Language and Folklore. 191 
No. 6. Petting Song sung to Kippakee by her Father. 
Teemiartissaq. 
The parents, having lost a new-born son, hoped that when next the 
mother became pregnant they would regain their son by giving the child 
the name of the deceased son, viz., Kippakee. But, nevertheless, the new 
Kippakee was not a boy but only a girl. 
I. I. 
erniguarttwara'nano:ny 1 This is still my little big son, one 
SAYS, 
argaluanuarliwara'na’yo'p 2 This is still my little big “elder 
brother”, one says, 
sanapaliwartarina'na'no'n 3 It was he I would try to remake, 
one says 
san-artitono: nano: n 4 But only bungled the job, one says. 
ayiarnera niyin:arma'rpara 5 At once I will sharpen my bore 
again. 
IT. Il. 
argaluayuarliwaraynano'p 6 This is still my big “elder brother”, 
one says, 
sanagaluartiwalriga'napoy)| 7 Whom I would try to remake, one 
says 
san: arlit'opo'nan'o''n 8 But I only messed the job, one says. 
apiarnera niyin armarpara 9 At once I will sharpen my bore 
again. 
kip'agiararter pv'lun'e 10 There is one who must be trimmed 
in ‘the bag’, 
san artit ono: nav" 11 I have only messed the job, says 
the man. 
NoTEs.— 1-2. In both lines ‘my’ refers to the child’s father; the child is 
named after her “elder brother” and therefore ought to be identical with 
the latter. — 5. ayiarnera ninin:arma'rpara. Kuannia corrected nin- in the 
latter to nay-: 1 will at once continue my filing (sharpening). — 6. ‘my’ or 
‘her’? — 10. ‘bag’, usual taboo word for mother. kip'agiararter hints at the 
child’s name Kippakee, which signifies ‘the one who has not been lopped 
enough, one from whom only a little stump has been cut off. — po‘lun'e 
must answer to the WGr. po:lik in the locative ‘something (with or) in a 
case or in a bag’, perhaps used about the uterus. Kuannia thought that it 
was the same word as porlerneg, ‘the bag-shaped bone cap or sheath which 
gathers up each of the ends of the kaiak cover.’ (N.B. The points of the 
woodwork in the fore and afterstem are designated with the same word as 
the male sexual organs.) — 1-11. -70°n probably instead of -yo'n. 
