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qane:time 5 How is it with you? 
enupit ayitanuprit 6 Are you, I wonder, a man? Are you a real 
male ? 
nertilimak:e ajerpak'a 7 These whales and walruses I cannot get 
hold of. 
Nores. — 1. Cf. РБоп. gane‘it-iwin, WGr. qanorit:utit. See also no. 21319. — 
2. -nupit in place of -nerpit. — 3. a ”täsipa < awläseg (= ino:p ilerqiwa, pisu- 
sia, Sufia), cf. a‘®täsa'it ‘their depart.’ pera‘tan-itseq, cf. WGr. per'arpoq ‘(the 
boat or the weapon) goes smoothly, runs easily’, or ‘(the wind) is suitably 
strong (not too strong). — 7. nertilin, poetic and obsolete for the “beasts of 
the sea” (esp. white whales and walruses). 
No. 207. Pitied and Scorned on his Wife’s Account. 
Attiartertog (A) and Tättaqujuk (В). 
An accusation song (piseq) made by the father of the two old commu- 
nicators, who were brother and sister, against Tikaajaat (В called him Eäaïn), 
Kilime’s father. In the song the latter is despised “because he is impotent 
in the presence of his wife, who is only a child.” 
A 
Refrain gqawo'a ja ja’ 
ila'nin: atic: alerpon 1 Through his family (wife) he begins 
to be pitied, 
ila'ni 'sernersalerpon 2 Through his family (wife) he begins 
to be defended. 
tikaia't nâtic:alerpon 3 Tikaajaat begins to -be pitied 
[tika:ia't] ilani |sernersalerpon| 4 Tikaajaat begins to be defended 
through his family. 
kiane nat:inalino 5 Through whom do they pity him? 
unane nat inalino 6 Through that person there they pity 
him, 
tinilera’ine nat:inalino 7 Pitying his young who is just old 
enough to fly 
tinilera’ine serninalino 8 Taking sides with his young who 
is just old enough to fly. 
nat:e:tuarsiarpat 9 They constantly show her compas- 
sion, 
|se-rnertuarsiarpat| 10 They constantly take up her part. 
ajerlino 11 For he is unable to get her into 
his power 
atitserniarmane 12 Because he is obliged to wait till 
she should become greater. 
ajertino, lajertino| 13 He is unable to get her into his 
power 
Ppinersorniarmane 14 Because he should first bring her up. 
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