Language and Folklore. 269 
ea ea uniurüja name 1 Let it (the harpoon) not miss it! 
ea ea na*kuluria name 2 Throw it (the harpoon) not wrongly. 
ea ea tilittiwaq uniariijanaye 3 The fat (seal), don’t miss it! 
serquto: na’kulurüjanane ea ea 4 The one with the heavy hind-flippers, 
don't cast wide of it. 
NOTES. — 1-4. The infix -гй]а` perhaps answers to WGr. -rgaja‘, which 
indicates what nearly might have happened (‘he had almost struck’). But here 
it seems to be used illogically, the positive meaning of the word (to strike 
the animal) not being that the wish shall be approximately realized, but 
completely. — 2. -kutu = WGr. -kulu, ‘awkward, clumsy. — 3. tilitiwaq = 
WGr. sileqisoq, ‘very fat’ (Kuannia). — 4. serquto:(r) used metaphorically of a 
large seal (< sergiwa ‘its hind-flipper’). 
No. 82. Against pupik (““Dry-rot’’?), 
Attiartertoq. 
Formula against dry-rot or other species of fungi in the house, which 
Attiartertoq learnt from his grandmother. Рир А? is said to be the detrimental - 
to the housemates. The formula is used simultaneously with the throwing of 
the rot out of the house. It is not probable, for the rest, that pupik means 
dry-rot since this kind of fungi is not found in West Greenland (cf. Beret- 
ninger Greenl. Administration, 1918, p. 16). 
ea ea nv'l°o 1 Remove it, 
pupi no:to 2 Remove the rot. 
ea ea nu'to 3 Remove it, 
pupi nv'to 4 Remove the rot. 
ea ea nvto 5 Remove it, 
itikaje’ pupi nv'to 6 The little house’s rot, remove it, 
nutiakajep pupi nvto 7 The little hut’s rot, remove it. 
ea ea 
Notes. — 1. nu‘to from nu'pa' ‘removes something.’ According to Kuan- 
nia, not from nugup'a’ ‘eats it up, eradicates or annihilates something.” — 
2. pupi 1) any kind of fungi; mushroom 2) leprosy or other dangerous erup- 
tion. — 7. Sacred word for ‘house.’ 
No. 83. Against the Cunning of a Mortal Enemy. 
Attiartertoq. 
Formula by means of which Attiartertoq prevented his hunting com- 
panion in the kaiak on the sea from killing him. 
quia e quia 1 (Refrain) 
ersäl'uak-in manisa‘rtino 2 By stroking him softly over his cheeks — 
manine tua iputin 3 You have become quite softened! 
quid, quia 4 (Refrain) 
