224 W. THALBITZER. 
Petersen knew it in this last sense, otherwise called in East Greenland ana:- 
tak vaq (SWGr. uwisik. NWGr. qgaq'ut). — 4-5. tätutaq or tävtulaq ‘a woman’s 
fur frock, with the hair outside.’ {atuläc'a means ‘a skin which can be, or is 
to be, used as a woman’s frock’, here used metonymically for the seal itself, 
which the kaiak man is towing. 
No. 26. The Kaiak Homeward Bound. 
Qiwinaraaq AX. Ittimaneejuk В. Natseq С. 
There is a puzzling ambiguity in the variant forms of this song as some of 
the words have evidently been misunderstood and corrupted by the singers. 
I have partly followed Johan Petersen’s interpretation (except in line 8), 
and partly Kuannia’s (except in line 4). Kuannia took it for granted that the 
suffixes in the three words in line 2 to 4 were identical with -p'iwar in 1. 6-7 
and interpreted them in accordance with it. 
A person, probably a woman, sees from the rocky coast a kaiaker coming 
rowing past, and calls out to him to come over to her. If the ending of lines 
2 to 4 is to be taken as imperative endings they must signify that she asks 
him to take her along in the kaiak and put an end to her life as in despair. 
Kuannia put a different construction on the words, taking the original ending 
as participial (-tin'iwaq) with the petting-suffix ‘the dear little person’ (as in 
lines 6 and 7). It might be supposed that this form is the more original that 
has been garbled through the oral tradition into the version sounding about 
the same with the more violent contents. 
Lines 6 and 7 are sung (see Melodies по. 15), the rest recited. 
B 
(recitative) . 
Ho! You down there! you kaiak, halloo! 
Take me onboard as your deckload! 
Strangle me! 
Kill me! 
Your wife is still jealous. 
sät uma wa’ qajara 
usia'lartin' ua 
qunicartinua 
BR © № — 
foque:artin:a 
nuliapin nip artogin arpon 
(singing) 
OX 
acät a wan поаг 6 There he turned over with his kaïak, 
kin it a wan: iwar 7 There he capsized and righted again. 
(recitative) 
ga ”ruti) 8 The breakers 
pat uv iviartin ane 9 Before they could strike him (or her, 
them) 
pttorarpon 10 The storm overtook him (or her). 
VARIANTS. — 1 gajara gajara АХ. — 2 ияачайу`иа A, usiariarliy'wa X, 
use jajartivywa С. — 3 qimicartiniwa A, qimiciarliy'a X, qimitsiartina ©. — 
4 toqucertinua A, toquciartin:a X, toqutciartina C.— 5 nuliän ninarterquinarpon 
A, nulia ninarterin’arpoq X. — 6 asät'a'wayiwaz АХ. — 7. АХ = В. — 8. qa- 
rune АХ. — 9 pat-inawiartin age AX. — 10 pit‘orarpon A, puorarpon À. 
