190 W. THALBITZER. 
male: | ajaje-male:r — 11 uiale lelele — 12 kildterto tetete — 13-14 missing 
(cf. 12) — 15-16 missing — 17 asawåta: — 19-20 missing — 21 ашада` sälia 
Dov = > Z 20 (DD) ajämale ajämale. 
МотЕ$.— Qa‘nanuag is presumably the little child’s name. I have followed 
the text of the phonograph, as what was dictated in this place seems mean- 
ingless. — 2-3. Kuannia understood these words to refer to the genitals, in 
which case the talk is, I suppose, about the childs mother, and her concep- 
tion or confinement. Sufia, on the other hand, interpreted tap'arterne:r- thus, 
‘the child’s being lifted up and down (or its being rocked in the mother’s 
arms) ?<WGr. faparpog ‘dances.’ — 4-5 g0'pon ‘is hollow and arched; convex, 
spherical’; said about the child’s vulva (Kuannia). Cf. 15-16. It is uncertain 
whether the ending is to be read as a verbal adjective or as an imperative- 
form in ist person: ‘let чз—! — 5. Sufia took this to mean ‘her entirely 
round —’ (referring to the child’s stomach or posteriors). — 6. Interjectional 
expression which, according to Kuannia, should refer to the smell of a man’s 
sexual organs. — 7. Cf. WGr. иуПар`04 ‘it itches; there is an itching sensation.’ 
ima‘ttita’ should (according to Kuannia) signify the result of her scratching 
herself, namely the skin’s red colour on the place she has scratched. — 
8. Perhaps meant as a comparison. — 9. Cf. WGr. utsusün'ip'oq. — 10. ajäm'ale:. 
The strong emphasis on the second syllable and the geminated m: do not 
agree with the usual form of the word as translated above, which would be 
ajama. The suffix Le’ is another enigma which I am not capable of solving. 
On the other hand, the compulsory rhythm of the rhapsody may here, as 
with many other words in these songs, have made the word unrecognizable, 
so that Kuannia’s interpretation as given above is the most plausible. — 
11-12. ’e and ”å (with glottal stop) probably indicate ridicule of the man. — 
13. ‘I have spots of itch scattered over my body’ (Sufia). The suffixes are 
to be understood thus: 4а- ‘has’, sa’r- Ча a fairly large lot, in a rather plenti- 
ful degree’ (Sufia: ‘scattered spots’), -{er- (WGr. -гег) ‘gets or has got into a 
bad plight, into a difficult position.’ We find the last named suffix again in 
lines 12, 14, 18 and 19. — 15-16, see 4-5. — 17. This line which I only pos- 
sess from the phonograph is uncertain. Its meaning seems to be ‘which is a 
little too narrow to him (ог her), or ‘it is much too tight for —’ followed 
by a refrain aje. gääje is no doubt a contraction of -ga: and äje (refrain). — 
18. Kuannia understood the stem in this word as being identical with that 
in WGr. as‘aka‘wog ‘rolls, trundles away (a barrel for example). — Here the 
verb is intransitive; it is probably the child that speaks of being “rolled” in 
its mother’s arms. Cf. to line 3. — 20. Cf. line 10. — 21. Kuannia’s translation 
is used above. Sufia presumed that the meaning is: ‘Her (the mother’s) arm 
swings or sways. — 22. Not understood, perhaps simply an abbreviated re- 
petition of the verb in 21. — 23. раК`И is perhaps a SEGr. form of WGr. 
рак К ‘wrist. — 24. Perhaps from gilerpa: ‘ties it with knots’ (here, then, ‘she 
tied me, or laid bonds round me(?)’), or from gilap:a: ‘practises witchcraft, 
makes incantations to ascertain the degree of illness’ (Sufia took it thus). — 
25-26. Spoken pettingly, and jokingly about the little, tiny baby. Kuannia took 
it to mean: ‘he has a wry mouth’ or ‘a twisted anorak’ or something similar 
< WGr. saynuwoq; but Sufia had a different interpretation: these lines refer 
to the mother herself and the last one means ‘who has a little stout stomach 
(big as with child)’ < sak ‘front’. 
