392 W. THALBITZER. 
С. MEN'S АТТАСК- OR RETORT-SONGS (CONTINUED) _ 
AND SIMILAR SONGS 
No. 179. Akernilik’s Father is Attacked by Cüjunaak. 
Akernilik. 
This is the song of Akerniliks’s father against Cüjunaak (or -naait) in 
their drum fight on the small island of Poolortulog (west of Cape Dan). 
а’п‘а qunulerekaliwit 1 Look at those there, who otherwise always 
were cowards, 
mersernere kaliwit 2 They who otherwise always before were 
afraid ! 
asimak'i oqa'Ysertiarte 3 There they are at last, these ever-talking 
qa'n:åt (communicative) kaiakers ! 
cüäna’k uän'un 4 Cüjunaak comes to perform the drum dance 
ip'eqar against me, 
kisime iliwa 5 I who am quite solitary, 
kisime. palinertua 6 I who am left quite alone. 
qunualuarnermik 7 What is the reason for this constant anxiety ? 
qunule:lérmiaäk'o 8 What a pity that I now begin to frighten him, 
e'simako'na 9 When I consider this 
aniter”am'e anime 10 That before another male fellow-being (an- 
other male) 
qunuanuatan'im:at 11 Has he not hitherto felt the least scrap of 
fear. 
pak'ersagerim'ät 12 When an opportunity to fight (wrestle) was 
lost, 
artuqusa**rim at 13 When the possibility to try strength was lost. 
NOTES. — 1-2. Cf. no. 188, which begins in the same way. — 3. Kuannia 
supposed that дата was the person’s name (Qainak) and that cüänak signi- 
fied ‘about three years ago’, but this is at variance with my informant’s 
explanation. — 4. ip'ega’r i.e. accompanied and supported by a great many 
companions. — 5. = kisime'tiwa ава). — 6. kisime palinertua, was explained 
thus, for example: “if one has lost all one’s brothers and is left alone” (ac- 
cording to Kuannia) or “being solitary as an angakok” (kisime amako'L'une, 
Sufia). Cf. WGr. paluyasog ‘a dog with hanging ears, flap-eared’ (also of a 
‘slack person’?). — 7. Var. qunupaluarnermik.— 9. = isumaliutik'un-una (Sufia). 
10. apitergat ‘a brother man, a male sex-fellow.’ — 12. < pak-ersa‘rpuk ‘they 
fight” Cf. WGr. pax'ip'uk ‘they (two) wrestle with each other. — 14. < art- 
uquserneg ‘to pull each other by the arms or fingers.’ Kuannia’s explanation 
was that “two people try their strength by the game of pulling each other 
by the arms.” 
