Volume 02 Item 02: Walter Edmund Roth Bulletin No. 9 Burial Ceremonies and Disposal of the Dead, 1904-1906 - Page 11

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Kadagar birbalbal bobo yendume dakatinu
moveable possessions gather & place other - on to sit down
gura dana datara, Dirainggur nobungo nawaigo
and they    go. Old man  one there
nandaya nulu ??pirra-wego ninggabuggal wutchi
will remain   the foliage - behind   sits        spirit
mala nadinia??go. Gura dana  dadaiga    wutchingai
guilty  to see - for. And they having gone  spirits
wauwe ngangoigo Kadara nimangu, unggadirgo,
breath  quickly     come      grave - to wailing - with
gau?wabtchirgo, gamaitchirgo, Kalkadirgo, milbir
screaming-with,   clay-with,      spear-with  [????]
tchirgo, yokudirgo, diraltchirgo, pitagurtchirgo
with       wood-with,   wives-with,  children-with
Gura nulu wauwe mala namalma nauga damanu
And he    spirit guilty    looks  for him  to spear
gura nangu nadega nulu  nangu damanu. Gura
and him having seen he him  will spear. And
nulu nangu damaiga dana gauwabtchirgo gura
he   him having speared  they screaming-with and 
numburtchirgo dudara gura bobo-we burugal[???]
noise - with    run away and ground - into enter
warimana yabudi, gura dananganga bobo
will disappear - indeed, and them-from  earth
wudyego nangarngaralaya gura nulu malan
vehemently  will  shake       and he guilty - out
yoku mulbango Karbalbal. Gura dana wauwungai
wood   firmly      holds.        And they spirits
warimanatibudo bobo Kana nangaren nulu yoku
having disappeared - indeed, earth first  shook,  he wood
dubil gura Kadara gura disainggurbe melbi
lets  go and comes and old men-to  news
meril wutchingai warkangamu wamega gura
tells  spirits  alltogether , having seen  and
yendu damaiga nangarenbudo. Merilil gura
one    having speared (earth having shaken-indeed). (He) tells (them) also