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Notes. — Та. Cf. nos. 105 and 107. — 1b. sawo'a, same word as in next 
line samo'a, the varying use of the forms seems to spring from a merely 
æsthetic desire for variation, the first form being typical of the East Green- 
land dialect, and the latter of that of West Greenland. piniwa'ma' = pin поагта 
(Kuannia), 1. е. pig lwarama. — 2a. тага‘та = mata®na, just as ima in 
1.2е (3e and 4e) is identical with e’na (i. e. i?n’a) in |. 5e ‘that at that time.’ 
— 2 Si (= @)) 'get, gain”, -tsa (= ca) TOROS DECI of, chance, nåcar == WG&r. 
nåYs:a'q ‘find, discovery. 2d = WGr. nam:ac’aq ‘something to bear on the 
back’ (by a strap across the forehead or on the head). — 2e and f. The two 
words belong to the Timerseet language and signify the same sort of seal, 
namely the common seal, which in ordinary language is called заК`ад (WGr. 
ndtseq). Also the sea animals mentioned in the following lines are named 
after the peculiar and metaphorical expressions of the Timerseek language. 
These were so well known on the east coast that Kuannia, for example, knew 
all the names just as well as my reciter of the poem did. — 3f. qainulinag, 
Timerseet word for the common nalipin aq (WGr. nätsersuaq), perhaps liter- 
ally meaning ‘the one who wears a forehead flap, or a head-cloth’ (< ga”’nuk, 
. cf. Kleinschmidt, Ordbog, р. 131). — 4 f. atanudtsa‘k, Timerseet word rendered 
by Ajukutoog as gialiaq ‘white whale’, but it should, according to Kuannia, 
mean a game animal of any sort whatever, although used especially of ‘bear, 
walrus, or white whale. — 5e. Var. tule'itimini”pa. tuleiti(m) from the Tim- 
erseet word tule'ialik ‘the one with (great) eye-teeth (literally teeth to gore 
with?) i. e., a walrus. — 6 (a and b). According to Ajukutooq’s explanation the 
Timerseeq has in his own language mentioned by name all the animals he 
specially likes to eat. 
No. 109. Song of Manertaq, the Assistant Spirit. 
Mitsuarnianya. 
Ajukutooq’s assistant spirit Manertaq used the following song during the 
performance in the hut. In it he mentions a spell made to ward off the sly 
attack of a tupilak sent out against him by his enemy. The name of this 
tupilak is mentioned as Attawik. The object is to turn the evil fetish against 
the one who sent it out, otherwise it will overtake the pursued one, press 
in under him, and rob him of his soul.—I imagine that the spirit in reality 
speaks on the part of one of the angakok’s housemates. 
Refrain дата’ arjarja Outside there, aiaia 
a-lal”e nina: ina — 1 I have it in my thougbts, 
atawit-e erteqim:at corna 2 When Attawik came in sight ahead, 
puvile mana 3 And this junction here [the point of my 
kaiak | 
put agisikäil ino 4 Having provided it with a hunting-bladder, 
co'rna peina:nik 5 Immediately ahead of it. 
erlanialit oa All the while moving forward, 
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ara‘rnialuk:ina 7 I pronounced my spell against him, 
araritinua'’n uy 8 I used my little spell. 
pâtin ane unipiuk 9 Before he got in, he stopped also. 
patin-ane ut-eniuk 10 Before he got in, he turned back, 
