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 English westoreenlana (Angmagsalik) Literal meaning, 



designation designation 



Stocking alerse — ilipâq 'the innermost' 



Old utorqaq — qanganisaq. . . . 'from olden time' 



White qaqortoq — akisiigtoq ..... 'that which gives reflec- 

 tion' 



Summer aussaq — mangineq .... 'getting mild' 



Black qernertoq — târteq 'that which is dark' 



Sleeps sinigpoq — ildngauvoq .... 'is deprived of a part 



of himself (?) 



As for the second kind of deviations from the West Greenland 

 dialect, namely those which appear to have an older origin, there 

 are some which seem to contain quite special roots, or whose de- 

 rivation from the West Greenlandic roots is at any rate not as 

 simple as that of the words mentioned above, and secondly others 

 which I have not found recurring in general West Greenlandic, 

 but now in other Eskimo dialects, now in the old language used 

 by the angakut, now apparently connected with the telling of 

 tales. Among the conceptions which are found designated in these 

 ways, the following may be mentioned. 



Sea-weed missarqat, sarpiussaq (special kind), imertigkat (red kind). 

 anâgdlàkâq (edible kind of seaweed), the latter designation 

 perhaps corresponding to that from Labrador {annorliik). West 

 Greenland qerqussat. 



Moon aningat. The designation is derived from the mythical name 

 which Fabricius (Grønlandsk Ordbog 1804, p. 41 anningat), how- 

 ever, gives as having been formerly in general use. Modern 

 West Greenland qdumat. 



The Sun qaumâvaq. The designation taken from qauma 'light' and 

 corresponding most closely to the angakok language in Baffin 

 Land {qaumativun 'our sun'). West Greenland seqineq. 



Three Stars in Orion ugdlagtut, ugsagtut, the designation correspond- 

 ing to that from Labrador (udlaktut). 



Wind qerneraq; it begins to storm arqinarpoq, this designation corre- 

 sponding to the Labrador (and Baffin Land?) dialect akkunakpoq. 

 West Greenland anore and qernerâq. 



Anus opening kiâva, kiâvia, kinâvia. West Greenland iteq. 



Heart âmagâ. West Greenland ùmatâ. 



Skin pikiligsak. West Greenland ameq. 



Auk sârigsît. West Greenland agpa. 



Goosander arpâjêq, asaleq. West Greenland pâq. 



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