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Uragi.nak.xa.t ch'axwa.p.x.t.x uragi.naka.mp uka.n
Tand argue 1-3 sland that

jala.nta.ya.si.p.x.t , ma.x <duma.x uragi.ni.:.ta.ti ?>
get into 173 Ip 2p Tand-owner 233

S Ss

<Jani.w.> <Na.x uragi.ni.raki.t.w> sa.s...

 

no Ip land-owner 13
S
‘We argue over land (ownership), with land we get into
(arguments), I "Do you own land?" "No." “But I do!"
saying .

('We argue over land ownership, each belittling the
other's holdings and bragging about his own.')

Ya: <Sar.xar.xa.nh ya:sta.w na:.ru.xa rispach.xa.p.x.it>
SO go 143 ready Ip dismiss 2+]

F I

yasta sa.sin uka.t uka.x <An.ta.ni.ma.lla ,
so then that drive up 233
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ana.ga.ni.m> Sa.fla.ray.
drive down 233

I

‘So, "We're getting ready to leave, ready now, dismiss us,"
so saying then that "Drive (the animals) up, drive them
down," has to be said also.

('So, they announce their departure and ask permission to
leave, and then the order must be given to drive the
animals back up or down (wherever they came from).')

These translations are tentative, in view of my unfamili-
arity with the events described and the somewhat tele-

graphic nature of the description, at least to someone