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for the WGr. ama'ma ‘suck’, ‘suckle. kap'isag А (= У, kapisag X, missing 
in С) might come from kap'ip'a ‘sticks something pointed (a needle, spear, 
etc.) into something so that it remains stuck in it, and the meaning might 
be connected with “the nipples” (which are stuck in). B's variant kapip'a 
(in the interrogative) ‘is the inner garment stuck into the outer garment?’ 
(the stocking in the boot, for example) would perhaps suit better. The whole, 
then, might be understood as something of this sort “O! how provoking, her 
breast is stuck in” (or “covered up”), said or thought on the little child’s 
part. — 4. uk'isic'ar В, uk'isis'ar У. — 5. anércalin, anércilé В (cf. WGr. anersalo). 
— 6. gajuartiwar X taboo word replacing the commonly used sak'ag, Phoca 
vitulina. — 7. amama‘ia aja ja У. Missing in BC. — 8. awä'lärpaleqa: У, mis- 
sing in В. — 9. ipe'taleg, literally ‘a narrow isthmus or bridge of land between 
two waters’, here used as place-name (in the Ammassalik district there are 
two places with this name). — 11. am-wka(k) (according to Kuannia) ‘the child’s 
sexual organs’, cf. am'ukarpoq ‘moves downwards’, and ат‘ика`грод ‘is striped 
downwards’; as for the suffix-ka’q, confer nalik-a:q ‘the fork of the trousers.’ 
am'uk'a У wanting in В. Cand У have am'uk’a(k) nat ak'a(k). — 12. nat-eka- 
tay'e: У is connected with WGr. näL'arpoq ‘lies down on the ground’, the 
suffix is perhaps -ratarpog (cf. WGr. näL'ukat arput ‘they play cards’, derived 
from nalup:a ‘cast it away with the hand, flings it away’). The whole is said 
about “a little person who falls forward”, perhaps “who falls over his own 
legs”, the meaning being almost synonymous with “a fool or a clumsy one.” 
X adds as a conclusion na‘yin, nain, na'pion, a standing expression 
which otherwise only forms part of the stories as a completion: ‘complete, 
complete’ i. e. ‘all is well that ends well’—; here it is quite improvised and 
inappropriate. 
No. 11. The Flaps of my Skin-Frock. 
Teemiartissag A, X and Y (she sang it into the phonograph on two different 
occasions). Napa, AnerWqWaain’s wife В. Carqilaarte Z. 
In Teemiartissags versions the first two lines were sung slowly and de- 
jectedly, the rest was recitative and in quicker tempo (transcription according 
to phonogram, see Melodies nos. 9—11, рр. 64—65). The wording appears to 
accommodate itself somewhat to the regard for rhythm and assonance, the 
song being characterized in a marked degree by rhapsody, and some of the 
words may be complete perversions of the original form of the song; so 
that here (as so often in these songs) my translation is somewhat of an 
experiment. 
X 
(3) akivk-akà: kim-akik:akE'rqa'jai À | a À й LP À AB А A in Le, 
(4) ак к-та SIN 
(5) kim:akik:a Ap А IN À Er; 
(6) jaja qa:ja ме DE 
(7) na‘kakuluk:a AR | ow i 
(8) kumite: kiläte- AK DIA DS 
