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ondpdmit. dwaku uwistdwiyahku, namuya kika-ndpdwisindnaw, ndpdw 
otah aydisiy^ 
“ dha' , ” itik. 
kitahtawd sipwdhtdw, dh-pa-pmuhtdt. pdyakwdw d-k%h~nipdt, wdpah- 
tarn mlkiwdhp. dpihtd-kisikdhk itskwdstawdstdyiw. dkusi pdtih kd-wdp~ 
amdt kdhkdkiwa dh-ukdhkwdskwahikaniyit.^ pdtih dh-utihtahk, kd-kitowiyit 
dhi k-dkutsiniyit mlkiwdhpihk. 
“ tawdw ! ” itik. 
plhtukdw. klh~pdyakuyiwa ndpdwa. pdtih dh-klsi-mitsisut, ndpdwa 
kd-takusiniyit, kutakah uskinlkiwa. 
dkwah dmis Itwdw : “ kdkway dh-papd-ndtamarij kd-papdmuhtdyin f ” 
itik. 
“a, ” itiodw, “ dmis dh-tdyihtamdn k~d~papdmuhidydn : ‘ mahtih nik- 
dvUstdwih, ' dh-itdyihtamdn ; ‘ nka~miydw nimisah, ’ dh-itdyimitdn, d- 
naydhtamydn, dkd wihkdts dh^pikiskwdt nimis,^ k-dh-pd-miyitdn. ” 
“ dya^ f ” itik ; “ niya wiya nisdkwdyimun ; wiya mdka nahd ni^m 
mdskdts ta-tdpdyimdw, ” itik. 
“ hd, usdm nam dskiva nnihtdh-nipahtdn kdkway, ta-kih-wiwiydn 
u'dwis niya ; ahpdh kiya kdkway kinihtd-nipahtdn, dkd tiydpdyimuym.” 
“ ahahdy ! ” itwdw aw ustdsimdw ; “ dtah kisiwdk vnkiwak ni^mak 
d-msitsik,^ pdyak nistds, dh-ndwitsik dwakunik, nistu us%ma dh-pamihikuL 
usdm nihtdh-nipahtdwak kdkway dyakunik, ” itik ; “ dkusi dkutd kik- 
dtuhtdn, ” itik ; “ dyakunik ka-ntawdpamdwak. mdskdts pdyak kita~ 
tdpdyimdw, ” itik. 
iiuhtdw. pdtih d-sdkdwdt dm dspatindyik, wdpahiam mlkiwdhp. pdtih 
kdhkwdskwahikanah wdpamdw, dhdwa, dsay kd-kituyit. ituhtdw. 
mayaw dy-utihtahk, “ tawdw, wdskinlkiyan I ” itdw. 
dkusi ituhtdw. plhtukdw. asamdw. d-klsi-mltsisut, ist dskinlkiwa 
plhtukdyiwa. plhtatwdnah ah-akutdyiwa. 
“ hdw, tdnisi dtiskdyan, dma kd-pdh-ituhtdyin dtah f ” itwdw aw 
ustdsimdw. 
dmis itdw : “ dh, nimis dh-pd-miyiiakuk pdyak. ” 
“ niya wiya idpiydhk dh-asamitsik ni^mak. nama kdkway nnihtd- 
nipahtdn. namuya ta-kl-untsdwak iskwdw, ” itwdw ; dkwah, “ hdw, ni^~ 
mitik, nikutwdw pdyak ituhtdk kiyawdw ! ” 
itik : “ hdk, iyika md tsdskwah kdkway nihtdh-nipahtdydhk ! namuya 
niya nka-kd-ituhtdn, ” itwdwak kahkiyaw. 
“ ahdy, wdskinlkiyan ! dma k-dsdhtsdk awasdyihk dkutah wlkiw ndhtd- 
wiy. mdwatsih wdwustdsimdwiyit ukusisah ndwu wlkimdw, dkd tsdskwah 
dh-wlmtsik dwakunik ni^mindnak, dkwah nlsu uskinlkiskwdwak ni^m- 
indnak, ” itdw ; “ dkutd ituhtd. mdskdts ndhtdwiy unh-miyikuydkuh 
utawdsimisah nistu, nlsw iskwdwa dkwah pdyak ndpdw, unh-miyisk ndhtd- 
wiy, ” itdw. 
dkusi tdpwd wayavfiw. iydyaw dkutd ituhtdw kd-kiskindhamdht itdh. 
dkwah dy-ati-sdkdwdt, pdtih tdpwd mlkiwdhp wdpahiam dpihtd-kisikdhk 
^ On account of the brother-and-sister tabu; the sister's husband would make com- 
munication possible. 
* Englisn-speaking informants could not teU what kdhkwdskwahikan was. Literally, 
it is "tiling for tightening (?) sticks.” 
® On account of the brother-and-sister tabu. 
* He means d-nistitsik, and I have so translated. Informant is given to slips of the 
tongue as regards numbers and opposites. 
