186 МУ. THALBITZER. 
yet urinated. — To these explanations must still be added the supposition, 
which I can not entirely disregard, that in lines 2 and 3 we have the per- 
sonal names (Amiättak and Qumiättak) of deceased persons, which the child 
“is not.” — 6. “Mother’s sister,” i. e., because the child is called after its 
mother’s sister. — 7. gatapania presumably from the WGr. galanawog ‘draws 
in the stomach. С explained ka'malage'iormat ‘because she was old. — 
8. ‘stammering, D’s explanation. — 9. C explained: ‘something confined, which 
rushes out of a bag; something closed, which flies open.’ Kuannia: ‘something 
light, which is suddenly loosened and rushes violently out or back at the 
same time; flicking. Also used as a personal name of the same meaning as 
Annittak ‘the one who with a sudden start has sprung out of his mother’s 
womb (at birth). — 10. Thus, according to Kuannia, of a woman who even 
early in the morning “wants to sin” (ajortuliarnianiwog). — 11. Kuannia took 
it as kujätiwarniäniwaq (meaning the same as 10). С explained = gogat'isi- 
mawa: — 12. Thus according to Kuannia, whereas CD explained thus: ‘mother’s 
little sister. — 13. Thus CD and Kuannia. — 14. According to С and Kuannia. 
Cf. WGr. arpalukujo'rpog ‘runs aimlessly, only in order to run. Sufia took 
this word as also 8, 9, 12 and 13 as personal names. 
No. 2. The little Knoll of Ice which Pitches up and down in 
the Water. 
Qiwinaïaaq A; Ittimaneejuk В. 
The little child, which is rocked in the arms (or in the amaut on the 
mothers back), is likened to a piece of ice pitching up and down in the water. 
The interpretation presents some difficulties, especially in the first lines. The 
form of the poem is, however, very characteristic of a petting-song, with its 
traditional recitative melody, its assonances, its concluding rhymes, its refrain- 
like shouts Gin the variant A, lines 2 and 6), and its interjections. 
ilarqana' How it pitches in the water ! 
How round and chubby it is! 
How it pitches! 
How round it is! 
How it splashes! 
Ah-ja jeeq ! 
Look up at me a little, 
Tsiammaatsiaq. 
ат‘ашадара’ qa'ja' 
Пагда 
ны № № = 
am'aluaq’a 
On 
sicaluaq"a 
Jaja jeq 
ærtociam:a' 
ea -Ч © 
clam a clan 
Nores.-— 1. (and 3.), ilargana’, cf. WGr. iserga-. В has here and in the next 
line -n'e'q ‘it is said or told’ instead of -ya‘, in the a’ of which I see the inter- 
jection for wonder, surprise. — 2. (and 4.) am-alua- В understood this as ‘a 
hole’ (‘it is said that there is an ice hummock which has a hole’) and Sufia 
as: ‘a great many’ (am'aliwarqat). — 5. WGr. tis'alup oq ‘bubbles up, wells up, 
spurts up.’ — 6. В here has e: (interjection), which is to express petting ad- 
miration. — 7. < WGr. a’rzorpog ‘looks upward by laying back its head. — 
-ат`а, possibly a mistake for -ap'a? — 8. I presume that this word is the 
child’ sname. It was pronounced quickly by the reciter and in one with the 
preceding (line 7). 
