318 W. THALBITZER. 
nina‘ lua‘’meama 23 That I always was so open to jealousy, 
pate luameama (A) 24 That I always was being pounded, 
nukergi”ne wudatitua’’lua 25 That his (or her) sinews (strength) was 
always wasted on me! 
VARIANTS. — 1. Missing in A. — 2. saqilit-oa:se-n A. — 3. pinidm’e’arale A. 
— 4. ayinüam'e’arale A. aniniarmeagale €. — 5. ivt-wisanertiwa A. iwt-wswa-- 
nartiwa С. — 6. ase’na takiniwarcin'agiar. — 7. galay’ewn wa A. gajay'iwar С. 
— 8. missing in В. — 9. по'утипа sa'iånik A. — 10. pinia‘lewna A pim-iäni- 
lewna С. — 11. missing in A. apinüarmianilewna C. — 12. missing in A. — 
iti-swanärline С. — 13. tikin-ak-o A. takivnak:o С. — 14. sa’giapinarpara A. 
sa miniarnarpara С. — 15. aja arwtallülerpit В. — 16. kiäm'u9 Папа В. 
kiamun tilawna С. — 17. elerquypulakaje-a В. — 18. ak-ernile elergemulukaje:a В. 
Akernili ilergiyulukajea С. — 19. B= А. — 20. missing in A. pdatisd-™méame 
ог patisarujarmeame С. — 21. nogergine ildte-lud-neané А. nukerginik 
(nukértine) ilätiloeäimeame С. — 22. oanale qanit-imik A. — 23. niya’wlua'- 
meama A. nina lilod:-imeame С. — 24. missing in В. — 25. nugerge: ildte:- 
lua‘lua A. 
NOTES. — 1. Папа (< ila-una) is almost the same as an oath: ‘the 
devil—’ or ‘plague take it’, -he: interjection, which probably expresses vexa- 
tion or self-irony. — 5. Cf. WGr. iz‘up'oq ‘has bad (sick) eyes.’ During the 
spring the natives suffer greatly from snow-blindness. — 7. Cf. WGr. gajaw- 
saq “model of a kaiak, or a toy kaiak’ -p'ewlar < -n‘ua- ‘small’ and -usaq 
‘resembling, similar to. Perhaps, though, A's form is more correct; the 
meaning then would be: “The little kaiak over there.” — 8. < kit-uiaq ‘sea- 
weed (edible) (Sufia, Kuannia = sut-uitoq) and -n-er- ‘eagerly desirous of, 
-in‘ar- ‘always, continually’, -ua‘r- ‘incessantly. Cf. WGr. kiwz'uiwoq < ki- 
piwa: ‘cuts it” — 12-13. The meaning is as follows: “As soon as I had dis- 
covered that he had poor eyes or was snow-blind.” According to Sufia the 
singer in this characterizes his opponent as one who cannot at present catch 
seal. — 16. АГатиь probably instead of kiam-ut. — 16-17. The transition seems 
rather sudden here. An answer from the other seems missing (“Yes, just so!” 
ог is that perhaps the meaning of ila‘wna?) after which the singer speaks 
of the man to whom the other is to go. — 17-18. ilergiula- cf. WGr. ilerqoq 
and -rujuk or -ruluk. — 19 (22). ganit‘imik cf. no. 206, = WGr. ganortume? It 
means perhaps rather, in combination with the infix -mea- in the following 
verb: ‘how did it happen and what a pity it was that —! — 21 (25). nukerqit 
1) sinews, sinew thread, 2) bodily strength. — ИаЁеша- cf. WGr. ildtserpoq 
‘is untidy, careless of his person’; with transitive suffix: ‘wastes it; lets it 
decay.’ -ша`г- = WGr. -tuar(poq), -Juar(pog) ‘continually.’ 
