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22) tugtingane — next year, in W.-Gr. iugdlingane ^ from tugdleq, 

 the next in succession. 



ad. Section 24. Animals. 



saggaq — the phoca vituHna, or common seal, means, in 



W.-Gr. scant haired, a skin scantily covered with hair. 



angneq — bearded seal (ph. barbata), in W.-Gr., the largest. 



In N.-Gr. this seal is called taqàinuvaq. 



nalagmaq — the Greenland seal, or harp seal, is a word the 



origin of wich is unknown. 



nerssit — walrus, in W.-Gr. nerssut, a four-footed animal. 



neriniarteq — the hooded, or bladder-nosed seal, is in W.-Gr. 



he who tries for food, will have something to eat. 



anersârnertôq — whale, in W.-Gr. — he who is great in 



breathing. 



mingitsoq — blubber, origin of the word uncertain. 



oqiternaq or oqiternerajik — fox, from the W.-Gr. root oqi- 



poq — is easy. 



kûkiak — dog, the same word as that used at Angmagssalik, 



origin unknown. 



upalerqortoq — eider-duck, in Angmagssalik dialect, upate- 



qortoq; I instead of t- in W.-Gr. — he with the big thighs. 



angeq — the long-tailed duck (anas glacialis), is called agdleq 



in W.-Gr. from its cry; this sound probably here seems to 



be angeq\ compare with the Danish name Angeltaske. 



sârigdlik — auk, note i for u. This word is used in W.-Gr, 



as the designation of the gadus callarias, which in S. E.- 



Greenlandic is called sârigdleqarteq. 



qartîmisortoq — Golymbus glacialis, г for и and t for dl 



from the root qardlorpoq — utters a sound (something alive). 



qaqaqâq — С. septentrionalis. The name comes from the 



sound it utters, in N.-Gr. it is called nipiluk. 



tingmiaq — gull (larus glaucus). The word in W.-Gr. means 



bird in general. 



