18) kangertik — bay, fjord; ti for diu in the W.-Gr. : kangerdluk. 



22) akuva — mouth of a river, — same as akua. 



23) ndkînera — rapids; г for г«, literally: its strongest part. 



24) sikêraq — new ice ; ê for ua, from siko and araq. 

 24) milak — small piece of ice, m for и; W.-Gr.: nilak. 



24) quvârqinaqaoq — literally : slides out easily, from the W.- 

 Gr, root quaerpoq. 



25) apusineq — ice on solid ground, ice on land, from the W.-Gr. 

 root aput — snow ; apusineq^ in W.-Gr. means a snow drift. 



27) sikertivaq — large drift ice ; e for о and iv for и ; perpetual ice. 

 27) kauvalineq — small floating bits of ice. In the Julianehaab Di- 

 strict the same word is used ; farther North, they say navgutit. 



29) minaq — stone; i W.-Gr. nunn — earth, land. 



30) marngisaq — clay, derived from the W.-Gr. marraq. 



34) aqitseq — soapstone, from the W.-Gr. verb, aqipoq — is soft. 



ad. Section 27. Firmameut, Air and physical Phenomena. 



2) orquva — North; W.-Gr. or qua the lee side. 



3) kitâ — East; the contrary in W.-Gr., in which it means 

 West; the original meaning of the word is: that which lies 

 outwards. 



4) ava — South; in W.-Gr. the North is ava. The points of 

 the compass are determined by the Eskimos in a position 

 with the face turned towards the sea, for which reason the 

 terms used are diametrically opposite among the dwellers 

 on the East and West coasts. 



r,) pava — West, in W.-Gr. east. 



6) qaumâvaq — Sun, from the W.-Gr. verb qaumavoq — is light. 



7) aningat — moon; the word was also used in pagan times 

 on the W. coast. 



8) qaumassivatsiaq — star, from the W\-Gr. qawmwoq, as ver- 

 bal noun and the affix tsiaq — tolerably. 



10) pisitdlat and ugteqiat of unknown origin. 



10) nilarteq — Atair, (r for^, and e for o) from the W.-Gr. nilagpoq. 



