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| O grandfather!

15 | Wá*d*aha | ¢iñkce'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si| hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Bier | to the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said | O grandfather!

| Há, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué! | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wa¢iñ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a*d*e, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandfather! |child | body |they have none | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

| Wakan'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a | u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}añ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | ts'é | watséqi | *d*¢in' | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really said | O grandfather!

18 | Wakan'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ána | *d*¢in-má{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}íe añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying to him what precedes | he really said |O grandfather!

| Cun'unckíta | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e¢acé tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!

20 | Káxe-wáhü-san', | cunta, | wisuñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e | añ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}áxe tá*d*etsé: |á*d*intaú,

| Káxe-wáhü-san' | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we must make | he really said

| Tsiká!

| O grandfather!

| {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}'pa | ¢iñce'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' nacin': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Circle | to the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said |O grandfather!

| Há, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué! | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wa¢iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a*d*e, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandfather! |child | body |they have none | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

| Wakan'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a | u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}añ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | ts'é | watséqi | *d*¢in' | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really said | O grandfather!

24 | Wakan'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ána | *d*¢in-má{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}íe añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying to him what precedes | he really said |O grandfather!

| Cun'unckíta | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!

| Káxe-wáhü-san', | cunta, | wisuñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e | añ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}áxe tá*d*etsé:

| Káxe-wáhü-san' | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we must make

| á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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