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dkus Isi Hwdw, dh-plhtukdt. 
** nikmis, kimiskawdw itdh dh-ituhtdt nistim f ” 
“ dha ^ , niJdh-mdtdhwdw itdh dh-ituhtdtf dh~Hwdt, ” itdw, 
“ kah ! matwdn tsd kwayask ta-pdsiwdw nosisima ! ” itdw. 
“ hdha* ! ” 
dh-klkisdpdydyikf mwdhtsih dkwah d-imh-pondsihk^ aw iskwdw, dkuyi- 
kuhk k-dtimikut dh dsiniya. pahkisiniyiwa ustikwdnihk. paskipayiyiw 
pisdkandpiy ; pahkisin muhtsihk ; nipahisin. 
dkusi dkutah pa-pimisin. dkwah awa awdsis dkutah ay-aydw, dh-ndh- 
nonihtahisut,^ dta dh-nipiyit ukdwiya. namuya kiskdyihtam dh-nipiyit 
ukdwiya, pisisik dh-ma-mdtawdt dkutah, itah ukdwiya d-pimisiniyit. piyisk 
kinwdsk dkutah aydw. piyisk atih-^kdndsiniyiwa' ukdwiya. 
kltahtawd dh-papdmi-ma-mdtawdt, kd-miskahk itah dh-aydt awa pdyak 
notukdsiw, kd-wdpahtahk ukistikdnisiyiwa, nandtuhk kdkwayah dh-kistsik~ 
dsiyit. namuya kiskdyihtam kdkwayah ohi awa dwdsis, dkutah mdna dh- 
ma-mdtawdt, dhi kistsikdnisah dh-mdh-manipitahk, dh-mdtawdkdt, namuya 
dh-mitsit, kuntah dh-mdtawdkdt. diuhtdtsih ukdwiya, dkuyikuhk mdna awa 
notukdsiw utihtam ukistsikdnisah, kunta mdna kd-pimastdyikih, dh-mdh- 
manipitamiyit awdsisah, kd-mdtdhdt mdna. 
“ pitan dwa wdpamak ! ” itdyihtam, dh-wawiyatdyimdt, dh-api^sisiyit 
pakahkam, dh-itdyihtahk. 
Jdtahtawd dkwah askamawdw, kltahtawd kd-pdpahtdyit awdsisah. 
mistahi wawiyatdyimdw, dh-kitimdkinawdt. dh-pdpahtdyit, dh-utihtamiyit 
ukistsikdnisah, mannakisk mdh-manipitamiyiwa, dh-atiwdpinamiyit. ka- 
kitdpamdw, dh-wawiyatdyimdt. piyisk kisiwdk pdyaydyiwa, dtah dh-pd- 
takuhtdyit, dhi dh-mdh-manipitamiyit. mdsklstawdw awa notukdsiw. iyi~ 
kuhk dh-kiskdyimikut, d-wih-tapasiyit, dsay nawatindw, dh-mamawimuyit 
dh-kustikut. 
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nosisnnis, ndsisimis ! ” dh-itdt, dh-uy-utsdmdt, “ tantdh omah dh- 
uhtuhtdyin ? ” itdw. 
“ dtah kisiwdk, itik. 
“ ndsisimis, nama wiya kikisiwdhin, dhi nikistsikdnisah kd-misi- 
wandtsihtdyin. nawats nimiywdyihtdn d-miskdtdn, ” itdw. 
dkusi dh-pakitindt ; sipwdpahtdyiwa. dkwah ay-askdwdw. pdtih kd- 
wdpahtahk itah dh-pimisiniyit awiya. dkutah takuhtdyiwa. 
“ kdkway awa, ndsisd f ” itdw ; “ dwaku t^ awa * nikdwiy ' k-dt- 
wdyan f ” 
“ hdha' ! kutak nidk dwiyak namuy dwiyak ; dwakw dwa piku dh- 
nlsiydhk nikdwiy, ” itdw. 
“ hddy, ndsisimis, mistah dtsik dma dh-kitimdkisiyin, ndsisd ! ka- 
klwdhtahitin. kik-dydtin. namuy dwa dh-pnndtisit kikdwiy, ayis dwa 
d-kih-nipit. misawdts piyisk dtah ka-misi-wandtisin, dkd nakatatsih. aspin 
k-dsklwik nama ufihkdts dkus Ispayiw, dkd dh-pimdtisit ta-klh-mts-dydmiht, ” 
itdw ; “ ka-klwdhtahitin, ” itdw. 
“ dha^ ! ’’ 
^ Plainly so heard; perhaps pondsin is a different word from the transparent ponisin, 
formed with initial pan- : “cease,” final -sin : “come down, fall,” and connective -i-. 
“ Informant first said dh-noHndh-nohisul, where the -no- is a slip of the tongue; in 
correcting this he substituted the longer derivative verb in the text. 
