Eskimo Texts 5 a 



amia _ piqXuyo vamiuyan nuvoa kician ayiciya lyXumi 



its skin | tearing it off ] its tail | its tip | it alone 1 it took it home ] in the house | 



qilanun nwnjaya takcnk qe-ciukqcoq nutaqani takcnyum 



to the ceiling \ it hung it | the squirrel 1 began to weep ] its children | the squirrel | 



tiliyait ukpiymun pamiumi nuvoa aitqovXuyo aulaqtut 



sent them \ to the owl 1 of its tail | its tip | asking him to give it | they went | 



iy\um cikatanun tikini'amiri atoqtut a-kamdyoq 



of the house [ to its outside | when they reached 1 they sang I my mother she says i 



pamioqotua nuvuqotua aiyiya-yoq lymm-i.k pikiuy 



her long tail ] its long tip | she sends for it she says 1 herself | let her get i t | the 



nutaqat a-kamiynun airut iXiymkyoq piuy a\ 



children ] to their mother 1 they returned | thyself he says | get it 1 their mother | 



oqalaktoq oyayaq tiyuvKuyo uvayoq ijiqcyaya nutaqat oyayaq 



said 1 a stone | picking it up | here she said ) an eye for it | the children | the 



tLyumiaqXuyo aulatqiqcut culi atoqtut taimatun 



stone 1 taking hold of it | they went away again | again | they sang | in the same 



culi a-kamayoq pamioqotua nuvuqotua aiyiya'yoq 



way I again | my mother she says 1 her long tail 1 its long tip | she sends for it 



uva iyiqcyan qaitka-yoq oyayaq iyaucuydluyo 



she says I here | an eye for you | he gave it, it is related | the stone ] thinking it 



taimakiaq 

 an eye I really finished. 



Text III 



iWumyoq tuluyaq dperiya tuluyaq culianiaqpit 



A man, it is related | a raven | asked it | raven | what art thou going off to 



dtata quyuciyikoa ainianya neniayXan 



do I grandfather | his piece of neck | I am going to take back to him | where to | 



paiiiaq ayyoayni kinami dtatan dqariyaq 



patitaq | on the windward side | who pray | thy grandfather | the thinker | 



kinami aynan ipeyautaq-inaq kinami anatcian tcikuyuvayyoaq 



who pray | thy mother | the dog-trace | who pray | thy grandmother | big old ice ] 



kimiymi ikavd pirarivatin iyXiydeyan-ik pirariyaya 



by what pray 1 thee | do they name thee | by the name poor little thing | they 



culi dto'ta qaqtoq 

 name me | also | its song | exists | 



tuluyaluyyuaq dnaviymik uvinHUk 

 the big raven | having flesh | 



tuluyaluyyuaq dnavtymik uvmHlik 

 the big raven | having flesh | 



qimiq qinnq dtauuq itivik'uyo 



hill I hill I one | go to the other side of it | 



ailuta yailuta 



let us return | let us return | 



naumipkwa cwoaMdlm taukceX'aym hyXatcammk 



where are those | thy head-bands i let me buy them | with a flint knife | 



putcauyan 

 its case I 



