Editorial note — ETHNOLOGY OF THE UNGAVA DISTRICT, HUDSON BAY TERRITORY. (continued 6)

Names and words in indigenous languages may be written as separate syllables (Sû hi´ nĭ myut), in hyphenated form (Sû-hĭ-nĭ-myut), or as unified words (Sûhĭnĭmyut)—sometimes within the same paragraph. These forms have not been regularized.

Inconsistent formatting of figure captions, with or without dash, and inconsistent casing of Index entries, is unchanged.

“They [the Nenenot] assert that their original home was in a country to the west [of the Ungava peninsula], north of an immense river, and toward the east lay an enormous body of salt water. The former was supposed to be the St. Lawrence river and the latter to be Hudson bay.”

This passage is obviously wrong but has been left unchanged rather than guess at the author’s intent.

wolverine : wolverene spelling changes partway through the article, with almost no overlap; the Table of Contents generally does not match the main text

spirt used consistently

carcases (plural) more common that “carcasses”

Innuit always written with double nn

For comparison purposes, here are some words from the “Koksoagmyut” section of the article, along with the forms used in modern dictionaries (Spalding, based in Aivilik, and Schneider, based partly in Ungava).

myut “literally ‘those that dwell at or in’” suffix miut, plural of miuq

from description of shaman doll

agówak (part of shaman’s belt) arnguaq (charm, amulet)

ĭnug´-wak, e´nog ang´, inugwak (doll, little man) inunnguaq: inuk with suffix nnguaq (something that resembles X; a toy X)

kak-cung´-unt “belt of polar-bear skin (kak-cung´-unt)” (It is unclear whether this word—which is linguistically impossible—is intended for the belt or the skin. The word kauk means the skin of a walrus, or any other thick-skinned animal.)

tu-a´-vi-tok “hastener” verb root tuavik-

tung ak; tung wa´gn “the great spirit” tuurngaq (spirit, ghost)

from description of “dominoes” game

(The two occurrences of ï in this section may be errors for ĭ, short i.)

Á ma zu´ a lát (name of game) amisuralaaq

“ka miú tik (sled)” qamutiik (literally a pair of sled runners, qamut);

“kaiak (canoe), kalé sak (navel), á ma zut (many)” qajaq, qalaasiq, amisut

“a taú sïk (1), má kok (2), pïng a sut (3), si tá mût (4), and tá li mat (5)” atausi, marruuk, pingasut, sitamat, tallimat

others (in alphabetical order)

á va tuk “large sealskin float” avatuq

iglugiak, ig lú ge ak, iglu gheak (snow house) may be igluvigaq (snow house, esp. an abandoned snow house)

iti´vûk “the other, farther, distant side (of a portion of land)” itivik

ka sig yak “harbor seal” qasigiaq (ranger or freshwater seal)

ki lĭn´ĭk “cut, incised” verb root kiliq-

ki´gĭktag´myut “island people” qikiqtaq

ku-mé-u-tîk “that which removes lice” based on kumak (louse)

nakvak “meaning ‘found‘” verb root nagvaaq- (to find by accident)

ohak “often pronounced Okak” uqaq

pŭnŭk “An instrument termed snowknife” pana

pu-ghu´-tak (dish for oil or food) puugutaq

sû hi´ nûk (the sun) siqiniq

tass´iyak “like a lake” based on tasiq (lake)

tá hak (shadow) taqaq