babada1uncles2big men3men4eldersAfa-tamagu yo egu babada mahudo'imiuAll of you, my fathers and my uncles"O, afatamagu yo egu babada mahudo'imiu, bobon ada oyagi esega te, te oi.Oh, my fathers and my uncles, all of you. Tomorrow we chop this one tree here.Mabada, babada sun sa ginaulidi.Long ago, our elders made houses called "Sun."Lumadi mate, babada edi aba oi'oiliba yo edi mata'asi ainiya sa oilibaedi.As for these houses, they were where the "big men" held their disucussions, and they discussed their feasts there.
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