Introduction-E

ataatagiik piqatituariilirillutik.
Once again the father and daughter were alone
ammailaak arnaq nulianiktuqtauvakkannilirilluni.
and once again the woman was often courted,
suli narruvak&uni nuliaqtaarumajuugaluanik.
but she still rejected those who wanted her as a wife.
tikittuqa&&aqpuq angijuttiavaaluuqquujilluni
Then there arrived someone who appeared to be nicely big;
arnaullu angutittiavaaluuqquujigigilluniuk.
the woman also thought that he seemed to be handsome.
qisingnik annuraaqsimalluni
He was dressed in sealskin,
iggaanginnaq&unilu
he never took off his goggles
qajarminillu niulaurani.
and he never got out of his qajaq.
angutittiavauqquujininganugguuq uinigumasuittuup
narruginngirulutainnaqpaa.
Because he seemed to be handsome, so they say, the one-who-never-wanted-to-marry
finally did not reject him.
asuilaak nuliaqtaarijaujumatillugu angirulutainnarmat
aullarujjauvuq.
And so, when she at last agreed to be taken as a wife, she was taken away.
aullaqsimaqsaliqtillugik qikiqtalinnamik uitaarijaa
quijaqturumaliqpuq.
After they had been gone for a while and they got to an island, her new husband wanted
to urinate.
niupalaagaajjungmat niurlaalungik naittullaaluuk;
When he finally got around to getting out, his ugly tiny legs were disgustingly short;
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