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

| Mikák'e | tañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | han'*d*a-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an' | ¢iñkci' | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | tsi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Star | large | during the day | the st. ob. | there | he came 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!

75 | 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 | e: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body |they have none | grandfather | he was saying that | 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 | 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 only |I am I-not | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

78 | 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!

| Mikák'e | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | ¢iñkci' | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | tsí na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Star | small | the st. an. ob. | there | he came 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!

81 | 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 | 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 only |I am I-not | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

84 | 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!

| Wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ü'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | ¢e-ná | tsíhe | u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}í{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}¢in qtsi ¢iñkcé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Bird | red | the one mv. in the past | nest | she was sitting in her own | he really said | O grandfather!

| E'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in' añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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