298 W. THALBITZER. 
stone-crop, Sedum), and repeats it thrice in a comical tone, and in 
an insipid or affected voice, tamely, slowly, and hesitatingly, while 
each time he lifts his one leg a little backward in a ridiculous manner. 
The meaning no doubt is that he represents a woman who is out 
picking edible plants, and thinks that she is about to tread on a 
furter’naq, so lifts her foot in order not to crush the plant. 
This act in connection with the twice repeated exclamation “a 
stone-crop!” affects the onlookers very comically. 
Ajukutooq seemed to appreciate this rôle greatly, and carried it 
out in a masterly manner. 
Refrain (song, drum, dance) 
А’ ва aja aja jaje aja arRda jajaja 
В' ва aja wid 
Recitative outburst 
torte rnar, torte'rnar, torte‘rnar 
Refrain (song, drum, dance). 
A? ва åja aja Raja jaja dja 
197 лай ara jae am 
Concluding strophe 
häja ja à: 
Recitative outburst 
torte‘rnar, torte rnar, torte‘rnar 
NOTES. — 1. {urter”naq (varying with the forms torfer’naq or tul'in’ aq) 
answers to WGr. tur'erun‘aq which indicates the same plant. The EGr. form 
must have arisen through several intermediate forms ({ur'erin'aq, tut(e)r(i)- 
пад. and with retrogressive uvularization turtirnaq). 
Мо. 123. Kikkéerter — One who says ‚Fie”. 
Ajukutoog AX. 
A naked man makes his appearance as a visitor. He is blackened 
with soot about his face and both thighs. The soot patches on his 
thighs represent his flesh, it being said that he is so thin that his 
skin is cracked, so that his flesh is visible. He is also called ‘the old 
ones’ esimaquta: ‘their sign’. While he performs the dance (tiwawog, 
cf. Mel. 49, p. 53) he wriggles his trunk in order to look down his 
back and to see his thighs, making a comically miserable grimace. 
The refrains and the interwoven exclamations kik-e::, kik:e::! ‘fie’ are 
apportioned thus: 
1 kik'e' is the same as the interjection known from West Greenland, kik’e'k which 
means about the same as turning up one’s nose at someone or something: “Fie!” 
