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Stanzas Al ja æjå änemi taijoa aja aja ‘jajaj BC 
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A? ja алла a pülsimis ta'ioaj aja aja рада] BC 
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АЗ ja ajay plara(:)rqüiara imaja &jaj ja аа] BC 
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А“ ja aja ajesqüiaa ra Umaja ата] ааа] BC 
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A5 ja aja itane »ta'piwara Ümaja &jaj ajäjaj BC 
(DD) 
iwnermiale wa 1 Whyever do I sing my song? 
pitsimiale:wa 2 Whyever do I make my poem? 
pila‘rquia та 3 Because you wished me a good catch, 
anula:rqtiia:ma 4 Because you wished me good hunting. 
ta 'yuatiuara 5 This is the object of my little poem: 
itera ne pim'iäta 6 When we came home to our poor house, 
ergati®ne pinvidta 7 When we came home to our dwelling place, 
Unulloraie‘ 8 How greedy he was, the beast! 
(Phon.) 
tupinalorate: 9 How he was just on the point of choking, 
so'rtole qernerti’ner| 10 Just like ‘the black one’ (the raven)! 
NOTES. — 3. Sufia explained it with tigorqu®L'une, Kuannia with iwi- 
linarquiama suapa'rgigama “because I abused (him i.e. my opponent) much.’ 
— 6. -rawne < -rajivne. — 9. < *tupinawog < lupip'oq ‘to get something stuck 
in the throat so that one nearly chokes.’ — 10. -Попег < -luin'aq ‘all over, 
right over’ ог < -le-i’na ‘that yonder ? 
No. 200. Attakaat’s Challenge. 
Keersagaq. 
This originally was Keersagaq Attakaat’s song (pisia), the singer’s paternal 
erandfather, after whom he himself was called. 
im ara kik-tiwa 1 How will it fare with them out there in the east 
alta ruma 2 It | depanı? 
alta toa 3 I depart (or let me depart!) 
mita ta i|umia 4 The umiak scoffed at by him, 
Luk-uta'i umia 5 The umiak jeered at by him. 
ia те‘ nor 6 Yes, on my word, how he over there though 
mita’licikaemat 7 How he indeed showed (me) his scorn! 
e’kulicik'aem'at 8 Because he pitifully showed insult, 
usa ÿe una 9 — And that so shortly after 
