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Ka re tswalela tiro ya rona, gape ke bua mo boemong jwa Khuduthamaga ya rona ya Bosetšhaba le mo boemong jwa leina la me, ke leboga baemedi thata mabapi le maikaelelo a ba neng ba tsibogela tiro ya NGC ka ona.
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This repetition of his “leina”, or oration, is so pleasing to a chief, that he generally sends a handsome present to the man who does it.
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She raised her white-coiffed head with an innocent smile: "Eman 'barz ar sal o leina."
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"le gore ke tla šireletša kopano le leina le le botse la mokgatlo le ditheo tša wona, le go lwantšha mekgwa ya tshenyo le dihlophahlophana ka gare ga mokgatlo."
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“leina” or name, and to be able to repeat it with sufficient fluency.
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_Kama_ is the word of dignity for children.] [Footnote 221: _Pu leina_.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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