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Fig. 83. Ajukutooq with his two wives and children outside his tent. 
(W.T. phot. July 1906.) 
na‘tersulurajuy 11 Who hesitatingly measures his oppo- 
mente 
ete Шаг 12 (He behaves) like a human being, 
their orphan. 
ата ta’ieraluno 13 In order also to mention it (her?) in 
my song — 
agin qlarama nikayama 14 At times I was sorrowful and wept 
ри]о`г oq'um'ut a"tarmat 15 Because Pujoog journeyed towards the 
south. 
kié”rna owana qialerama 16 From that time I began to weep, 
suna pa а’’юагтеата 17 Yes, indeed, I was even so stupid as 
| to journey (after her). 
kver’nanun it a le-warna 18 Afterwards I was laughed at because 
qiarama I wept. 
it-dt-aligaliia 19 She|?| might easily enough laugh at me! 
VARIANTS. — 7. = na‘lsersuilerajik. — 18. itatea ya. — 19. itdt-alipaliwa. 
GENERAL NOTE. — Sufia gave me a different explanation of the first lines. 
While Kuannia considered picia‘ra to be derived from piseg (pisia ‘his song’), 
S. rejected this explanation: She considered pisia'ra (sic) analogous with 
nuliäs’ara, < pe ‘the possession he has gained’ (i. e. his wife) — an explana- 
tion which is just as possible. 
According to her understanding the first part of the song should be 
translated thus: 
1. That little thing I acquired has put me into a dilemma 
2. In regard to her future use (or place to go down?) 
3. In regard to a future dwelling place. | 
4—5. Shall she, I wonder, have such with Ilinnuakkeeq ? 
