272 W. THALBITZER. 
structed the skeleton parts. She used the formula while joining the parts 
(tun’a’q sanarqa'rik:a). She had bought this formula from old Ilinnuakkee 
with the meat and intestines of a bearded seal (using the intestines for a 
tent curtain). 
ea ea (regularly repeated before each line) 
kisim ригиапи) put:uqarpoa 1 Whose claws have I for my claws? 
cetonum putuanin putuqarpoa 2 ‘The earwig's' claws have I for my 
claws. 
ke: putuanik ршидагроа 3 Whose claws have I myself for my 
claws ? 
ananapap putuanik puturarpoa 4 The dung-fly’s claws have I my- 
self for my claws — 
ana nana p putuantk putoqama 5 That I have the dung-fly’s claws 
for my claws — 
ajéaqan'itsin in 6 That is the reason for my being 
unassailable. 
ce‘toyo‘p putuanik putuqama 7 That I have the earwig's claws for 
my claws — 
aéaqan ttsinin 8 That is the reason for my being 
unassailable. 
ea ea 
NOTES. — 2 (and 7). Se'topuk or <etinik is a kind of ground beetle (pro 
bably Patropus hyperboreus), the name signifies ‘the one who likes (to creep 
into) the ears’, and both its name and appearance incidentally call to mind 
our ‘earwig.’ — 3. ke: abbreviation of kisi(m). — 4 (5). ana‘nana‘k is the same 
as WGr. anariak ‘the dung fly’ (scatofaga). 
No. 88. Marriage. 
Teemiartissaq. 
This was called a wedding formula. Parts of it (lines 9-10 and 12-15) 
seem to consist principally of borrowings from no. 86 (“When Moving into 
the Winter House”). 
ea ea tara’tip'oa 1 I get a reflection of myself, 
tara‘ tip: oa 2 I get a reflection of myself. 
sumun tara'tik 3 A reflection in what? 
паг ати tara‘tik 4 In the window’s gut-skin a reflection. 
tara‘ tip:oa 5 I saw a reflection of myself, 
tara‘kama 6 When I looked in the mirror — 
inalät'amut tara:nik 7 In the window’s mirror — 
tara:kama 8 When I looked in (its) mirror, 
sukulue:toa 9 I had become freed of dirt. 
asiarte p sarliwowa'na . 10 Asiartik goes past me, again and again 
(sartüvokisawa:ti qin) (will continue going past us) 
