Introduction-E
Introduction-E
Introduction-E
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uinigumasuittuq<br />
She who never wants<br />
to get married<br />
Alexina Kublu<br />
arnaqtaqalauqsimavuq uinillualiraluarmat<br />
nulianiktuqtauvaktumik.<br />
There was once a woman of marriageable age who was frequently wooed.<br />
nulianiktuqtulimaaraaluit narrugivak&unigit.<br />
She rejected all the suitors.<br />
tikittuqarivuq suluvvautalingmik qajaqtuqtumik tuktunik<br />
annuraaqsimalluni<br />
Then there arrived a man with his hair in a forehead topknot, a qajaqer, wearing caribou<br />
clothing.<br />
sunauvva pangniq, ammailaak taanna narrugijaugilluni.<br />
As it turned out, he was a bull caribou, and once again this one too was rejected.<br />
taimanna nulianiktuqtauvassuujaq&uni<br />
uinigumasuittuluaraaluungmat<br />
So, because she was wooed for a long time but never wanted to get married,<br />
uinigumasuittuuniraqtauliq&uni.<br />
they started calling her “She who never wants to get married.”<br />
ataatangata ninngautigamiuk uinigumasuittuuninganik<br />
Her father became angry with her because of her unwillingness to get married<br />
qimmirminik uitaaquliq&uniuk qikiqtaliarutillunigiglu.<br />
and told her to take her dog as a husband, taking them off to an island.<br />
qimmiriik qikiqtamiissuujaliq&utik,<br />
The woman and the dog were on the island for a long time.<br />
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