340 W. THALBITZER. 
6—7. Behaving like a human being who acts tentatively (waiting to see 
what the others will do, or letting time pass to see if it will not be 
better). 
8. Where will she find a place to go? 
10—12. Behaving like a helpless doll (etc.); like an orphan child (etc.). 
NOTES. — 1. -wak'iwa = -uak'iga{[?]. — 3. The comparison is drawn from 
a wooden frame of thin rods or poles in which an animals’ skin is expanded 
for drying in the air (WGr. in'erfik, cf. fig. 29 and First Part, fig. 221). — 
4. Here too, we encounter an ambiguity; o'a can mean »I« and »over there« 
— in the latter instance it must refer to his wife. As the third person form 
of address is used in the following lines, the latter explanation is the more 
probable. — 5. -nup'a for -пегра (?). — 7 (and 11). Cf. WGr. na'"tisorsuiwog. — 
8. -me‘ginor perhaps in place of (WGr.) -me:rune < -me:rpoq. — 10. etik (= 
e‘cik) ‘a stone cairn’ or ‘a wooden doll. — 12. The text here seems to be 
somewhat disordered. — 19. It cannot be seen from the text who laughs. 
No. 185. Take Your Accusation Back. 
Kittaararter. 
This song is remarkable in the picture it gives of the degree of culture 
of a young Eskimo, particularly in its reference to his youthful desire “to 
know all things and all sort of people.” — We find here a conscious expres- 
sion of an idea we should not otherwise expect to find among a primitive 
people: Nihil humani a me alienum. 
ORE? CWE 
piseri"na ateriga That song there I borrow, 
That song I strike up. 
Let us sing it a little, 
Let us strike it up a little! 
What a pity it is that you make accusation 
(against me)! 
piseri na ap'ik'iga 
atuätsi a’ tino 
ap'ilåt'T a no 
um er" aimeawin 
OR © D IM 
‘ak-agaluaqiatit 6 Would that you would change your mind! |?) 
ta‘wan-uteriuk 7 Cease, turn back with it! [?] 
patino uteriuk 8 Almost touching your object, turn back with 
it ! 
ercilera jive’ arawit 9 While you have immediately begun to be 
afraid, 
guyera jin’ arawit 10 While you have immediately begun to be 
inconstant. 
ercinaka jin itsiwa 11 I did not know fear, 
qunujuka init twa 12 I was not a coward, 
pujercoka'e-kama 13 When I grew up to my (life’s) work, 
‘eorusuka'e' kama 14 When I thirsted after life — 
'me:ciwika'e: kama 15 When I weighed and investigated, 
eoju me-certino 16 That I might know bad people, 
famarmik me:certino 17 That I might know all things. 
