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| There | he arrived and was standing | he really said | O grandfather!

87 | Há, | i{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ú! | é añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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

88 | 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, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!(19)

| Child | body | they have none | 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 wí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i¢e | ¢an'tsé, | é ¢iñkcé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | I cause you to have my body | apt | she was saying as she sat | he really said | O grandfather!

90 | Ahü-sá{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | áhü-sá{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Wing hard | that one | child | wing hard | shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

| Áhü-sá{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i | amá ¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | áhü-sáki | tatsé: á*d*intaú, Tsiká!

| Wing hard | the other one | child | wing hard | shall (be) | he really said | O grandfather!

| Taqpü' | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | taqpü' | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Crown of the head | that cv. ob. | child | crown of the head | shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

93 | Í¢etse | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | í¢etse | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mouth | that cv. ob. | child | mouth | shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

| Pé | ¢é¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | pé | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Forehead | this cv. ob. | child | forehead | shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

| Táhütse | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | táhütse | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Neck | that cv. ob. | child | neck | shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

96 | Wé¢ahnin | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wé¢ahnin | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Gullet | that cv. ob. | child | gullet | shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

| Mañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | mañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Chest | that cv. ob. | child | chest | shall (be) | he really said | O grandfather!

| ¢ü'we-uq¢úk'a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | ¢ü'we-uq¢úk'a | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Bowels | that cv. ob. | child | bowels | shall (be) | he really said | O grandfather!

99 | Oé{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}utañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}utañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Thighs | that cv. ob. | child | thighs | shall (be) | he really said | O grandfather!

| Cí¢an{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | cí¢an{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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