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"Now, all of you that I will make medicines,

(5.97)[97]
"K'adi, díídíí dánahík'eh 'izee 'ánahishłáí, díík'een hanádaanaht'íͅdaał. Dáhaadí yił'ánágóͅlaaí dá'áíbił ńzhóͅdaał.
  • Tsébééshdiłhiłí,
  • tsédiłhiłí,
  • tsédatł'ijí,
  • tséłitsoí,
  • k'eeshchíí,
  • chíí,
  • łeetsoí,
  • datł'ijeí,
  • tádídíń dáhaadí,
  • dleeshí,
  • gooshchíí,
  • t'eeshí,
díídíí, nahóózhiií díík'eenyágo ndé bich'iͅiͅnashóͅdaał.

"Now, all of you that I will make medicines, you will customarily grow everywhere. You will be good with anything that they mix you with.
  • Iron,
  • black stone,
  • blue stone,
  • yellow stone,
  • galena,
  • red clay,
  • yellow ochre,
  • turquoise,
  • any kind of pollen.
  • White clay,
  • ashes,
  • charcoal
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    Ethnological Note
    ,
[with] these, you that I have named will be good to man everywhere.

 
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(5.97) Linguistic Notes

tsébééshdiłhiłí 'iron'. 'stone'; béésh 'metal'; diłhił 'it is black'.

k'eeshchíí 'galena' [no analysis].

łeetsoí 'yellow ochre'. łee- 'dust'; -tso, compounded form of łi-ni-...-tso 'to be yellow'.

gooshchíí 'ashes' [no analysis].