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Fig. 97. Early spring. The skin-cover of the tent is rolled 
up before moving (June 30, 1906. W.T. phot.). 
tiwaleq song in the form of a drum contest song (jeering at a parasite? or 
only at a woman’s name?). 
Refrain: pa”’nayjayja In there aja-ja 
anersa rta wartage 1 Let me sing of you, 
nipisartiwartiuna 2 This great little wolf-fish! 
awalarmat 3 When she went out 
niputerajaqum'iaq 4 Halloo! How she stuck ! 
NOTES. — 2. Perhaps a personal name, but here in any case one thinks 
of the meaning, nipisartiwarter nipum'at nunamuno'n nipup:on. nipisartiwar 
is a kind of small wolf-fish (nipisaqg) as large as a finger, but the suffix 
-tiwaq really means (perhaps ironically) ‘a large one.’ — 3. That is from the 
platform out onto the floor in order to sing as liwaleq before the spectators. 
— 4. -qum'iaq instead of -gim'ioq ‘stuck’ i. e. cleaved fast like a wolf-fish 
(Kuannia, Sufia). 
No. 212. Moved In Amongst New Compatriots. 
Tupaaja. 
Refrain: qaja‘ja‘je’ 
aa wa uwa 1 I sway hither and thither. 
oqum’in:a’”suarme* 2 With the wind right astern, indeed, 
liesüa'na'suarme® 3 We sailed along with a fair breeze, indeed, 
