Eskimo Texts 13 A 



dna-luan aperiya cumun pimayan iyn^iyanun tokomun 



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



pmHyoq anayan tamuyaleq-oya uvkuqman 



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



pulayayaluaqami tapkunuya idXiyd'coq iciqman 



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



aynam aitcoqcaliyd'ka neqimik tiyumayo 



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



nukdtpidm qitcuk-a tiyumiyaluaqamiuy 



young man 1 scratched him | when nevertheless he had caught hold of it | he 



piXdka piXdmayo piya nukdtpidm iXigpaluyaq 



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



qedcautiyi\aqmi dniroq dmm-an a-kayan tautukamiuy 



made to cry a little 1 went out | when he went out | his mother | when she saw 



iyn^mH oqautiya ar-a uma i\idpakni.k nayUkcyainHaqpat nukdtpiaq 



it I her son | she said to him | alas 1 you | orphans | do they not pity | young man | 



iXidpaknik m^ukluqaqKutin Ln^uniniarviKayluaqoati.n ciutin 



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



nukdtpidm cuqotiyind'^ka a'kani nalauyaqcin'aqtoq 



the youth 1 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 



dki/nHakamik pulayaqcild'coq aitcoymmani 



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



tapkunuya iciqman taina piXyd^ka 



him nothing | to them | 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 



nayliyiricyainmivXutLn taima dto-nmik iXicautiqaqXuyo 



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



dtoyiaqoya toqcyoqni cumik acin" oleqpan 



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



iqciqoyd'Xuyo uvXutqiqman aulaqtoq tamuya acin^ 



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



hqcyoqnun qopcukXuni dtoqtoq dtoyueyami 



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



oqalaktoq dta- cumik ohym^mayan 



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



ohymHroq aan" taina dtoqtiX-uyo uyiaqiuatun 



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



mpiqaqtuatun cuakdluayat tapkwa 



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



nukdtpiaq toqonHaqnivXutcn" tucanaqamata iXiapaluyaq 



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



cukacinq qaimaymk tapkwak uyiaqpdluktaqtuak 



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



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