Eskimo Texts 3 A 



Accents— 



■ inverted period, indicates a lengthening of the preceding consonant or 



vowel. 

 ' after a vowel, indicates the main stress. 

 ' indicates a glottal stop. 



ESKIMO TEXTS 



Text I 



ana-lu-yik LWuniahyitcuk Ukiyaymi tayium 



Grandmother and grandchild | they made their home 1 at Tikivaq | of the sea | 



cenani kic-ermk iWud aulaqtut nunamunlu kavuyalu 



at its edge | they alone | the people | went away | both inland [ and to the N.E. | 



kiC'iyuqXuyik dna-lua neqiyuqpaktoq tutkan 



leaving them two alone ] his grandmother | she used to procure food | her grand- 



cumin" neqiyoqtdaya ndluya aa.n'" tautukpak-a 



child I whence | her procuring of the food | he did not know it | but [ he used to 



lyXuraymik ciXatani kdtcimaroaq 



see her | a certain small house ] outside it | one that was covered with earth | 



andyan in^ud cdvaymyd tu-tuKu qaviy\u 



his grandmother | the people | their workings | both caribou skins | and wolverine | 



dmayoX'u kakivak-ai kdh\-uyd iXaiciyun 



and wolf | she used to sew them together | putting them together | into a bundle 



tu-tulu dmayd\-u qavi\-u po-ydtamun anayan 



of them I both caribou | and wolf ] and wolverine | into a bag | his grandmother | 



ikovak-ai iteyamik anayan 



she used to store them away | when they rose in the morning | his grandmother | 



tautuk-ai cua makwa twtu calumayaroaq qaviq 



she saw them | behold | these | caribou skins I having been cleansed | the wolver- 



calumayaroayXu dmayoX'U kic-iaman-a 



ine skins | having been cleansed also | the wolf skins also | well then | they 



ukumatiyuqpuk ki-cidmawa aulaqtoai 



obtained bedding and clothing (?) | well then | those who had gone away | 



qairut dna-luyik umidliyoqcimaruk qaviyXu 



they came ] grandmother and grandchild | they had grown rich | both wolverine 



dmayo\-u tu-tulu in^uyiaqcimarut M^ud 



skins I and wolf skins | and caribou skins | had become abundant | the people ] 



umidliyikutiyai iXiapak nuliaqtoq umidhyum 



he was made the leader among them | the orphan | he married | of a rich man | 



