Volume 02 Item 02: Walter Edmund Roth Bulletin No. 9 Burial Ceremonies and Disposal of the Dead, 1904-1906 - Page 10

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nangiome radinu. Gura dana dumul nangu.
    his-in    will see.  And they splinter his
nadiga, garko  wernda bobon  Kobarbil. Nayun
having seen, then the empty [????] soil-in bury. This
badatega garko nulu gurabudo gurlnggo gumbinil
finished    then he     again trough      string - with
wudyego kadal. Nayum badatega garko duyudirgo
firmly ties.          This completed, then corpse-with
gurlbnggo mumbal gural gura yandal. Yandaigu
trough on the head makes and stands up. Having risen
namongango nulu dindabbuddngo dudara wauw-unngun
thence           he     quick - very runs ??spirits - by
nangu dirbaigabudo duyudirgo. Gura nangu
him  ?? because   corpse  with. And    him
dauaigo Kundai gurlnggo  nawaigo puelil.
once killed trough  just there falls down.
Gura nulu gimil namalma nangu Kundaiga:
And he stick sees           Him killed - with:
gimil Kana nadega nulu ngundu Kadara duyudirgo
And men altogether   they him grave - at
bantchentchi gura nulu danangangal Kadaiga.
await           and he them  - to having come
nulu gimil meril nangu Kunddaiga: namon gan?budo
he     stick shows him having killed - with: therefrom - indeed
dana bama mala gural gura Kaimbalmbal. Garko
they mean guilty declare and blame.     By & by
dana warkangamu nimarngoal Kadara duyudirgo
they alltogether     grave - from come corpse - with
nanggor daitchembe gura duyu melu-we yitar.
camp freed from 'tabu'- in and corpse shade - in   put.
Garko ngandongai Kadara duyungu ungga
By & by women  come  corpse on acct  of a waiting
batchinungo gura dana ungga Katabatega dana
to cry - for    and   they waiting having broken off they