Haida Songs: Title Page
Haida Songs: Title Page
Haida Songs: Title Page
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<strong>Haida</strong> <strong>Songs</strong>: <strong>Title</strong> <strong>Page</strong><br />
You only are fit, sitting greatly, to own your grandfather's copper-fire.<br />
Nô'+ gunatô+ na+ gunatô+ (six times)<br />
Wa+ gîtcî 2 q!ayAm gwa'tAksta nalnîgAn ahô'yûda<br />
down river (?) | near | cry (?)<br />
wâlsî'mgîgyêt 3 dAmgî+ 4 q!adô+<br />
noble men<br />
No+ gûnatô'+ na+ gûnatô'+, no+ gûnatô'+ na+ gûnatô'+.<br />
(In Tsimshian.)<br />
23. 1<br />
Footnotes<br />
18:1 This and the following song are unintelligible, although a number of words may be recognized.<br />
18:2 Perhaps gîsi ("down river").<br />
18:3 The translation of this word applies only to the latter part of the word, excluding the first three letters.<br />
18:4 DAm indicates future.<br />
p. 19<br />
Hê-ê-ê-ê+ gwâ'ldAma aga'-i (six times)<br />
HA'naagê hê-ê-ê-ê+ gwâ'ldAma aga'-i ha-a-dî+ gîtcî q!Al<br />
Woman<br />
mâs (a) nî'cîna algû' 1 ha-a-dî+ gîl bêlha algu<br />
not (?) haliotis not (?)<br />
Hê-ê-ê-ê+ gwâ'ldAma aga'-i i (three times).<br />
19:1 Probably a'lgE ("not"), or lgu ("small").<br />
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(In Tsimshian.)<br />
24.<br />
Footnotes<br />
Lgai-û' lâ'nas.
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