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u‘narsisorquna atsakasiga un- 3 (And) she fainted, my wicked paternal 
arsisornuna aunt, I saw her faint. 
{45а pijimasa atsakasim'a 4 This is what she wished to have, my 
tås'a pijimasa' wicked paternal aunt, this is what 
she wanted. 
täs’a pljimasa' sermip iniwa 5 This is what she wished, namely, to 
ukuwarijimasa: obtain the spirit of the inland-ice 
as her daughter-in-law, 
perquy in-amej- peqatig'iwara 6 When she refused to let me have my 
ilisimasan'iwa'r- dear contemporary, my sweet little 
friend, 
perquy ivamej- asasap'iwara 7 When she set herself against my be- 
anertitan lwa'r- loved, whom I had gotten to say, 
yes. 
ux'uwarnaga'°q mamarliwin- 8 One can grow angry over it, while 
arnik nerisaqartalir:ara:m- she, alone, only eats fine food! 
kesalenet  qi°L'inig'üvanik 9 Finally it has come to the point that 
nerisaqartalerpo:n- I only live on lichens, 
kesalenet uwilug'uanik or- 10 Finally it has come to the point that 
soqartalerpo:n- I must be content with mussels as 
blubber. 
ux-uarnaqa'°q ogortuin-arnik 11 One can grow angry over it while 
alisagartalir:ara:m- she now only goes clad in warm 
fur coats. 
ux‘uarnaga°q qipegarLiy- 12 One can grow angry over it while 
in ayasaliL'ara'm- she now goes to bed under a warm 
eiderdown. 
ke'sale'n'e:! ermalisin‘iwan'uk 13 At last it has reached the point that 
qipegartalerpo'p- I must content myself with the skin 
seat in my kaiak as quilt. 
ke-salen-e't isia’tay-iwan’uk 14 Finally it has reached the point that 
akiseqartalerpo:n- I have only my kaiak pad for a 
pillow. 
NOTES. — 3. < o‘narpog ‘it is hot.’ Fainting or swooning is here evidently 
considered as due to the heat that follows with a rush of blood to the head. 
— 4. pijimasa: ‘what she wished’ i. e. ‘what served her right.’ — 5. It is un- 
certain what is the meaning of this verse (cf. р. 335). — 9. qi®r'inip'ivanik 
< qi®L'init ‘some kind of lichens or rock-moss.’ (Lichens used as charms, see 
First Part р. 103). — 13—14. ermalisaq ‘a (circular or square) piece of hard 
skin, made of the bearded seal (the same skin as used for soles), which the 
kaiak man has to sit on in the man-hole of the kaiak; the skin for his 
seat. — 14. is’ia”tag is a piece of soft skin which lies as a cover on that first 
mentioned. 
