150 W. THALBITZER. 
E. PARTICLES 
S 73. Interjections. — 
a ejaculation to express surprise or sudden recognition е. g. a-ta‘’na 
‘oh, him!’ | 
а’ ejaculation to call attention or to remind of something, e. g. a--kan-a, 
a‘-puy'a ‘look at him down there, look at him up there!’ ana 
(— a: + ina) ‘ah he yonder whom I just mentioned, whom we 
think of”, a-sak'oa (a:--sak-oa) ‘oh, those down there’ (pointing at 
them or referring to them in one’s mind). 
a-’a (the second a ushered in with a marked glottal stop) expresses 
a sudden pain with a plaintive accent, o‘qa‘wa, apoga'wa ‘I burned 
myself’, ‘I hurt myself’, а-’аК`а’" mineqa:wa ‘о, how tired I am! 
ata ejaculation for calling attention by listening to a distant sound, 
or at something that is seen to happen, or that is being related. 
ata’ or asa: ejaculation (especially by children) of pain or pity (e. g. 
if they are teased). 
Babies that cry for milk say oa: oa. Little children scream ia: ia: 
when they are impatient or displeased. 
Cees (sung on a long deep note that ends. in a higher short note) 
hushes the child to rest (like a lullaby cf. p. 56). 
ean is what old people express when exhausted after an exertion. 
in: is the expression for shuddering with cold, cs for pain at getting 
burned. | 
ha ha ha laughter interjection. 
ho: signal-cry of danger, calling for help: ho: ak-ernia:'t ‘hallo, come 
on here!’ 
qa qa is the sound when the goblin drinks out of the river (the story 
of Koopajeeq). 
ho hai he-rn he''rn the shout of the angakok as he sinks into the 
lower regions. 
е-*° “e+ (in a deep tone) is a luring sound with which the hunter on 
the sea allures the big bearded seals. Luring sounds are used in 
hunting both seals and sharks and birds; a whistling sound is used 
mostly (puilimut kukujo-rtarput). For the ptarmigans even a simple 
wooden flute has been made with a membrane of skin (see First 
Part, p. 469, fig. 176). 
The aja of the drumsongs and the ea of the magie charms also belong 
here, but will be mentioned again in their places later on. 
$ 74. Modal particles. — 
ase- (with una or some other demonstrative word) ‘at last, after all’ 
(after the expectation has nearly ceased) е. g. asi-pa”n-a ‘at last, | 
