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A 
uk-uarpo'n SUNY VON 1 Our sister-in-law 
ika'rpo'n Re ene 2 Crosses the sound 
qertamo:n RP 3 To the island. 
po: mime: ails QE 4 Why do you swim? — 
it im at a SAS RE 5 You are well off 
tima'ne:" pee 6 On the firm land 
it-artite:- Sy SZ Kee 7 While you stand and laugh. — 
natinarpu natinarpu 8 She is unhappy, unhappy, unhappy. 
паЁ тагрод 
VARIANTS. — 1 okoarpu:n ВХ. — 3 ge‘rtamuy В. — 4 po‘mim'e В. — 5 iti- 
m-dt-e-. — 6. Нта`пг` X. — 7 it-artitin В, it-itartite-" X. — 8 nätinarpon В. 
паёгпагрип nätinarpun паёгпагроп X. 
Notes. — 5. The first part of the word is i®tin ‘you’, after which fol- 
lows the modal particle måt:a (WGr. mas’a), see р. 151. — 8. Kuannia under- 
stood the person on land to say: ‘how she is to be pitied! i. е. ‘how un- 
fortunate she is!’ IR 
No. 34. The Narrow Face. 
Teemiartissaq AB. 
By reason of the fragmentary character of the poem it is not easy to. 
define its meaning; its form makes one think of a spell, but the words sug- 
gest apprehension or complaint more than anything else. The situation is 
this: a woman who is sitting on the platform in the hut complains that the 
bodily strength is deserting her. — Teemiartissaq recited this little poem to 
me in two variants (A and B). “As a child I heard it sung without any drum- 
accompaniment.” 
A 
kiata‘p toa'nin 1 Just there, on the north-east side (of the plat- 
form) 
ualilik 2 That person who sits by the side-wall — 
ke-a amicértoår 3 That very narrow face — 
kisiäie 4 What is it? (how uncanny!) 
ajulerpara 5 I can withstand it no longer 
sätumig'a ajulerpara 6 ‘From below’ I begin to lose my power of 
resistance. 
VARIANTS of B.— 1 kidta:p toa:ne (bis). — 2 = A. — 3-4 маче (= 1. 4 in A) 
kia:mecertoa kiamecertoa. 
Notes. — 1. foa:nin А ‘from’, ‘in the direction from’. foa:ne В ‘towards’, 
‘in the direction of.’ — 3. This might possibly refer to the spirit of the skin 
hangings of the wall, or to some other spirit which reveals itself. — 4. The 
suffix (< -rajik) connected with kise indicates a certain degree of wretched- 
