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ad. Section 25. Plants. 



1) oqaitsit — birch, or willow. In W.-Gr. oqaiisui — cormorant. 



2) tungujortaq — bilberry or blueberry, from the W.-Gr. — the 

 blue. 



2) paungnaq mamarteq — [e for 6) empetrum; paungnaq is un- 

 doubtedly a provincial manner of pronouncing the W.-Gr. 

 paornaq — berry. 



3) kuaralik — angelica. The W.-Gr. quaralik, a tuft, or tassel 

 of flowers. 



3) kangâkajik — danedlion. In W.-Gr. kangâq — a nose or 

 cape, but possibly the word has a different origin. 



5) atarutigssat — moss, properly, something which is substratum 

 or bottom layer, from the W.-Gr. to place underneath. 



6) nutsugkat — sea-weed; W.-Gr.: plucked, or plucked up 

 from, from nutsugpâ — plucks it up. 



7) tautorigseq — driftwood, from the W.-Gr. tautorigpoq. The 

 name, in S.-Gr., signifies a kind of driftwood which has a 

 reddish colour. 



10) dtalâ — knot; at Angmagssalik, atataq; is probably derived 



from the W.-Gr. verb atavoq; sits tight, sticks. 

 13) missartat — flowers; note г for и of the W.-Gr. root mussaq. 



ad. Section 26. Laud and Sea. Lifeless matter. 



5) manigsiviâq — plain, from manigpoq — is level. 



6) maratsuk — marsh, moor; W.-Gr. maratdluk] note s for dl. 

 9) ingmikertoq — an island ; ê for 6, ingmikortoq — that which 



is on its own account, which is without connection with 

 anything else. 



12) savqaq or sarvaq — current; same word ast he W.-Gr. sarfaq. 



13) tivtipoq — is low water, is derived from the same root as 

 the W.-Gr. tine^ low water. 



16) naleq — bottom. W.-Gr. — nateq; I for t. 



17) qdutuarpaluk — swell, wave; Lt for dl in the W.-Gr. qaug- 

 dluarpalugpoq — the sea whitens with foam. 



