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Loijit'^* kiLLinneq ajulissuaa^" nerissane*'" kiijotaarotariijame ''^ 



them out the biting he began to be his food because he was deprived of 



unable to his teeth 



ataatip*'^ naLLiqileraarjamiuk*'^ sawimminik *** tunisarppaa ^^ isu- 



one becauseshe{orhe) usedtopityhim her (or his) knife she used to give him he 



maliulerppoq'^*' innuit pissassartartut" nakuarsuaijorLLutiLLo'^* 



begins to ponder men using to train their and growing very strong 



strength 



ilaa'ne'''' if'erame ^'^ qaqqamut majuarppoq qaqiLLoijolo^* torLLo- 



oneeupona when he awoke on the mountain he ascended and climbing he called 



day 



laarppoq pissaap inu'^a^^ naa'^k maaneepoqa alakkarppaalo" 



loudly strength's its genius where here I am and he made his 



(are you)? appearance to him 



terianniaq agisorujussuaq^* maaneepoqa ersilerporLo" qaarquaalo^'^ 



a fox immensely big here I am and he begins to fear and he calls on 



him to approach 



erseijaqunnane^^ ornnippaa" tikikkaane^^ oqarppoq^^ pa'miuma^" 



bidding him not to fear he went towards he arriving at he (the fox) said " Of my tail 



him him him 



nooattiqut^^ teijooqija^- tiijuwaa immiippaalo^^ 'pi'ssipporLo^^ 



by the end of it take hold of me" He took hold and he wrapped it and (the fox) made 



of it around himself a jump 



silaa'nafmilo^* qa'qattarppoq 'tukkamilo^^^ anniijijilaq^" oqarriijaalo" 



and in the air he rose aloft and falling down he felt no pain and he said to him, 



on the earth 



Mpe (cf. note 11) + iar{poq) mode vi, third person plural. 

 59 Cf. note 18, +ler{pocj) + ssu{a). 

 60 Cf. note 55, mode Viii, fourth person singular. 

 6' kiyuta{q) +erup{poq) + tare (cf. note 48). 

 ^'^ataaseq ONE (in the relative a^aatetp or otoaiiju). 



^naLLiv(a) conjugation I + ler(poq) + aa{v) mode x, fourth person subject, third person object, 

 Singular. 



6^ sawi{k) third person possessive, instrumentalis. 



6^tuni{waa) + sar(paa). 



66 isitma THOUGHT + lio(rpoq) makes + ler{poq). 



67pissa(fc) STRENGTH + sar{poq) get + tar{poq) in mode vii. 



^iiakua(q) strong + sua(q) great, very + yor(p(>q) mode vi, fourth person plural + lo and. 



69;7ain the locative, literally in (on) one op them (viz., the days). 



''^i'terpoq mode x, fourth person singular. 



" qa'qipipaa) (mode vi, third person singular) + lo. 



'2 inuk in third person possessive singular. 



"-Zo and. 



'>* ar)i{ivoq) is big + so{q) (mode vii) + ruju(k) + ssuaq. 



^^■lo AND. 



^^ersiy{a) is afraid of + qu(waa) + na negative, fourth person singular. 



^^ = ornippaa mode iii, third person singular. 



'8 Mode IX, fourth person singular he (Kaasassuk) arriving at him (the fox). The object of 

 ARRIVING AT is the same person as the subject of the governing verb {oqarpoq), viz., the fox; there- 

 fore the fourth-person suffix is used. If the meaning of the word had been he (the fox) arriving 

 AT him (Kaasassuk), the compound suffix would have been (k)inne. 



'9 The fox is of course the genius of strength. 



^pamioq tail first person singular, relative. 



" nook (the third person possessive singular nooa) prosecutive case. 



8' Mode I, first person singular <^ti7;uivaa = tiguwaa. 



^^-lo and = lo (.1 becomes unvoiced after k, q, t). 



i><sila the space outside of the house, the air, the weather + -innaq only, mere + me 

 (locative) + lo and. 



^^tupipoq) mode x, fourth person singular + lo. 



^''anneri.poq) smarts, aches + Tfyilaq negative. 



^ oqarijpoq) says, tells + -Fiyaa + lo and. 



