Introduction-E

ungavaqparaluaq&utik qaqulluruluk angirrarami,
When they had gone some distance, the fulmar arrived home,
nuliani aullarujjaujuqsiarigamiuk maliksaq&luni.
and realizing his wife had been taken, he followed.
anngutivalliajunniirami anuuraaliqtitaalugilluniuk taakkuak
ataatagiik maliksiuqtualuuliq&utik.
Because he couldn’t catch up, he made a great wind, and the father and daughter were
caught by huge waves.
kinnguniatuinnaliramik ittuup panini singi&&uniuk imaanut.
Because they were inevitably going to capsize, the old man threw his daughter into the water.
pania suuqaimma qajanganik pakiniksilluni.
Naturally his daughter grabbed hold of his qajaq.
iputiminut anaulituinnalauraluaq&uniuk savingminut aggangit
ulammaaliqpait
He hit her with his paddle, and (when that didn’t work) he chopped off her fingers.
nakapalliajut imaanuaraangamik imarmiutannguqpalliallutik.
As the parts that were chopped off fell into the water, they became the sea-mammals.
nattiqtaqaliq&unilu ugjuktaqaliq&unilu,
qilalugaqtaqaliq&unilu.
There now were seals, and square-flippers, and beluga.
arnaq kivigami imaup iqqanganirmiutauliq&uni.
When the woman sank, she became a dweller of the sea floor.
ataataa angirraqsimaliraluaq&uni atuqpaksimajaminik
Even though when her father got home
ugguarutiqaqpalliatuinnalirami nanurautiminut immusiq&uni
he was so regretful of the things he had done that, wrapping himself in his bearskin,
ulinnirmuarami ulujjauttiliq&uni.
he went to the tide-edge and waited to be engulfed.
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