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loudly I (throughj the window | which I have open for myself (for 

 my sight) j from in there | aja \ 



86. mccrj-a kcsanie. \ ilcr'na | lyidyiuarcr^na \ nä/:isiide- 

 qa-^ria | awa-japa- ja-j'Cf 



Finally I merely a part | my little throat | I begin in high degree 

 to get something which suits | ava* ija j 



The meaning is: finally I begin to hear them sing something whicli 

 suits for my throat, so I can join in! — Perhaps this song belongs together 

 with the previous one. 



87. Crierniarn-eq \ nnkaTidnaqcr^q 



In singing I one (i. e. I) gets tired of it in a high degree | 



88. ^ kiy.Xoruna j a"'?:a-*seqaq-a' aja" \ ki/loruwa \ serqor- 

 Åa-'seqaq-a- aj'a" \ usc^wa \ aiio^'itdq | arius'ori'a \ 



One fi. e. I) envies him | (because) he has a rifle I one envies 



him I because he has a weapon which makes a report [ but now I 



recall 1 before he had ever caught (anything) | I had caught (some- 

 thing) I 



' Seems to be an old man's song from the transition time when fire- 

 arms began to be used in the district (about 1820—30, cf. Atuagagdliutit 

 1899-1900 p. 98). 



89. amarqa'ja'j-a | etc. 



cf. no. 45 (Cp. N.), no. 97 (S'erm.) 



90. sakiät-a-"'ka^ \ asasàïi'uak'a \ ariisdr?^alo \ erqa'*/:o- 

 7ii):o I ащвж/щаЫ \ ра)и):щи:о \ 



ily sisters-in-law | my dear little ones | (both) when I have 

 got a big animal | I think of them | (and) when I have got a big 

 animal | then I bring them (a part of it as) a gift | 



* sakiätsiaq, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. 



91. ^ aua'ja ertortdisu' Åune^ \ nät'sersuaq \ toquta^s'e \ 

 pifuk-a' I niw)Sarsors>y"'):une \ täs-a-^na \ toqutä"'se 



I That one (or he?j screamed loudly for help(?) | a hooded seal 

 the one which caught should be killed | the one which he had 



