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a specimen of the nabrative style.
FIRST PART OF A WIDELY KNOWN TRADITIONAL TALE,
PENNED BY A NATIVE OF GREENLAND.
(1) Oqalugtuaq Qagssagssuk. niip (2) kangiane (3) qorqume
The Tale: Kagsagsuk. East of Nuk at Korok
(4) ukiveqartut (5) sikrtiaraut (6) imaerutdhigo
those who wintered usually were icebound, making it devoid of open
(7) igdlume igdloqatigU (8) ilait atantshnik
sea. In a house the housefellows some of them having one
(9) ernigdlit, arna (10) ndparame toquvoq; dma kingorna angutd
son, his mother as she fell sick died; also afterwards his father
(11) toqngivoq side ermnguat (12) mikisunguaq (13) igdlogatdta
died still their little son a baby their housefellow
(14) nagdliginermit (15) ernersiartdrd (16) per orm rumavdlugo
out of mercy made him his fosterson intending to bring him
(17) ajungitsidnarnik (18) atissaqartitdlagulo nerissaqart’tpa
up, only good clothes making him have and food making him have,
(19) asanermitdlo angutisidta (20) qiarqungitdlumardlugo
and out of love his fosterfather letting him feel no cold at all
sordlo nangmineq qitornane kisa ukiut mardluk qdngiuput side
just as his own child. At length two winters had passed, still
(21) agdlhningitsoq Visa angutisidta (22) asavdluarungnailerpd
be not growing a bit larger, at last his fosterfather began ceasing
agdlineq (23) ajormat ildne qajartor-
really to love him, as he was not good for growing. Once
kayak-dlune tikikame nuliaminut ningagsuleriarame
ing, as he came home, upon his wife as he began being harsh,
oqarpoq (24): unakasik agdlineq (25) ajukasigpoq — una (26) agtamut
he said: that nasty one to grow he is unable — he, on the dust
igeqiuk! (27) nidiata ndkigalugo igikumdngild.
hill throw him! His wife pitying him would not throw him out.
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