п. Old-fashioned Songs 



[iw rier tut, iw rie rutit) 

 especially from the Umanak [Oommannaq] District. 



a. Songs and nursery-rhymes from I XXorsuit 



(Igdlorsuit) 71° 15' N. lat. on Oommannaq Fjord, 



communicated by Martin Möich (f 1903) and by Simion. 



1.' aqis'eq patvane nars^a'Pd'^me apuk^a'Pd-'me 



the ptarmigan up there on the little plain | on the new-fallen snow 



is.it'a-'k^ I tmi^ut-ick \ a-"pal{iU'H^t-hvk- \ kaforfuät-a-k 

 its eyes its eyelids (are) tolerably red | (are) tolerably brown 



nuVo7iu.uq ak^ornan^e itikulhit-'i^aq 



the little rump | in its middle space | a tolerably little tiny anus 



' cf. no. 105 (Arq.). 



^ Notice throughout the song the use of the dualis. 



•'' In spring (in mating-season) the exelids of the ptarmigan become red. 



This song I took down in several places, among others, 

 at Arqittoq (68° 13') south of Egedesminde, where the following 

 variants are found at the end : nulorjiie akornane it'ta-'na (its 

 anus) or nuloTiue akornane iser<filuk (rima). 



2.* aican'ti'i-:)-q qiPari'^xq 



up there in the north, it is related | at the sky's (it is related) j 



kiA'iTjantïj-'^-q arnrlfst//iiaq quta-^sa"^ 



boundary (it is related) | (lives) the little Arnelisik | Quttausaq \ 



tarq^am'i^ut''a-"sn'^ kiä pu'Ja' * o-ma puju- * 



Tarqannninttausaq | who has got her? | he there has got her ' 

 XXXI. 19 



