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4. Sat man-iwa-ayancha in- 
ingkau ngas-ngas-sa nataknang 
ot mangwa mat uchan pina- 
chagson-nat pita ot magchai 
chit ngas-ngas ot matab-Gnan- 
cha. 
5. Ot sit laya-i chingngoi chit 
nagchai-yot mantuwili pon si- 
chat amana an sunudna naid- 
cha pon ot ummoi pon umacha- 
ni nagchayancha ot man-iphil 
ot chongyon man chat uchum- 
ma taku inl-moscha an siya, 
6. Ot iphyakanan nagchayan 
chat amana an sunudna ot sit 
takun na-ngimus nampaoi ot 
umali chat taku sit ili. Ot 
chummatong man chat taku an- 
nan maniiyung chit laya-i. 
7. Ot phya-ungancha ot ayan- 
cha chicha. Ot ayancha man 
chicha natakucha. Ot phuli- 
kancha phuphya-i ya amana sit 
phuphoyoi. 
4. At the place where (the 
former two) were working 
there was a steep slope which 
was very high, and as the rain 
had made the soil heavy, the 
slope collapsed and buried 
them. 
5. When the son heard the 
slide he turned to look for his 
father and sister who were no 
more there and he went to ap- 
proach those who were buried 
and he cried and he was heard 
by the other people who asked 
him. 
6. And he told them that his 
father and sister were buried 
and the people who had asked 
shouted and the people from the 
town came. And when the peo- 
ple arrived there was the son 
crying. 
7. And they dug for them and 
got them. And when they got 
them they were alive. And 
they carried the woman and 
her father to the town. 
Title, man-ama a term used to designate a group consisting of a father 
and his child; if there are two or more children man-aama is said; note 
added tuyu, three, indicating the number of persons comprehended 
in the group. (Sect. 1) 
inagchayan, past of magchayan who is caught in a landslide. 
1. incha went-they, past of icha go-they. 
inaikau, the second i is the sound represented by K in Sal. 
2. ummuchan, past of umuchan it rains. 
3. tupping the stone-wall supporting the next higher rice-terrace. 
sag-on, cf. sog-on in note to sect. 11 of story of Si Alugan. 
4. pinachagson, past of pachagsonon what is becoming heavy. 
pita earth, soil. 
magchai what collapses, past nagchai. 
5. naidcha pon: naidcha not-there-they, pon seems to be added to make 
the statement more impressive after the manner of Ilk. met. 
an siya to him, compare kan sia in sect. 3 of Changatag and the Monkeys. 
