The East Greenland dialect. 



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As far as the difference does not consist solely in the above 

 mentioned change of letters, the words which deviate from the 

 West Greenland dialect are of two kinds: — 



1) The expressions formed — as explained above — of well- 

 known roots and affixes, which, however, are presumably only in- 

 tended temporarily to circumscribe or replace words the use of 

 which it is endeavoured to avoid, and 



2) Words which seem to be of older origin and have appa- 

 rently different roots and affixes. 



As far as the first kind of deviations is concerned, we give here 

 the most important conceptions for which the West Greenland 

 dialect has special words, which, moreover, are in most cases 

 generally found in the other dialects as well up to Labrador and 

 the Bering strait, whereas the people of Angmagsalik replace them 

 with designations which, as it were, are merely a circumscription 

 of those special words: — 



I-, ,. 1 West Greenland 



English 



designation 



Berry paormaq 



Level country . narssaq - 



Stone ujaraq - 



Pot-stone . . uukusigssaq - 

 Morning (dawn) . uvdlâq - 



Star uudloriaq - 



Wind anore - 



Bladder nakasua 



Bone sauneq 



Thumb kuvdloq - 



Little finger . . . eqerqoq - 



Foot isigaq 



Hands agssaitit - 



Left samik 



Tail pamioq - 



do pamiagdlua - 



Neck qungaseq 



Head niaqoq - 



xxxix. 



East Greenland 

 (Angmagsalik) Literal meaning, 



designation 



pakugaq 'that which is plucked' 



manigseq 'that which is even, 



smooth' 



nunaq 'soil, earth' 



apitseq 'that which is soft' 



dke 'giving reflection' 



qaumassuatsiaq . 'half shining' 



qerneraq 'lowering or rippling 



surface of the sea' 



qordlua 'urine — ' (?) 



kivkaq 'gnawed off' 



tatdlimdq 'the fifth' 



avatdleq 'the outermost' 



tùmat 'footstep' 



avatit 'limbs' 



kigdlermorssorioq 'that which does things 



backwards' 



iiniakagtaq .... 'that which is dragged 



along' 



isordlata 'its end or point' 



ndpaleq 'that which is erected' 



qaratserfik .... ('brain' . . ? 'place of the 



brain' ?) 



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