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| Ho | grandmother! | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather!

45 | Oiñ'{~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~}e añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body | they have none | he really said | O grandfather!

| Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | miñkcé | ¢an'tse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body | I who sit | apt | he really said | O grandfather!

47 | Wákan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}á | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ána | *d*¢in-máci, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intau, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | she was saying that | 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!

| Han'*d*a-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an | wákan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}á | ¢iñkce'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| During the day | mysterious one | to the ob. | he arrived and stood | he really said | O grandfather!

| Há, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandfather! | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather!

51 | Oiñ'{~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, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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

| Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | miñkcé | ¢an'tse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body |I who sit | apt | he really said |O grandfather!

| Wákan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}á | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ána | *d*¢in-má{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | that |I am I-not | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

54 | Cununckítá | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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

| Wákan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}á | han' | ¢iñkcí | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | night | the st. ob. | there | he arrived and stood | he really said | O grandfather!

| Há, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather!

57 | Oiñ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | cuí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wa¢iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a*d*e, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué | e{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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

| Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | miñkcé | ¢an'tse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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