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Sayings, told by Edna Deacon (ED) and Alta Jerue (AJ) at the home of Alta Jerue in Anvik, AK, October 2002. |
Recorded by Alice Taff and Donna Miller MacAlpine. Transcribed and translated by Donna Miller MacAlpine, Alta Jerue, Edna Deacon, and Alice Taff. (words added for clarification), {false start}, [note] |
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(AJ) Xidoy yadz gatidhighił. |
The door opens slowly. |
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(ED) Q'idong ngine' qogg tadhiyon, viqo xinuxł'an. |
Already up there on a flat trail he's walking, (him) you're looking for. [That's what you say when door opens and nobody is there. “Already on the heavenly trail he went, the one you’re looking for.”] |
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(AJ) I said send me your wings. |
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(ED) Ngits'in sits'in neyteyh. |
Your wings to me send. [Said to Raven/Crow] |