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NOTES. — 1-2. = cit-anitara-jo (according to Kuannia) or cit-inita:jo (Sufia), 
cf. WGr. sis:ip:og and sis:aniup:oq ‘lands.’ The termination is perhaps = -a-io(7) 
< -log ‘also’, but the meaning of the preceding -(r)a- is not clear to me. 
-tar- < WGr. -z’ar- ‘strongly, in a hurry (-i- instead of -е:-)? — 3-4. Kuannia 
asserted that pilanif- did not contain any negation, but I do not see how 
-nitse-wa (-nito etc.) can be taken otherwise than ‘not coming.’ — 5. According 
to Kuannia = ta mayma'set itt'e-ritsawara ‘I shall be ashamed of him.’ Cf. 
WGr. takornara: ‘sees him for the first time, does not know him. — 7. СЁ 
WGr. gis:arpog ‘is shy, cautious.’ — 10. Or: ‘What if he also withstood me!’ 
No. 42. The Kaiak Paddler and the Raven. 
Anittanne. 
A raven has picked a hole in the man’s kaiak. “The ravens are like 
dogs,” said Kuannia, “they steal our hidden supplies of meat, tear the skins 
in pieces, and cause us as much destruction as they can.” 
nuk-e-canpiwartiwa 1 I will hasten with all my might, a moment, 
pé mican' iwartiwa 2 I will put on speed, a moment, 
no’ akaie: 3 “That shy beast” (the raven)! 
4 
gernertokaie: “That black beast” (the raven)! 
qajån iwaralimän a 5 My little kaiak, this here, 
alit okajyanimate: 6 It (the raven) has torn a gash in the skin. 
alit armage 7 After having torn a gash in it 
tamat a*se* те-1ёг 8 Then — how like it! — it at once flew down 
in hiding, 
no-gara sil-one 9 Shy as it is, and eager to get away, 
tamat:a‘st meter 10 At once, as usual, it flew down in hiding, 
gernertona:sitone 11 The black beast which was so eager(?). 
VARIANTS. — 6 alil’ek”ajeqim-age. — 8 tamat-a:sime-“nor. — 9 no-ÿaq a-sit:- 
one — 10 tamat:a:sime:*“nor. — 11 gernerterqa:sit-one. 
NOTES. — 1. Cf. WGr. nukinerpog ‘hastens’, ‘strains with all his might.’ — 
2. Cf. WGr. piuminarpog ‘has much desire for.’ — 3. (cf. 9). This is the raven’s 
former name (taboo name), which was followed by gernertokajik, which 
again was followed by ga'rtuluk, as people of the former names gradually 
died. — 8-10. mé‘ier, according to Kuannia the same as mip:oq, presumably 
with the suffix -(g)iwoq ‘also’ (pleonastic). — 9. Of the same stem as no'akaje 
(1. 5), corresponding to WGr. nujuaqga:°q ‘is shy, and runs away from anyone 
approaching.’ Suffix in lines 9 and 11 -ra:sit-one is the same as -qa-rasititune, 
‘being very disposed to —’, cf. the names of the comic and tragic masks 
pag. 166. 
