214 W. THALBITZER: 
ap a? ap 10 The raven: qaw qaw qaw! 
папа u‘isarija pa ‘11 Me, take me for mate! 
qartulua umitilua 12 I am one with a high brow, with 
large beard, 
initilua mergergortulua 13 With thick groin-hair, with much 
hair everywhere! 
lavt 14 The wheat-ear (volubly): eeya-ay! 
itikajik u?isa'risånilane'" 15 You horrid chap, I won't have 
you for mate! 
qa'rtokojäge win umitokojäqe win 16 For you have an ugly brow, nasty 
big beard, 
linitokujäge win (-qiyiwin) 17 Disgustingly thick groin-hair, 
mergertokujaqyawa:'in 18 Disgustingly thick hair all over 
— eeyah ! 
(She bursts into tears) 
Or OF À ar | 19 (The raven): qaw qaw qaw qaw qaw! 
(A) so'rme”na ua'juin geaniarpe'y 20 Why do you bother to weep for 
(X) so‘runa ua:jiame gianiarpi* your dead mate? 
(А) qumartim'ik kim-iartiwartia: iu 21 He who used to take worms into 
his beak, 
(X) одагюг merser"iartiwataiwin 22 (Who said: Are you industrious 
at sewing?). 
VARIANTS. — 3 pinajetarta’ ane-k’ajetarter C = D. — 4 ta‘rloin napi- 
pait С. tartodn napip'a't D. — 6 ee В. — 7 kia’na uwisariniäc'uwara В. 
kiatorin'a uwilane С. kiatuim'a uisa’riciwara D. — 10-11 q q? q uwana uwisa:- 
riniäna rame В. да ga да uwana uwin’a С. qa° дао qa so'rme пагате uisa'rin- 
apa D. — 15 WwL-ikajik uik-imay-ilar in BCD. — 16 ga'rtukajegeawin umitika- 
Jegiawin (B)CD. — 17 tiyitikajegiawin CD. — 17-18 mergergortukojoge awin 
linergortokojegeawin uwisarisän'iläk'ikajip В. — 20 co'rme'wna BD, co‘runa С, 
uajuin BCD. — 21 qum'amen kim'iarsearta:'jik В. alan udtara mat (in the 
summer) qumartin in kim-iarterto:-lukajik C. maninudt-ara:yat (in the summer) 
qumartim:e kim'iarseartwa in D.— 22 missing in CD. В has: gimap'a niy'aiame 
‘she left him in anger.’ X seems to be a disconnected reminiscence of a West 
Greenland variant, cf. Phon. Stud. р. 293 no.8b (Conversation between a 
wheat-ear and a “snow-bird” [or rather “a гауеп”])): “I am industrious at 
sewing” and “The wheat-ear is a master at speaking.” Cf. also ibid. p. 311, 
no. 103. 
No. 18. Altercation between a Raven and a Gull. 
Ajukutooq (twice) Al and A2, Mitsuarnianna В, Teemiartissaq С; and in two 
phonograms, viz., Ajukutooq X and Teemiartissaq Y. 
This song is one of the most widely circulated of the Greenland poems, 
perhaps because it is one of the oldest. I recorded it in 1901 in Aulatsiwik 
Fjord on the west coast (near Egedesminde); Kroeber reports a fragment of 
