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ZXTNI RITUAL POETEY 



[ETH. ANN. 47 



hon a'tatc i'lapona 



we fathers the ones [we] have 



we" 'ma a"'pi'ia"ci'wani 



beast bow priests 



yam ya'tolja ta'tcu an Ee'Kohanakwi 



their sun father his daylight (in) 



lu'wana kwai'iEana"wapa 



standing having made come out 



ho"na"wan ?e'apkunaii'e 



our child 



yam a^'tatcu 



his fathers 



a' 'wan Ea"kwin*e 



their living water 



a'wan ci"nane 



their flesh 



i'Ea'kupa 



drinking in 



ko''wi ya'ton a-'napa 



little day having gone 



ko-'wi ?e'iinan a-'napa 



little night having gone 



ho"na*wan Je'apkunan'e 



our child 



an we'aka Ea'siiana 



his sickness decreasing 



an ya'nkakunan i'kokcuEana 



his breath becoming better 



yam ya'toka ta'tcu an o'nealan kwa"inakwi 



his sun father his road wbeie it comes out 



yam a'wif.elin tsi'tana 



his earth mother (on) 



e'layiilto lo-"otipa 



standing up strong 



?ewanan a"'teEan"a 



time shall live 



le"anaEapa 



having said 



hon ya'onaka tsit i'lap a-'teona 



we moon mother having the ones 



li'wan Ea'liciankwin ta"na 



hither to the west direction 



kc'wifea'na ye'tsakana 



very small making herself visible 



?e'luankwin ta"na i'tiulana 



(in) the east direction standing against 



ho"i ya''Ea?unte'kwi ko-w a'nte'we'tcikwi 



person about to become complete little space still remained for her 



o na ya- na a 



[his] road completed 



a'ntsume'na hon 



eagerly we 



hol ka-'ki ke"'si 



whenever now 



