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p. 35

48.

Ayâ'ña kî'lsLa-i ga'ña (four times).
Be careful of | chief | my own.
Dja Lan la q!ô'gugago.
Say, | stop | biting.
DAñ si-û' djigu'ldAxwañ gîda'-i.
Your month might become crooked | mosquitoes | common things.

Be careful of my chief.
Stop biting!
Your mouth might become crooked, common mosquitoes. 1


Footnotes

35:1 The singer is probably drawing an analogy between the biting of mosquitoes and bad words used towards the rich by common people, who are called "mosquitoes."


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