GODADZ DINAGHE’ TONTR’ITEX...
(This is the way we brush our teeth...)

Jim Dementi

  1. hiddenGodadzdinaghe’tontr’itexts’in’,tontr’itexts’in’,tontr’itexts’in’.
    This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth1

  2. hiddenGodadzdinaghe’tontr’itexts’in’,
    This is the way we brush our teeth

  3. hiddenEdivinoxɬyiq.
    Early every morning.

  4. hiddenGodadzdinalo’tontr’ilaxts’in’,tontr’ilaxts’in’,tontr’ilaxts’in’.
    This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands

  5. hiddenGodadzdinalo’tontr’ilaxts’in’,
    This is the way we wash our hands

  6. hiddenEdivinoxɬyiq.
    Early every morning.

  7. hiddenGodadzdinana’tontr’u’oxts’in’,tontr’u’oxts’in’,tontr’u’oxts’in’.
    This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face

  8. hiddenGodadzdinana’tontr’u’oxts’in’,
    This is the way we wash our face

  9. hiddenEdivinoxɬyiq.
    Early every morning.

Notes

  1. Tontr’itex ‘we wash it (rigid object; e.g. truck, snow machine, boat). Here there is poetic license because dinaghe’ tontr’itex really means ‘we’re washing (one) tooth’. Tontr’ilax ‘we’re washing them’ would be more appropriate in this stanza also.