Eskimo Texts- 5 a 



dmia piqXuyo vamiuyan nuvoa kic-ian ayiciya i.y\umi 



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



qilanun _ _ nwi.yaya tct.kcri.k qe-ciuleqcoq nutaqani takanyum 



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



tiliyait ukj)i.ymun pamiumi nuvoa aitqovKuyo aulaqtut 



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



lyXum dXatanun Ukmyariuy atoqtut a-kamdyoq 



of the house | to its outside | when they reached | they sang | my mother she says | 



pamioqotua nuvuqotua aiyiya-yoq lymin-Lk pikiuy 



her long tail | its long tip | she sends for it she says | herself | let her get it | the 



nutaqat a-kamiynun airut iXiymkyoq piuy a-kdydt 



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



oqalaktoq oyayaq tiyuvKuyo uvayoq ijiqcyaya nutaqat oyayaq 



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



tLyumiaqXuyo aulatqiqcut culi dtoqtut taimatun 



stone I 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 | her long tail | its long tip | she sends for it 



uva iyiqcyan qaitka-yoq oyayaq iyaucuydluyo 



she says 1 here | an eye for you | he gave it, it is related | the stone 1 thinking it 



taimakiaq 

 an eye I really finished. 



Text III 



Ln^umyoq tuluyaq dperiya tuluyaq culianiaqpit 



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



dtata quyuciyikoa ainiariya neniayXan 



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



patitaq ayyoayni kinami dtatdn dqaciyaq 



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



kinami aynan ipeyautaq-inaq kinami anatcian takuyuvayyoaq 



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



kimiymi iXdvd pirarivalm iyXiydeyan-ik pirariyaya 



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



culi dto'ta qaqtoq 

 name me | also | its song | exists | 



tuluyaluyyuaq dnaviymik uvmHlik 

 the big raven | having flesh | 



tuluyaluyyuaq dnavLymik uvmHUk 

 the big raven | having flesh | 



qi.mt.q gtmtg dtauci.q itiviX-uyo 



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



ailuta yailuta 



let us return | let us return | 



naumipkwa civoaktatm iaukceX'aym hyXatcdmnik 



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



putcauyan 

 its case I 



