Funeral notice for Tsani Ginisvha (1931)

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ᎫᏬᏂ
kuwohni
April
7

7
1931

1931

April 7, 1931

ᎠᏲᎱᎯ
ayohuhi
he just died
ᏣᏂ
tsani
Tsani
ᎩᏂᏒᎭ
ginisvha
Ginisvha
1

1:00 AM
ᎠᎵᏰᎵᏒ
aliyelisv
approaching
ᎪᎯ
kohi
this (+ unit of time)
ᏑᎾᎴᎢ
sunale'i
morning

Tsani ginisvha died at 1:00 this morning.

ᎤᏃᏴᏍᏗᏃ
unoyvsdihno
and he is to be buried
ᎨᏒ
gesv
being
8Ꮑ
8 ne
8th
ᎫᏬᏂ
kuwohni
April
1931

1931
ᎠᏂ
ahni
here
ᎢᏦᏗ
itsodi
in Echota
ᎫᎾᏓᏂᏐᏗ
tsunadanisodi
cemetery
2

2:00 PM
ᎠᎵᏰᎵᏒ
aliyilisv
approaching
ᏩᏥ
watsi
o'clock
ᏒᎯᏰᏯᏗᏢ
svhiyeyadidlv
in the afternoon ('toward evening')

Burial will be April 8, 1931 at Echota Cemetery towards 2:00 in the evening.

ᏦᎢᏁ
tso'ine
Wednesday ('third day')
ᎢᎦ
iga
(see previous)
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ
nasgihno
and those
ᎾᏉ
naquu
at that time
ᎢᎦᎵᎢ
igalíi
our friends
ᏂᎦᏓ
nigada
all
ᎡᏍᎦᏂ
esgahni
nearby
ᎢᏤᎯ
itsehi
you residents
ᏥᏣᏛᏅᏍᏓ
tsitsadvnvsda
get ready
ᏗᏥᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ
ditsilvwisdanehi
you workers
ᏦᎢᏁ
tso'ine
Wednesday ('third day')
ᎢᎦ
iga
day
ᏑᎾᎴᎢ
sunalei
morning
ᏗᏓᏂᏐᏗ
didanisohdi
a grave
ᎢᏣᏍᎪᎩ
itsasgosgi
you gravediggers

On Wednesday, all of you friends who live nearby, get ready to work on digging the grave in the cemetery.