Eskimo Texts 13 a 



dna-luan aperiya cumun pimayan iyWitjanun tokomun 



his grandmother | asked him | whither | did he get it | to his son | to Tokok | he 



pmHyoq andyan tamuyaleq-oya uvKuqman 



answered 1 his grandmother | told him not to go there | when it was light | when 



pulayaydluaqami tapkunuya ici\iyd-coq iaqman 



he nevertheless kept visiting | to them | he entered again | when he entered | 



aynam aitcoqcaliyifka neqimik tiyumayo 



the woman | gave him a little again | some meat | when he took hold of it | the 



nukatpidm qitcuk-a tiyumiydluaqamiufj 



young man ] scratched him | when nevertheless he had caught hold of it |. he 



piXitka pi\itmayo piya nukdtpiam iXidpaluyaq 



let it drop 1 when he dropped it | he took it 1 the young man | the orphan | being 



qedcautiyiKaqmi dniroq dnim-an a-kdyan tautukamiuf) 



made to cry a little | went out | when he went out ] his mother | when she saw 



iyWrnH oqautiya ar-a uma iXidpcxkmk nayUkcyainHaqpat nukdtpiaq 



it I her son ] she said to him | alas | you | orphans ] do they not pity | young man | 



iKidpaknik in^ukluqaqKuhn in^unmianikayluaqoahn ciuUn 



orphans | you having become an adult | ? | ? | 



nukdtpidm cuqotiyind'^ka a'kani nalauyaqciwaqtoq 



the youth | paid no heed to her | his mother | he remained lying on his back in 



uvKuqman dna-luyik 



spite of it I when it was day | the woman and her grandson | when they 



dkinHakamtk pulayaqdlit'coq aitcoyinmani 



were going to breakfast | he went again on his round of visists | when one gave 



tapkunuya iaqman taina pi\yit'ka 



him nothing | to them 1 when he entered | in the same way | he treated him 



aiman dna-luan oqalautiya tutalun 



again | when he returned | his grandmother | said to him | her grandson | they 



nayKyiri.cyainmt,v\utin taima dto'nmik iXicautiqaqXuyo 



have no pity again on you | well ] a song | she having first taught him | she told 



dtoyiaqoya toqcyoqni cumik acm'" oleqpan 



him to go and sing it 1 in the passage-way | something | then | when he dreaded | 



iqciqoyifXuyo uvXutqcqman aulaqtoq tamuya acin" 



telling him not to fear 1 when it was light again | he went | thither | and | into 



hqcyoqnun qopcukXuni dtoqtoq dtoyueyami 



the passage-way I crouching down | he sang | when he had finished singing ] 



oqalaktjq dVa' cumik oliyirVmuyan 



he said I beware | something ] whether he had not made a mistake | he had not 



oliymHroq acM" taina dtoqkX'uyo uyiaqtuatun 



made a mistake | well | in the same way I while he was singing | as if things 



mpiqaqtuatun cuakdluayat tapkwa 



fighting 1 there being sounds, as it were | though they scolded him | those people 



nukdtpiaq toqonHaqmvXutt.n'' tucanaqamata iXiapaluyaq 



boy 1 you going to die I when the people were listening intently | the orphan 1 



cukadroq qaimaymk tapkwak uyiaqpdluktaqtuak 



went faster | when they two came | those two | that were perhaps frequently 



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