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nät'ertokaje: : me‘iarpät [me’erekaïe:- another. When he fell into the sea — 
pa: ?] awisa'taiarniarmarpuse. nak'ai- when they then descended (they said): 
Withdraw from one another! When, 
at their withdrawal from one another, 
he fell down (he shouted): 
ame iuna‘ne® Паша me‘earmat awi- 
ca'tege’niarce ac'am'ine* nak'aia me] 
ilip'oa1a qilinvarsipa 14 RO Rå 1 Halloo, I sink, help me up! Ugh! 
ke'sa tumatiwak'a mist tarpun Now my great feet dip in 
ke'sa cinernertiwak-a tikip'a'it 2 Now my great ankles dip in 
Ке`за ajerpat-uartuak-a tikip'ait 3 Now my great knees dip in 
ke:sa imerqitätuak'a tikip'ait 4 Now my great groins dip in 
ke:sa mercis'äpittoara tikip'a'it 5 Now my great navel dips in 
ke:sa mitinartiwak:a tikip'ait 6 Now my great breasts dip in 
[ke:sa unertiwak'a tikip:a't] X 7 Now my great armpits dip in 
ke'sa nap:ativara tikip:att 8 Now my great neck dips in 
_kesa tåt'ortuara tikip:a't 9 Now my great chin dips in 
ke:sa tusælivk:a tikip:a'it 10 Now my great ears dip in 
ilip:oa'1a qilinvarsina 11 Halloo, I sink, help me up! 
RU в0-----Ё/ 12 Ugh! 
1) X (Phon.) RoR Rå" i tumat-iwak:a misit’arpo'n. 2) Шр`оа`‘ла` qile:niiarcina‘i 
RoR Rå" i 2) tikittarpa'i 3) ajdp:at-uartiwak:a 5) mik--tiwara?| 6) mit-uwacrti- 
wak:a 7) missing in С. 8) nap-dt-iwak-a| 9) tät”ortuara| 12) Rorgä "| 
No. 17. Altercation between a Wheat-ear and a Raven. 
Qiwinaiaag A and X, Teemiartissaq B, Akernilik C, and Mitcuarnianya D. 
The wheat-ear comes forth from her nest and laments the loss of her 
mate, whom she extols.! The raven then appears and recommends himself. 
She dismisses him scornfully, after which he makes fun of her dead mate. 
Qiwinaraaq, whose text is used as the foundation here, had learnt the 
poem from Qaarneq, Ittiwiaq’s old mother in Sermilik. Lines 1—6 conform 
exactly in her dictation and in her phonogram. 
AX 
la | 1 The wheat-ear (shrieking): eeyah! 
uwinalegq”a‘ 2 Now I have lost my mate, 
pinaje-tarter anig’aje-tarter 3 The great hunter who always got spoil! 
ие napip'a'i 4 The men caught him 
sorgartamin tk 5 In their snares! 
LOST 6 Eeyah! 
kiaterun’a u?isa'riciwara 7 Whom shall I get for a mate? 
qærtuluk umitiluk 8 A high browed one, with large beard, 
tinitiluk mergertuluk 9 With thick groin-hair, with much hair 
everywhere! 
1 Cf. my variant from Oommannag Fjord and Disko Bay in West Greenland. 
Phonetic Study (1904), p. 293. 
