BOAS] 



HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



995 



a-i. e. 



West Greenland 



imanna 

 (tap ila 

 aa^yooq 



Baflfin Land 



aqaarpoq he sa3"s no^ 



Southwest Alaska 



East Greenland 



miinna 

 laamila] 

 [cemila J 

 eeyyooq 



West Greenland 



Cl't, 



u-e. 



a'lndndh or inuh 



i'nniJc 



thus 



yes, certainly 



yes is said 



East Greenland 



eerqe no 



milk 



water 



floor 



north 



grave 



fire 



mouth 



Greenland 



niivuja (pi. vu- nuia (pi. nu'issdt) 

 cloud 



Ivalo (pi. ivaluit) ujalo or ujaloq 

 sinew 



Vowel changes like those here mentioned have left distinct traces 

 in many derivatives of the present Greenlandic language; e. g., 



u-t. 



adFsaq summer 

 upemaaq spring 

 ihLu^tta our house's 

 ernerata of his son 



aput snow on the ground 



ernutaq grandchild 



ikumawoq is on fire, burns 

 kapuiwoq is one who stabs 

 itu'ippoq goes over land, 



crosses over the ice 

 iliwaa lays it (or him) down 



aa^si-icik summer-place 

 ujperni-iDik spring-place 

 iLLu^ttiyut through our house 

 erneratiyut through his son 



apiwoq (the ground) is covered 



with snow 

 erniiooq gives birth to a child 

 erneq son 



iki-ppaa sets it on fire 

 kapiwaa stabs him 

 i'ti^LLeq place where one crosses 



iliweq or iluweq a grave 



1 Boas II, 334. 



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