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Search: chief. 7 total hits in 3 transcripts.
The fox wife (1)
i:ne:-k, uti xuaŋcaŋa ami-ni xuaŋcaŋa.
come.PST-EXP this chief father-3SG chief
прийти.ПРОШ-EXP этот chief отец-3ЕД chief
He came there and it turned out that her father was a fox king.
Пришел, а ее отец – лисий царь.
Xuaŋcaŋa (from Chinese huánɡ 'emperor') refers to the master of a group of animals (cf. text 25 "The Grandmother, the Grandson, and the Birds") where the King of Birds is mentioned.
The oriole grandson (5)
činda egdi w’a-isi: , sin-a-wa činda ñoño-ni zawa-zaŋa-ni.
bird many kill.PF-PF.CVB.2SG you-0-ACC bird chief-3SG take-FUT-3SG
bird много убить.ПРФ-ПРФ.КОНВ.2ЕД ты-0-АКК bird chief-3ЕД взять-ФУТ-3ЕД
If you kill many birds, the bird king will take you.
Если будешь много птиц убивать, тебя заберет птичий царь («вожак»).
Zabdala, an extraordinary snake (1)
uta uta-la i:-ni, “jeu ja-ŋna-i?” uti bua dian-a-ini zaŋgä ni:nta, “ja-ŋna-i?”
that that-LOC come-3SG what do:what-DIR-2SG this heaven say.PST-3SG chief man do:what-DIR-2SG
тот тот-ЛОК прийти-3ЕД что что:делать-DIR-2ЕД этот heaven сказать.ПРОШ-3ЕД chief мужчина что:делать-DIR-2ЕД
She came there and the sky king said: «Why have you come?»
Пришла она туда, «Ты зачем пришла?» - говорит небесный "начальник".