312 



so'îiaw'i't oqaq(i'rsin-ar?MHe oqalu):ar- 



completely without trousers | just as she said that at the same 



shvar/Mne qa-n^ qtfuk 



moment as she related that | (the bird's screech?) 



1 cf. no. 8 (J/..), no. 13 (U.), no. .59 (Iti.), no. 70 (Omnt.) ' or: who is 

 it anyway that I have to husband ! ^ genitive sing. 



The meaning of this song becomes clear by comparing it with 

 no. 8. It is a conversation between a wheat-ear and a snow-bird. 



104. tuluara suna-^na kinviarpiuk 



my raven what is that that you have in your beak? 



inu'p qut'ora' so'rme (ат'из^щИща 



a human being's | his thigh j why do you not give me a piece of 



t'liak'o taqa):iivkaho 



it to chew (eat) | an old (discarded) pot^ | when I (tasted?) it | 



{"wap ata'ue qa*jo'tàk qauk qauk 



at the foot of the slope a ladle (the raven's screech) 

 ' or: the remains of beams in a wall? 



This song seems to be a variant of the following song from 

 Smith Sound: 



A Raven flew by, above a person, carrying something in his 

 beak. "What have you in your beak, Eaven?" the person asked. 

 "A man's thigh bone" the Eaven answered "I eat it because I like 

 it. I shall swallow it''. 



(A. L. Kroeber: Animal Tales of The Eskimo. Journ. Amer. 

 Folk-Lore. Vol. XII, 1899). 



105. cf. no. 1 (from Ooramannaq) 



106. uwaria mak-ua usorisaha unaqutiX'it usorisaha 

 awi^aluar/Mtik utsertartut 



I envy those who have a sweetheart; I envy those who, even 



if they have separated from each other return again. 



i 

 [I also took down a variant of this song at Jakobshavn; there 



the last word in the song was:] 



katiVartut, those who are in the habit of uniting. 



