TEXT 

 Kaasassuk 



(Fragment of a tale from North Greenland, recorded in Disco bay, 1901.) 



Kaasasorujoquaq ^ aLLineq ^ ajormmat^tiqumissaraluarLoijo^ attanut^ 



Kaasasuk wretclied little growth because not although they ought to have on the dung- 

 able to taken him up hill 



iijitarppaa'f^ ilaai^ o^qas'sapput^ ujaraaijijittoq'* aLLiumaarpoq 



they used to throw his place- used to say he being not a stone later on he will grow 



him fellows 



iLLut aqi'sorssu'it*" pini'arttunik^^ ulikaartut^^ naakisarppaa't ^^ 



houses very large with hunters filled they used to pity him 



aLLisarumaLLoijo^* tiijussarpaa't^^ aLLineq ajormmat nulee^** o^qar- 



wanting to make him grow they used to take him growth because not his wife lie 



to them able to 



Feq'issuaa^^ aLLineq ajukasippoq^^ attanut iq'issuk^^ iijippaa^t-" 



used to say to her growth he is unfortunately on the dung- throw him they threw him 



unable to hill out 



tiijusissaartimmat-^ arnarquasaap -- tiijowaa-^ okkarme-^ ineqarLLune ^^ 



(she) being without any an old woman she took him in the front- having her place 



hope of (any other) foster to her wall platform 



child 



^ Kaasasorujoyuaq<C Kaasasuk +ruju(k) poor wretch +7;uaq-i.iTTi.K. ?/>o before ?■ and 9 (§§10-11). 

 K. is the object of tiyumissaraluarLO'oo ipilarpaail. 



^aLLiwoq grows, aitijieg verb abstract. 



' ajormat mode ix of ajorpoq is unable to. 



*tigniniwaa (= tiyummiwaa) he takes him with his hand or into his arms. Suffixes: ssa{r) 

 -f- aluaq -\- loyo (mode vi). 



sAllative of altcit (only in the plural). 



^iyiippaa) + tar(paa) mode in, third person plural. 



' ila COMPANION, fellow (house-fellow or place-fellow), third person plural possessive. 



^oqa(rpoq) +ssa{woq). 



^ujara{k) + a<u{woq) + r/yiilaq) mode vii. 



^oayi{ivoq) is big -|- soq (mode vii) + ssuaq, in plural ssuit. 



iipe THING, SOMETHING -|- niar(poq) + to(q) mode vii + nik instrumentalis. 



^^ulikaar(poq) is filled -f- toq, plur&l tut, mode vii. 



i3?iaafc(aa) (conjugation 11) -I- sar(ppaa). 



^*aLLi{woq) (cf. note 2) -f- sar{paa) + uma{woq) + luijo (mode vi) third person singular. 



'5 tiyu(iuaa) + sar(paa) mode iii. 



^^nule + e fourth per.son singular. 



i'' oqa(rpoq) (see note 8) + Ferf{aa) (conjugation 11) -f gsua-^ssawaa future tense, mode iii, third 

 person singular. 



^^ajo{rpoq) + kasi(k){poq). 



'^Imperative transitive singular (cf. note 6). 



20Cf. note6. 



^itir)usi(woq) TAKES HIM TO HERSELF (e.g., ns her foster-child) [of. notes 4, 1.5] + ssa + erupipaa) , 

 mode X, third person singular (as, since). 



^arna{q) woman -f quasaa{q) (obsolete) old. 



23 The transitive verb corresponding to the intransitive tiyusiwoq (cf. note 21). 



24 Locative singular<oi-i-a(j. 



^ine place + qar(poq) + Lune mode vi, fourth person singular. 



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