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5. Anchimana adyan-dyanln 
matoi kenawotna chet attan 
chet pfuceya ot nilipsutan chet 
pfudeya ta masikoeboen set 
attfina. 
6. Ot nilipsutana Se AAukan- 
not manayan set dudoAoina 
nomya achina makakun ta ma- 
sa^om chet phikoedna. 
7. Anchimana lumaos makat- 
lo ummoi chit pfuoeya inlnap 
chet innoi AAukan ot inchasa- 
na chit nai-angon chceAan AAu- 
kan. Ot siya inunu-unod nan 
ininau chet innoina. Ot chi- 
natongna chet doAoi AAukan ot 
nansoyok set choya. 
8. Nomya anchimana lumik- 
na Se A^ukan nanchit nasu-yop 
chingngoAna chet pfuoeya man- 
tatta-oA ta pioeonan payau-on 
Se AXukan. 
5. When he was almost dead 
he dug his fingers into the eyes 
of the alligator and the alli- 
gator let him free for its eyes 
caused it great pain. 
6. When Si Alugan was set 
free he went to his village but 
he could not walk for he had 
many wounds. 
7. When three nights had 
passed, the alligator went to 
search for the road taken by 
Alugan and found it by the 
dried blood of Alugan. And 
it followed the smell of his 
track. And when it reached 
the house of Alugan it hid it- 
self in the space under the 
floor. 
8. But when Si Alugan 
awoke from his sleep he heard 
the alligator snorting for it 
wanted to cause him to come 
out. 
3. il-lok, past inillok, what is caused to enter. 
inawit, past of awiton what is carried as a load. 
intakchan, past of itakchan what is taken from the water to the 
' shore. 
4. pillimaon, radical lima five; it appears herefrom that prefix pi (pin?) 
and suffix on are used to form with cardinal numbers derivatives 
indicating how often something is done. 
long-ag whole body; g with nasal resonance. 
5. adyen-dydni almost, Ilk. ngan-ngani. * 
kenawot, past of kauton (from *kaivoton?) what is put into. 
attd eye; note formation of genitive after noun ending in vowel: 
attan chet pfucey9 eye of the alligator; compare genitive after 
noun ending in consonant: ikid chet chdnum edge of water. 
nilipsutan, past of lipsutan object of letting go. 
masikoeboen what is very painful. 
6. makakua one able to walk, say, do. 
masakom what is numerous. 
7. makatlo, the word “night” is evidently understood. 
choeKa blood, Inib. chala. 
8. payau-on what is caused to come out, past said to be pinaya-ua. 
