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at that thime, the place where you stopped wasn't it at the house of Qutadu

qoomaadaʔee dír kay geexeer didaʔekee ar dóʔ Qutadu

[affirmative]

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okay so start from there

aso disí tiwa ansiind

the house of Qutadu

dóʔ Qutadu

take (it) from there now

disí tiwa tatahh alkwí

Qutadu

Qutadu

it is here

an disíng

it isn't the house of Ganay?

an dóʔ Ganayookeê

it is the house of Ganay?

an dóʔ Ganayoô

Bu'ú, isn't it the house of Ganay?

dóʔ Ganayookeê Búʔu

we finished the house of Ganay

dóʔ Ganay nga faakaán

we finished the house of Ganay, to Qutadu

dóʔ Ganay kwa faakaán amór Qutadu

to Qutadu now

amór Qutadu alkwí

raise your voice a bit, the thing (is) small

afoo alge doogee gár ninawee

Qutadu

Qutadu

when Qutadu left the house of Ganay

Qutadu hheʔee aluwo disí ar dóʔ Ganay iwa quutl

the thing of the house of Qutadu is what now? didn't he do a ritual before

gár dóʔ Qutadu slami a malé milâ Qutadu bere aáng maʔaay ngina tleéhh

no - it's not the house of Qutadu

aʔa dóʔ Qutaduwookáng

the house of Saygilo

dóʔ Saygilo

at the house of Saygilo

har dóʔ Saygilo alé

hey! the house of Saygilo - ah!

dóʔ Saygilo ge tát tat tat

we have finished the house of Qutadu

dóʔ Qutadu una faakaán

Saygilo is thus:

Saygilo ya

Saygilo had a dream in the planes of Wa/ama, Mbulu

Saygilo ina guúʔ wa xatsoó Waʕama Imburu

he... (at) night

ina amsi

Saygilo slept

ina guúʔ Saygilo

at the plains of Wa/ama, Mbulu

wa xatsoó Waʕama Imburu

are you listening?

axamisâng

I am listening

a axamiís

Saygilo had a dream in the planes of Wa/ama, Mbulu

aluwo Saygilo iwa guúʔ wa xatsoo Waʕama Imburu

Saygilo, in the morning at sunrise, the thing that he saw at night

Saygilo matlatleeroo loʔaa wa tleer garós tisí nga ar amsiwoo

Saygilo, in the morning when the sun came up, Saygilo called out

Saygilo matlatleeroo loʔaa niwa tleer Saygilo ina uʔuúʔ

hayada

hayada

he said "Iraqwland

ina oóʔ ayá Iraqw

all people who are traditional doctors, come [lit. finish everyone (such that they are all at the meeting)]

umó muukú sagii-qwasleeri sleemeroo faakiisareʔ ge alé

in this way he called all the traditional doctors, hey?

idosiyee qwaslaree sleeme ngina ateét xáy

[affirmative]

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all come before me" he cried hayada

faakiisareʔ geeraʔéʔ hayada ngina uʔuúʔ

an so everybody arrived before him

karr aluwo muu a faakiís geerawós

he said, he would ask you, he would say "Bu'ú, you

ina oóʔ kuúng un yahaas in ooʔ Búʔu kuúng

the clan of your household, they say is of so-and-so

tlahháy doʔhúng ta kahíʔ a iseʔeeʔ

you(pl.) have magic

kuungáʔ miinsláy kondáʔ

what did you see at night?

gár ta and amsiwoô

if- it was there, it was there, if- it was not, it was not"

bir deer in deer bir káhh in kahh

"you

kuúng

the clan of your household, they say is of so-and-so

tlahháy doʔhúng ta kahíʔ a iseʔeeʔ

what did you see at night if- it's not there it's not there" he continued with it until the sun was equal with here

amsiwoo gár ta and biri kahh in kahh ngina laaalee imir loʔaa tawa dirqáʔ ire dalaʕ ay dirí

in the end

alheʔesee

in the end he said "Bee/á Albanka"

alheʔesee ina oóʔ Beeʕá Albanka

he said "Bee/á what have you seen?"

ina oóʔ Beeʕá gár ta and kuúng

Bee/á (said) "what I saw was famine"

Beeʕá aní gár na ar a giyeé

"I saw famine"

giyeé ana ár

raise (your) voice

saʔuti doogiitee

"I saw famine"

giyeé ana ár

Saygilo said "you

Saygilo ina oóʔ kuúng ya

hey

xay

truly Bee/á

kuúng loʔee Beeʕá

you, why did you draw the white people here in the night?

kuú garqáʔ tas Masongó tsangumamis amsiwoo a milâ

are the white people yours?

Masong a kohungeê

they are ours" Saygilo said

a korén Saygilo ina oóʔ

"you(pl.), your thing is hexes"

kuungáʔ garhúng a puuri

Saygilo called the white people (magically)?

Saygilo a muukú ʕawakw nguna ateét xay

no, Bee/á drew them (magically) at night

aʔa Beeʕá ngun tsangumiís amsiwoo

he said "Bee/á, the white people who were drawn here (magically) are yours?

ina oóʔ Beeʕá Beeʕá Masong kuwa tsangumiis a kohungeê

the white people are ours."

Masong a korén

"why were they called?"

gár kus tsangumiis

"why were they called?

gár kus tsangumiis

the guns that the white people have are also ours

puundukár konaʔ ar Masong sleeme a torén

you, the thing of your house is hexes

kuúng gár dohúng a puuri

why were the white people drawn here (magically)?

gár Masong kus tsangumiis

those white people, the day they arrive here

Masongoqáʔ booloo birna hardáh dirí

they day they arrive

booloo birna hardáh

the y they arrive here among black people

booloo birna hardah bará muukú boóʕ

the boy of yours, of the widow (mother) you put as chief"

garmá dohúng oo kwaloʔo ugwa qasee wa wawutumo

did you hear?

aga axasî

I am listening

a axamiís

"those white people will go to that boy

Masongoqáʔ in dír garmaqáʔ kay

the ruler

oo wawutumo

when they arrive they will say "this thing, who did it"

bira hardáh in ooʔíʔ garí heé nga tleehh

that boy will be asked

garmaqáʔ kun yahaas

tha boy will say "the person who did it is Gidamosá""

garmaqáʔ in ooʔ heé nga tleehh a Gidamosá

Gidamosá is the son of Saygilo

Gidamosá a garmá Saygilo

did you hear?

aga axasî

I am listening

a axamiís

Gidamosa, he [Saygilo] said "that boy will be hanged by the white people, even!

Gidamosá ina oóʔ garmaqáʔ koqáʔ kun tarereeʔ nee Masong tam

like a ram sacrificed to the spirits of the dead"

dír gwandú afa

did you hear?

aga axasî

I am listening

a axamiís

"when Gidamosá is killed by the white people

Gidamosá burkwa gaas nee Masong

but we have paid to God that life for a life"

alkini atén uga hiinsló kodáʔ oo Looʔar buuʔaán

Saygilo said "that boy

Saygilo ina oóʔ garmaqàʔ

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when he is killed by the white people, he will return in the sky

burkwa gaás nee Masong aluwo in waatl gawá doori

a snake

a dayshimò

he will return in the sky, a snake

in waatl gawá doori a dayshimo

did you know that?"

idorí kwa xuʔâng