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aningagiik:<br />

Brother and Sister Legends:<br />

kukilingiattiaraaluit<br />

The ones with long nails<br />

Alexina Kublu<br />

ukiarmat igluqarnaqsitillugu aningagiik pisuk&utik aullaqpuuk.<br />

When the fall came and it became the season to build iglus, the brother and sister<br />

departed on foot.<br />

unnuliqtillugu qarmarijaujumut tikiutigamik aninganga<br />

One evening they arrived at an occupied qarmaq and the brother<br />

tangmaaqsaliqpuq.<br />

started making preparations to stay the night.<br />

imiruktualuugami najangani taakkununga imiisuquvaa.<br />

Because the brother was very thirsty, he asked his sister to get some water from those<br />

inside.<br />

najanganga paamuarami ilummut tuq&ulalluni,<br />

When his sister came to the entrance, she shouted,<br />

“qammaat, qammaat aningama imiisuqtimmanga.”<br />

“You in there, you in there, my aninga has sent me to fetch some water.”<br />

taqqamanngat kiujaulluni, “katakput, katakput<br />

kutuktualuungmat<br />

From within she was answered, “Our entrance, our entrance, it is dripping.<br />

kinguppirlutit isirit, akkutit makpirlugit.”<br />

Come in backwards, after putting up the tails of your parka.”<br />

kinguppiaqturluni isiqujaugami kinguppiaqtuq&uni isisivuq<br />

akuni<br />

Because she was requested to enter backwards, she did as she was told, with<br />

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