Introduction-E
Introduction-E
Introduction-E
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taakkua pingasut imaup iqqanganiittuinnauliq&utik<br />
These three are now on the sea floor,<br />
uinigumasuittuvinirlu ataatangalu qimmingalu<br />
the woman who was Uinigumasuittuq, her father and her dog.<br />
taimanngat ukpirniqtaalaunnginninginnit<br />
Since then, until they acquired Christianity,<br />
tuqujut inuttiavaunninngittaraangata takannaaluup ataataaluata<br />
whenever people who had not lived well died, they found themselves<br />
nanurautialuata iluanunii&&utik<br />
qinukkaqsimajaalugilauqtillunigit<br />
inside the horrible bearskin belonging to the nasty father of that ghastly person down<br />
there, where he made them go through agonies<br />
kisiani ullurmiunuarunnaqsitainnaqpaktuviniit<br />
until finally they were able to go to the land of the Ullurmiut, the people of the day.<br />
qanuiliurluqattarningit angijualuujaraangata<br />
akuniuniqsauvak&utik<br />
Whenever they had done many evil things, they stayed (there) longer.<br />
arnarli takannaaluulajauvaktuq aggaqannginirminut<br />
But because the woman whom they called Takannaaluk (the horrible one down there)<br />
had no fingers<br />
illairunnangimmat nujangit ilaqqajualuuliqpak&utik.<br />
she wasn’t able to (use a) comb, and so her hair became tangled.<br />
ilaqqalualiraangat imarmiuttat nujanginni nigaviqqaliqpak&utik.<br />
Whenever her hair got tangled, sea-mammals became entangled in it.<br />
nigaviqqajualuuliraangamik puijunnaillivak&utik<br />
puijunnaillijaraangata<br />
Whenever they became entangled, they could no longer surface, and whenever they<br />
could no longer surface<br />
160 <strong>Introduction</strong> to the Oral Traditions