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81. imaqcf'^na \ kiifaX'arcfne \ aja"sdivna-^ja \ qutù.sudk'- 

 ik'ut I пгзгХ'оцо | qalaséisuaH' triut \ Ы^Х'огцш'а \ isi.sudt'niut^ \ 

 tuti"'Åorio7i'a ] 



Suppose one did that to her | when one lay by her^ | aja her 

 over there in the west aJa \ in her big collar-bone | hanging fast to 

 it I in her big navel | biting it | the big point of her foot j step- 

 ping on it I 



^ or perhaps: how is it with her when he hes by her. Yet the other 

 interpretation seems to be more probable, by which, according to Eskimo 

 usage, the impersonal form (one) is understood as "I" ^ isc (or isc?) 

 has perhaps some other meaning. 



82. cfjcfjci' tikikaniermit \ timi4i.kulii4t \ asukicirXcTia \ 

 natarqucUis'uaq \ tri' a 



On account of storm and showers | the fulmors | let them say 

 to me : do not know you ! | he with the big nostrils | he over there ! | 



The meaning is perhaps: in spite of the snow-storm I recognize him 

 (you) over there! 



83. afäv4ala-q ajätHala-q \ kunerqajarqariak'o \ щ-егзи- 

 (f'na I aJcUHaq 



Ajätsialcfq \ I was just on the point of kissing her ( only sing 

 loudly (?) I Ajätsiaq | 



84. amale \ qineraluarujoria \ qimùç-imik \ alupa'rt'drsuar- 

 mik I ikf'iid'q \ tikiX'arumarmata \ mum'iX'e \ qineraluarujoria | 



But again | I too should like to turn around to look at the 

 sledge Avith the licking married couple ^ | various ones, it is said | 

 because in a short time they will be at full speed; | surely, after 

 people I I too should like to look around (after them) | 



' alupa'rput, thev lick each other, is (according to Kl.) a joking or 

 derisive expression about a husband and wife who are continually together 

 just as if they could not be separated — a habit which is not usual among 

 Greenlandic married people. 



85. qama7/a-^ja \ /"Tfiler^njoTi^a \ inmvik a'^X'anik \ tak- 

 ипг'аг?ща \ ata'^qamatfa \ i^Tfert'ursuit | trjala'kû/-a \ am'arqor- 

 Xorio I qüinaTia-j-a-^j-a- 



From in there | I also began to join in the song | other people | 

 since I wished to see (them) | hoar from in there | those who sing 



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