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their tent while the others went hunting; Unaralak had previously seized 

 an opportunit\ to steal their sugar from them, "because he was evilly 

 disposed toward them". But they did not notice anything and departed. 

 When they returned, they said, "we had no sugar for our coffee up on the 

 mountain", Unaralak began to sing. In the meantime, one of the young 

 unmarried women had noticed that unaralak had a piece of sugar which 

 she was eating, and she told the others what she sad seen. Unaralak heard 

 this, and then it was that she began to sing the above song. After that 

 she came back to the others and drank coffee with them, returning the 

 stolen sugar. But she and her husband had bewitched the sugar in the 

 absence of the others and those who ate any "died of it", related Tobias. 



34.^ usut'ia I cm'crquwiit'U \ a7io-pLiiop {ariij'tûi'uy?) \ 

 tiküicfii'ate- (or -atit) \ qis'ertartaliga^s-a/MTiv^'tit \ tikerccrama j 

 tikit'Ciratiama \ nerisäriUa7ia j aja-aja- \ qaq-amut \ pawoiia \ 

 màjoartarpoïia \ aja- \ sorXo игссща \ qimihcC's-aritina \ nuUar- 

 togå^s'åk \ sorXo mva/ia \ itoqutikci^s-dk \ nvliartokd"'s-àk \ ijcc 

 ja- ajcf 



Usuttia I are you thus'*^ | your little husband^ | whenever he 

 comes home to you | you are accustomed immediately to begin to 

 jump about ("rut") * | when I have been out visiting | when I am 

 accustomed to come home I I do not (even) take time to eat | aja | 

 up the mountain | up there | I am accustomed to climb up | aja | 

 just as if I (am) the poor dog | which ruts, the poor thing (or rascal) | 

 just as if I I (am) the poor old he-dog^ j which ruts, the poor thing ] 

 id aja I 



' cf. no. 21 (Iå.) ^ or: you are such a one, that ... ^ incorrectly 

 apprehended or written (from ajlupit -\- ^oq or ауциЩ'ка^ (genitive -li'tj'p')]. 

 It probably means the same one as the singer himself: 1. * as in time.s 

 of copulation ^ itoqitt the strongest do? in a team, the leader 



35. not used 



36. IstïidX'0'pisia \ im{ikaj^utukà''s-d4 \ Hûieis'a/.'^ersK'ak'a | 



IsiriaÅÅuk's'^ nith-song: | the rascals, who ask (me) to work for 

 them I I will whistle at them- j 



' name (of an diujalcoq] meaning: the poor foot ^ "1 don't care a 

 fig for them". 



37. a-"'):a-"'kata'ja j awa quiannriut | tnl'uka- qifiamtriKt | 

 ikat,a'"' nu'anio'mit \ a'jwja' 



