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No. 45. Signal Song on Narwhal. 
Attiartertoq. 
The kaiak paddler sings of his catch in a melody which signalizes that 
he has got a narwhal. 
Refrain 
a awoa jd jaja jajaja @ дара Ja @ja jajaja 
В awoa: jarje: 
maqale дапа sagilawoa 1 There, northward, I was out in my kaiak, 
ne qawoa:-ja:jat 2 I got out of it up on an ice-floe. 
NOTE. — 1. тада (cf. maqga'ja in 44) perhaps a refrain-word without 
meaning. 
No. 46. Signal Song on a Thin Bearded Seal. 
Attiartertoq. 
Kuannia understood the song as one sung by an old hunter who calls 
to mind his youthful strength and luck in hunting, whereas he now is weak- 
ened by age and lives in need. 
Refrain 
aje aja ja" 
ja’ me 
pila: nuartarpara 1 Once I used to kill my game 
ututuar marlertuag 2 À great bearded seal, a double 
piaciqua itino 3 And into the bargain a third (I had vigour) 
4 
qasipia ituarme A fine, great harbour-seal. 
e-ertonojariga 5 I who now always less and less lucky am in 
not geiting it, 
_ne-elica: liwara 6 The animal I should have for food. 
imanertiwartiwäna 7 This great, stumpy-fat animal |?], 
ima‘ isersimadn: a 8 Which has become my meagre result, 
upernarcersimaän’a 9 This (meagre) vernal cattle |? 
a‘ino' Че ад 10 А state of continual poverty 
egasi m’o'rlertuag 11 À state of continual want and care. 
IN@MBS, = 11 104, cf. no. 41, lines 8-11. 2. Са double” i. © two seals at a 
time. 4. = qasine'nartiwarme. — 2. ut-ut-uar (cf. n0.107), old designation, tabooed 
and replaced by an-ertiwaq. — 4. -me instead of -mik. -niai = -piara'r (ac- 
cording to Kuannia) meaning that the animal is welcome spoil, a fine animal.— 
5. -poja < WGr. -ni(woq) “doesn’t feel well in (its new condition) + -tar(pa:) 
‘more and more. — 6. -lica:liwa- = WGr. -lersa'ralua. — 7. imaneq in WGr. 
signifies a sort of mussel, but perhaps the word has a more original meaning 
of unknown origin. Kuannia explained < nerinérciwartiman:a ‘a fat, stout, 
thick-set man. — 10. = ajine(r)tertuaq = ajorsarnertorsuaq (Kuannia). — Cf. 
WGr. егдазир`04 ‘is concerned about the want of resources, ete. 
