322 W. THALBITZER. 
Refrain man'a-ja: ja etc. 
so-kaje* tåt:ane'r 1 Sookajik is said to have said this here: 
cilaniquan'iter owana 2 I have not arrived at common sense, 
cilapinuan'icero:r owana 3 I am a nasty child, he says. 
cilaninicora wa 4 I think I evince my common sense 
Wnit?orpas:in”a:ma 5 When I am always in a condition to sing 
drum-songs, 
pitsitérpas:in:a:ma 6 When I am in a condition to make drum- 
songs on every occasion, 
anersa'rliwartak'a 7 These my long respirations (poems). 
alin’dta samane 8 Last summer out there on the sea 
in -ertértojokaje’ 9 There were plenty of singers, 
tusargiar’narsit их 10 One was almost sick of hearing their 
novelties. 
amakisolitatertolik 11 Oh, these singers! who use the name of 
the dead. 
an la magiak: ut 12 I felt it almost like a sting in the heart 
to hear them. 
ne minik-it taÿiok a 13 I named them, too, through joining in 
their drum-songs. 
quersa‘rerqiak-ut 14 They made me nearly start with terror! 
p”e mine anercarpak:a 15 In joining in their drum-songs I sang of 
the forefathers. 
NOTES. — 2. cilanip'ua ‘one who is clear and clever; who has common 
sense. — 3. cilapin:ua- ‘one who is good; who has a good character. cilapin:- 
erga: (said of a child) ‘how nasty he is! — 8. = map:isuarmat. — 11. In the 
hurried taking down from the dictation several of the vowels here have been 
wrongly abbreviated, solit possibly == sorlit, cf. WGr. sujulit ‘forefathers’, and 
atertolik = atertatik ‘their own names.’ — 12. -ak-ut for -a®k-it. The meaning 
explained by the informant is thus: anertik-orpalut-ut. — 13. -iok-a for -iorik:a 
(< -104 ‘also’). — 14. Explained thus: an-ila‘rter quersa‘rter. 
Мо. 169. Ammalokättaak’s Song against Qajalik. 
Qiwinaraaq (DD and Phon.). 
The song (pisia) is old and well known; it was composed by Ammalo- 
kattaak, who lived at Teeleqitaaq on Sermilik Fjord. The singer’s opponent 
was Ujarnik from Ittitalik in the north, and he had several other opponents 
in drum contest. He was married to the elder sister of Kuannia. 
My informant Qiwinaraaq, an old merry woman, prefaced the song with 
an improvisation (taken down on my phonograph). 
A liberal meal has just been disposed of in the hut, whereupon one of 
the house-fellows calls for song. Then the first strophes of the song are heard. 
After line 4 these are interrupted by a voice from amongst the audience. 
