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The oriole grandson (1)
N.P. [činda] činda waŋza zawa:-ni.
[bird] bird king take.PST-3SG
[bird] bird king взять.ПРОШ-3ЕД
The bird king had taken him.
Птичий царь его забрал.
Here and in the next sentence "činda waŋza" (from Chinese wàn suì) is 'King of birds.' It corresponds to činda ñoñoni, or činda ezeni (from Manchu ‘emperor, ruler’) - a spirit, the master of a group of animals.