"i yakana 



impersonating a person having made himself 



£o'n ho' a''wona-e'lateka 



you 1 on your roads have passed 



yam ta'tcili te"ona 



your father [havingl the one who is 



Ka'pin ho"i 



raw person 



an o'naya''naka. pi"nan"e 



his life-giving breath 



an la'ciaka pi"nan'e 



his old age breath 



