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differences. Some strike root, others are forgotten. The most 

 vigorous ones affect the whole language. 



[a-i\ 



1. а-'"8Щ^ — a-"shvik- 1 



2. ирегпй. -q''^ — upemiuiik* with the [ the suffix is -wik 



exception of the colony Upernaivik j 



3. iX'Uwta^ — iX'mvtaiut^ ] 



, ,„ ; the suffix is -fiut 



4. erwsrairt ' — ernzratttiut^ j 



ad 3 — 4. Regularly formed Vialis. Thus in the case of 

 all words with this form of inflection. 



[u — г] 



5. aput^ — apiwdq^^ 



6. пеги\к-щ^^ — nernvdq^^ 



7. етпм\Щ'^^ - evnmoq'' I ^^^ ^^^^^ jg .^^^^ 



8. ipi\n-dq^^ — ipivdq^'^ (Kl. diction- 



ary p. 74) 



9. ikti\niaivdq^'' — ikip-cf^^ 



The following double forms (with и — г) are, as it appears, 

 from Kl. diet., used at random (or the г -forms at Upernavik, 

 the w-forms in Middle Greenland?): 



10. kaluwsdiVp'^iq'^^ — kalггvsйrpoq'^^ 



11. щитгр-а'-^ — щтар-а'-^ 



12. isu7/-aivdq'^^ — isi/fawoq-^ 



13. ismvterpa- -- — isiwterjjci-'^^ 



14. qap-uarpdq 



qap-idvpoq 



' summer * "summer-place", a place for camping in tents in the 

 summer ^ spring or summer * "spring-place" or "summer-place" ^ our 

 house's or our houses' ^' through our house or onr houses ' his or their 

 son's ' through his or their son '■' snow on the ground '" is covered with 

 snow " eats '* the ruminant's (the reindeer's) first stomach (paunch) 

 '* gives or has given birth to a child '* grandchild ''' secretes matter (as 

 for instance a sore) "^ sour train-oil " is on lire, burns "* sets it on fire 

 '^ stretches himself, pulls something in order to advance '"^ separates it, 

 takes it apart '' is stretched straight out ^' unfolds or stretches it out 

 *' foams, froths; chatters incessantly. 



