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Moniutarqanmi faPenjLstqhirma ' 



because he bas something^ on his breast | because he has a fore- 



paw*^ on him | listen !(?) | the male seal's ( the young seal's 



paniäta na"kiäp jJiDiia nuderqäp mdia 



daughter (has him) | the harpoon's daughter | the roused (pursued) 



awoveruUtk 

 seal's wife | a poor divorced wife | 



' Cf. no. 101. ' Q. means properly heaped measure (filled with heaped 

 measure) ' from tawqarmioq, the kajak-knife, which is stuck in under the 

 cross-straps of the kajak * pi'ja ^^ piwa ^ namely: an amulet * namely: 

 as an amulet ' from taleroq and -isarjwq (to supply oneself with some- 

 thing, fake it along) "> ^ these words seem to be somewhat corrupt in form. 



3. ata paw(i?}4i kotfk:)rtdrp(ilut-or- 



listen ! I up there (in the east) | one that makes a big 



s'uaq un'ua'fiersuarme erqcA'cirwriavia 



noise : kongkok ! in the middle of the big night | just as I waken 



apus-iiak'UÅ'O sisd-rutiA'arasiidlotialo ^ 



and through the deep snow ] I (both) glide down at a rapid rate with 



kidcr Å' iÅ'arasiialorialo ^ 

 the snow I (and) I at a rapid rate .... [ (all the while hearing:) 



kuti кгщ кгщо" 

 kong kong kong . . . . ^ I 



^ The meaning of this and the ne\t word is uncertain, sisa r«7^"a = (the 

 snow) glides dosxn in masses and drags him with it — -/г- := considers — 

 -Åarasuar- = at a rapid rate -- the whole perhaps: it seemed to me that 

 the snow glided down over me at a rapid rate. 



' kalaleq (in plural) kaJay.it is otherwise unknown in North Greenland. 

 In South Greenland, it means "a Greenlander". 



^ This onomatopæia occurs also in the tales (cf. Rink who thought that 

 it was connected with one of the Irokesian traditions Esk. Tribes p. 21). 



