Language and Folklore, 2,39 
Song (refrain) 
Al aja jeRa ajajai jaja Raje’e 
В! ejaja Reja aja 
Recitative 
kikke, hike 
Song (refrain) 
С amd eja ajaja Rajaja 
А” ja =]ева ajajadi ama:ja jeje 
Recitative 
kikev, kikke 
Song | 
В” &:ja (etc.) Fig.58. Uaajeertoq player. The one who 
says fie! (Drawing by Kaaralik, 1906.) 
No. 124. Kunitaa — Let Us Kiss Each Other. 
Ajukutoog. 
The uajeertoq represents a drum-daneing man with a very ugly 
face. As he dances nearer and nearer to the best looking women on 
the platform he exhorts them to kiss him in the exclamation which 
breaks the song and is thrice repeated in the same pitch and very 
impressively: kunitaa! — from kunip:a: ‘smells something, puts one’s 
nose to it. The Eskimo kiss, аз is well known, by rubbing noses. 
No. 125. Naqersuarpoa — Press on the Drill-stick. 
Ajukutoog. 
The röle is that of a man who comes on a visit and is invited 
to drum-dance. The declamatory outburst of the song, nagersuarpoa, 
“Г am he who shall press on the drill-stick”; indicates the rôle of 
the singer. He squats down as if to produce fire by drilling in wood. 
This is generally performed by two persons, the one pressing a cross- 
stick with a concave bone button in its center down on the top of the 
drill-stick, while the other sets this in motion by drawing backwards 
and forwards a cord which is wound round it. (First Part fig. 69.) 
While the drum-dancing uaajeertoq bends down, the woman who 
has to help him approaches. When she has come quite close to him, 
he suddenly rises and puts out his stomach towards her, making 
certain smacking sounds with the tip of his tongue. 
