Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies. James Mooney

      XIV. Playing at Ball

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      XV. Playing at Ball

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      XVI. From Parry

      Second Voyage, p. 542, Iglulik

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      XVII. From Lyon

      Private Journal, p. 135, Iglulik

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      XVIII. From Kane

      Arctic Explorations. The Second Grinnell Expedition, I, p. 383.

       From Ita, Smith Sound

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      XIX. From Bessels’s Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition

      p. 372

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      Glossary

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      As in the original text, χ in Glossary entries is shown in ordinary (not small-capped) type: Eχaluq, Eχaluit.

Eskimo Words Used, with Derivations and Significations

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A E I K M N O P Q S T U

A.

      Adlipar´miut, the inhabitants of the country farthest below; from at, below; -lirn, being in a certain direction; -pāng, superlative; -mio (plural, -miut), inhabitant of.

      A´dlirn, a small lamp on the floor of the hut; from at, below; -lirn, being in a certain direction.

      Adli´vun, those beneath us; from at, below; -lirn, being in a certain direction; -vun, possessive first person plural.

      A´gdlag, black bear.

      Agdliaq, a small spear; from ake-, across; -dlivoq, he provides with; -aq, past participle.

      Ag´girn, a species of duck (Anas glacialis).

      Aiss´ivang, spider.

      A´jang, beam of kayak; from ajaq-, to support.

      Aja´rorpoq, he plays the game cat’s cradle.

      Aje´gaung, a game.

      Ajokitarpoq, a game.

      Ajuktaq´tung, batting the ball.

      Akparaik´tung, hook for preventing the loss of harpoon.

      Akud´nang, paddle handle; from ako, middle.

      A´kuk, lateral strips of wood used in boat; from ako, middle.

      A´lirn, harpoon line.

      A´maroq, wolf.

      A´ming, skin of land animals, cover of boat and kayak.

      Ang´akoq, a magician, conjurer.

      Angakunirn, the art of the angakoq.

      Ang´akut, plural of angakoq.

      Angiaq, spirit of a murdered child (Greenland).

      Ang´un, paddle.

      Anguta´, his father.

      Angu´vigang, lance; from anguvoq, he goes sealing with the harpoon.

      Aning´a, her brother (the moon).

      A´no, dog harness.

      A´pumang, gunwale.

      Aqo´jang, stern of kayak.

      Aqsar´dnirn, wind blowing down a valley.

      Arau´taq, snow beater (Aivillik dialect).

      Arng´oaq, amulet.

      Ase´dlun, flat receptacle for the harpoon line on kayak.

      Asimau´tang, piece of board or whalebone on which skins are cleaned.

      Atau´ta, neck of sealskin float; from atav-, to be connected.

      Audliti´ving, vault back of snow house.

      Avangna´nirn, northwestern gales along the coast of Baffin Land.

      Avau´tang, sealskin float.

      Avautapāq´, large sealskin float; from avautang, sealskin float; -pāq, superlative.

      A´vignaq, lemming.

      Aχi´girn, ptarmigan.

E.

      Eχalū´jang, carved ivory fish, used as bait; from eχaluq, salmon; -ujang, similar to.

      Eχaluq,