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mat ana e-atarige ka 11 Though I myself was accustomed to be 
sparing of them. 
kit-ipane petak-o 12 Since I (you?) from the beginning had owned 
him, 
o‘e-yiarmeako 13 What a pity that you wanted him for your 
husband ! 
oisia* nin: ak-o 14 What a pity that I did not get him for my 
second husband! 
Notes.— 3. WGr. ukuausaq (< ukuaq) ‘a daughter-in-law acquired through 
a stepson, or a sister-in-law acquired through а half-brother.’ — 4. My in- 
formant explained “because she went away.” — 5. -rama instead of -ram:a? 
— 6. or perhaps: ‘because you so often came to me’ (?). — 7. sume:ti < sumik 
+-le? Johan Petersen interpreted the line thus: ‘whatever did I think! — 
9. pit arpa’ = WGr. ригагра:. The modern WGr. meaning of this word (‘punish’) 
was unknown in East Greenland where it meant attempt at rape, or only a 
passionate approach. — 10. The above interpretation was given by Joh. Peter- 
sen and Sufia whereas Kuannia would connect the word with WGr. nerzerpa‘ 
(“You set good food before me”). — 11. The object ‘them’ is possibly meant 
about her own partes sexuales (as if she said: “I abstained”). 
No. 172. Young Lady’s Song of Retort. 
Akernilik. | 
The song is held in the 3rd person, thus addressed to the assembly. 
How she has now become! 
Like myself she has become, 
L°p'uinun: ara: She cannot even sing any more, 
дапогипа ileqa: 1 
2 
3 
picisiuna'ra' 4 She cannot make drum-songs any more. 
5 
6 
7 
uwanate ileqa: 
1”p'erpin:ersitam'at As she has lost the ability to sing, 
- pic'earpinertitarmat 6 As she has lost the ability to make poems, 
oVyununærpo:a I have ceased to make songs, 
pic'esiun:a'rpo:a 8 I have ceased to make poems. 
Nores. — 1. The meaning is (according to Kuannia): “how far from the 
power of youth!” — 3-4. The ending -ra means (according to Kuannia) the 
same as -ra'wq (intransitive). 
No. 173. Jealous Women. 
| Aak"kaaq. 
The song was also known to Kuannia. 
Refrain a”’n-acja 
perqisime:artoa 1 I regret it more and more, 
ma-wa pitarmeama 2 What a pity that I came hither! 
ma'®nali-tarmeama 3 However could I come hither! 
ninacån'ic:iluåt | 4 Those who else rightly needed not be jealous, 
niyarten:alerika . 5 Them have I now immediately made jealous. 
