Introduction-E

nattiup aksaqqungit qimminnguani iksinnaqpasaaq&unigit.
not even tidying up her “dogs” made from the humerus of seals.
inillaksimattialituarmat ningaurulua asianik anumik
As soon as she had put herself nicely to bed, her “awful son-in-law,” taking up another
harness
miqsarniaqtaminik tigusilluni unikkaasivuq:
he was going to sew, began to tell the story:
“taissumaniujakallammarialuk inuit
aullaarumaliraangamik
“Quite a long, long time ago, whenever people were wanting to travel,
igluminiinginnarlutiujunnaqpalauqsimagaluarmata.
they could indeed remain in their own iglus.
tavvaguuq aullaarumaliraangamik sunaluktaat
naksarumajatik iglumi
So there it was: whenever they wanted to travel [with] all the various
things in the iglu they wanted to take along,
iluanuaqtiqtainnarilauq&unijjuk, iglirmullu
qakiurattiatuinnaulauq&utik
having put them all inside, [and] everyone having climbed up onto the
sleeping bench,
ingirrasijumaliraangamik iglutik
uqautituinnaqpak&unijjuk aullaarumanirminik.
when they wanted to start moving, they just told their own house of
their wish to travel.
taimanna aullaarunnaramik qimuksiriaqaqpanngittut,
Because they could travel like that, they didn’t have to travel by
dogteam;
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