Language and Folklore (Supplement). DY 
im’ara ino‘sül'une 9 If only one were young! 
mercernan ilar 10 (Then) there would be no hesitation. 
NOTES. — 5. Instead of fdt-orpoqg? I suppose he speaks of the points or 
bays of the coast. — 7. Instead of matcari- ? — 10. The same as the more 
usual mercernarun:afrpoq? ‘He would have passed any hesitation he might 
have felt in beginning an undertaking, a journey etc.’ 
No. 269. Kaiak Song. 
Majiwariaq knew this song from Oommannag on the East coast. 
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kujata” ga”’na 1 The coast of that northern country 
up there towards the north. 
Refrain: gana: Jaja IRA)? IRD? Je: (indicated by 
morcomp'uara"ko — 2 When I lost it from my sight 
ta-wale iliname 3 Then, at last, my insides 
mernerso:mitarpon — 4 Felt on a sudden quite weak. 
ашапа`‘1-ипа 5 When the Southland there 
alakantwarak:o — 6 Emerged ever so slightly (over the 
| horizon) 
(ше iliya 7 Then at last time, my insides 
puarita:mit-arpon — 8 Felt on a sudden an ever more burn- 
ing desire. 
awana alakan:iwarak:o — 9 When the southland rose before my 
sight, 
nundta: tonujutinuartine — 10 Its green soil — 
О-тгап`агзиаг puak:at-arijog— 11 The great Oommannaq, too, appeared 
in A mirage — 
iwijerajiya at'tterima:rpa: — 12 I wished soon to meet my opponent [?] 
qajak-in-ane 13 Without sparing him. 
иша`1 (ед 14 One without cheeks 
aporterterima‘rpara — 15 I wished soon by degrees to have an 
encounter with him. 
VARIANTS (Phon.). — 3 and 7. ta:wale owardle ilindle (ilirale). — 8 (15) pi- 
lapa'milarpo'r. — 9. alakaniwariara. — 10. пипаю`уипа tonojortiniwartine. — 
12. iwinarajina tikitip:o'r atititarrimarpara. 
NOTES. — 4. (cf. 8) Suff. -mi(wogq) ‘a little more’ + -t‘ar(poq) ‘with a sud- 
den force or movement’. — 8. Scil. “to encounter my opponent in the drum- 
contest.” — 10. “green” (or ‘’blue”) i. e. snowless and grassy. — 12. аНЁег-? ‘to 
touch. — 13. gajayin’ano-. — 14—15. The meaning of “an encounter without 
cheeks”, refers, according to my informant, to the custom in drum-contest of 
alternately giving each other “knocks”, cheek against cheek. The singer seems 
to express his hope for a contest without “knocks.” 
No. 270. Kaiak Song. 
Aawtaaritaa (DD and Phon). 
The informant mentioned this song as a ‘popular song’ (Цай alértana‘i). 
The phonetic text which must be assumed to be the authentic text in 
