Introduction-E

amirangatitut taimaittuummat piijaruluujaqtaulittiarlugu
attarilugu ikajuutikuluummat;
and [you must] try not to peel it off accidentally. Be very careful because it is our helper;
nalligilugu taimaigialik. mitautigivanngillugu nalligittiarlugu.
care for it; that’s how it should be done. Do not make fun of them; love them.
ikajuqtikulugimmagu imaup.
They are the helpers from the sea.
uattiaru ataataga unikkaaqpalaummijuugaluaq tainnaguuq
taimaittuminiq qukiqsilauqtuviniq.
A long time ago my father told me a story, that a person had shot one on purpose.
qajangata sivua tigutuinnaqtaq Taliillajuumut
imaaqtitaulauqtuviniumijuq.
His qajaq was taken by the front by a Taliilajuuq and tipped over.
taimaangikkua akiniarunnaqturjuaraaluummata
They can also fight back if they are treated cruelly.
mitautigijariaqanngillarimmata upinnarani inuummata, imaup
inukulungit
They are not to be treated this way, because they are living beings, the people of the sea.
ikajuqtiqutillarialuit. imaaguuliqtumik ikajuqtiummata makua
inuuniaqtuujarunnaiqtutik,
They can help. If someone has fallen into the water they can help. Even if the person
might have died in the water,
imaaqtuviniit inuusuungummata taimaittunut kisiani.
ukiukkulli imaaluaq,
the Taliilajuuq saves them, saved only by the Taliilajuuq. In the winter, we do not
qaujijuqarmagaat tusalauqsimanngittunga
tusaumajuqaqtussaummijuugaluaq asinnit.
hear about them that often. I have never heard about them, but maybe someone else did.
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