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2.	Bidági	tso	ínyan	eé.
	Its ear sticks up in	great	to eat.
3.	Nantá	anán	tosé	tosé.
	Stay down.

(Repeat refrain.

Great changes are made in some of the words in this song for prosodic reasons. Tsi'natan, tsi'nataa, and tsi'nat (1st lines) are all from tsĭl (plant) and natán (corn), Bidági (2d lines) is from bidí (its ear), iá' (it sticks up), and gi (in), Alkaí (line 1, stanza I.)=lakaí. Altsói (line 1, stanza III.)= litsói.

288. PRAYER OF FIRST DANCERS FROM THE CEREMONY OF THE NIGHT CHANT.

1.	Tse'gíhigi,
	Tse'gíhi in
2.	Hayolkál	behogángi,
	Dawn	made of house in,
3.	Nahotsói	behogángi,
	Evening twilight	made of house in,
4.	Kósdĭlyĭl	behogángi,
	Cloud dark	made of house in,
5.	Nĭltsabaká	behogángi,
	Rain male	made of house in,
6.	Á'dĭlyĭl	behogángi,
	Mist dark	made of house in,
7.	Nĭltsabaád	behogángi,
	Rain female	made of house in,
8.	Thaditín	behogángi,
	Pollen	made of house in,
9.	Anĭltáni	behogángi,
	Grasshoppers	made of house in,
10.	Á'dĭlyĭl	dadĭnlági,
	Mist dark	at the door,
11.	Nastsílĭt	bĭkedzétin,
	Rainbow	his trail the road,
12.	Atsĭniklĭ'si	yíki	dasizíni,
	Zigzag lightning	on it	high stands,
13.	Nĭltsabaká	yíki	dasizíni,
	Rain male	on it	high stands,
14.	Hastsébaka,
	Deity male,
15.	Kósdĭlyĭl	nĭkégo	nahaíniya'.
	Cloud dark	your moccasins	come to us.
16.	Kósdĭlyĭl	nĭsklégo	nahaíniya'.
	Cloud dark	your leggings	come to us.
17.	Kósdĭlyĭl	niégo	nahaíniya'.
	Cloud dark	your shirt	come to us.
18.	Kósdĭlyĭl	nĭtságo	nahaíniya'.
	Cloud dark	your headdress	come to us.
19.	Kósdĭlyĭl	bininĭnlágo	nahaíniya'.
	Cloud dark	your mind enveloping	come to us.
20.	Nĭkĭ'dze	idní'dĭlyĭl	dahitágo	nahaíniya'.
	You above	thunder dark	high flying	come to us.