Greenlandic roll translation

Many thanks to Birgit Pauksztat for the literal translations.

Birgit writes:

1. Innaqatsineq: Lying in the back from innar- lying down (on one's back)
2. palluussineq: lying on one's belly from pallor- leaning forward, lying on the belly
3. kinguffik paarlallugu/ nerfallaallugu: kingu- capsize kinguffik place where one capsizes paarla- shifting sth, crossing sth nerfallar- lying down on one's back => coming up on the other side (??), on one's back
4. pakassummillugu unermillugu: pakassuk underarm uneq armpit => (holding the paddle) touching it on underarm and armpit
5. siukkut pallortillugu masikkut: masikkut = masik and -kkut => leaning forward, at the masik
6. Kingumut naatillugu: naati- hold to, hang up on, get stuck => holding (the paddle) backwards
7. aariammillugu: aariak the area between the shoulder blades => touching the area between the shoulder blades
8. kingup apummaatigut: apummaq gunwale -gut a form of kkut (via, through) (this is a possessor-possessed-construction, with a postposition (kkut) added) => (holding the paddle) at the stern-gunwale
9. siukkut tunusummillugu: tunusuk neck => forward, touching one's neck
10. kingukkut tunusummillugu: backward, touching one's neck
11. paatip kallua tuermillugu illuinnarmik: paatik paddle kallu the bone/... insets on the paddle blade (at the tip and/ or at the side of the paddle) paatip kallua the kallu of the paatik tueq shoulder illuninnarmik only (-innar-) using (-mik) one arm (illu, verbatim: one of them) => using only one arm, with the paddle touching the shoulder
12. qiperuussineq paatit ammorluinnaq: qiperuussineq, a noun, from a verb stem qiperuussi-, indicating a sculling movement ammut down +luinnaq precisely, truely ammorluinnaq straight vertically => sculling with paddle vertically
13. masikkut aalatsineq: aalatsi- making paddling movements (is sweep the right English technical term?)=> paddling at the masik
14. tallip paarlatsillugit paateqarluni/ masikkut: tallip is a spelling mistake, should be tallit, which is the plural form of taleq arm paateqarluni: with a paddle; if you take this apart: paatik paddle, then -qar have (and because of the sound rules that apply here, the i in paatik becomes an e because of the q that follows), and -luni a verb form indicating a 3rd person singular subject which is the same as the subject in the main clause => holding the paddle with arms crossed, at the masik
15. qaannap ataatigut ipilaarlugu: qaannap from qajaq ataa its underside qaannap ataatigut under the kayak ipilaarlugu turning/rotating sth => rotating (the paddle) under the kayak
16. pallortillugu assakaaneq: assakaaneq a noun from the verb assakaa- rolling (this is the movement that a wheel would make – just round and round and round) => forward rolling
17. nerfallarlugu assakaaneq: rolling, lying on one's back
18. avataq isserfiup taqqaanut qaannap sinarsuanut qilerullugu: avataq bladder isserfiup genvitive form of isserfik, which is the cross beam immediately behind/ under the ring taqqaq deckline -nut postposition, meaning to, toward isserfiup taqqaanut to the deckline at the isserfik/ right behind the ring sinarsuk edge qaannap sinarsuanut to the kayak's side qileru- bind sth => with an avataq bound/ fastened to the deckline at the isserfik at the side of the kayak (i.e., as opposed to putting the avataq on the aft deck of the kayak)
19. norsamik masikkut: with a norsak at the masik (forward)
20. norsamik kingukkut: with a norsaq, backwards
21. norsamik nerfallaallugu: with a norsaq, lying on one's back
22. assammik masikkut: assak hand => with a hand, forward
23. assammik kingukkut: with a hand, backwards
24. assammik nerfallaallugu: with a hand, lying on one's back
25. assak peqillugu: (qilerlugu/ poorlugu) peqi- bending sth; in combination with assak: making a fist qiler- binding poor- wrapping up => making a fist (binding it/ wrapping it)
26. ujaqqamik tigummisserluni: ujaqqamik, from ujarak stone, and -mik which in this case indicates that the stone is an object to the (intransitive) verb that follows tigummisser- holding in one's hand, and +luni, as above, indicates a 3rd person singular subject that is the same as the subject in the main clause => holding a stone in one's hand
27. ikusaannarmik niaqoq/ pukusuk patillugu: ikusaannarmik only (-innaq-, here annaq because of preceding vowel) with (-mik) the elbow (ikusik) niaqoq head pukusuk neck pati- touching sth, supporting sth => only with the elbow, touching the head/ neck
28. tallit paarlatsillugit timaannarmik: tallit paarlatsillugit with arms crossed, see explanation 14 timaannarmik only with the body, from timi body, innaq only, and +mik with, using; the final i of timi and first i of innaq became a because of vowel rules => crossing the arms, only with the body
29. pusilluni paarneq: pusi- turning the kayak upside down paarneq noun from the verb paar- paddle => paddling with the kayak turned upside down
30. nusutsinneq kinngunani iluarisamut: nusutsinneq a noun from the verb pulling (nusu-); the tsi makes the transitive verb (a verb that takes an object) into an intransitive one (that takes no object) kinngunani without capsizing, from kinngu- capsize, with the ending -nani which is the negative version of the verb ending luni, indicating a third person singular subject (same as in main clause) that does not do what the verb indicates – in this case, does not capsize iluarisamut I think this can be translated as as long as possible, ie, up to the point at which it is (still) ok for the person who is pulled; from the verb iluari- agree, accepting, with saq the object that the person agrees with, and -mut to => pulling as long as possible without capsizing

The late John Heath is credited with making the original list of Greenland rolls available outside of Greenland