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A ma11 calls an altlrr brotket. . . .
,, is callecl in returil . . . . .
A nlail calls a yougLgev 6vothev. .
,, is callecl in retun1 . . . . .
A ma11 caIls any sister. . . . . . . .
,, is called in return . . . . .
A woman calls ally 6rotl~ev . . . .
,, is callecl in return . . .
A woman calls an ekcZe1. sistev . . .
,, is called in return . . .
A mornan calls a youilyei. sistev .
,, is callecl in return . . .
Native xvouls.
kagog . . .
bunanl . . .
bunam . .
kagog . . .
aumag . .
hullam . .
bunam . .
nuimag . .
nunag. .
yvga$. . .
yirgag: . .
nunnag . .
Equivalents.
elder brother.
younger brothel:
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elder brother.
sister.
brother.
brother.
sistei:
eIclei sister.
younger sister.
,,
elcler sister.
A black? calls a rilnle cousin . . yirabi~g ov kuja~wg.
, 1 , . . yirabi~g-gull or. kitjarug-gun. . 0
2% is called in return . . . . . yirabig-gun or kqi~b-gun,
he ., . . . . . yirabilg or ki~ji~ug. J -
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Grcind relationships.
A gra~~clchildt calls a yl.a/~cficctlie~., ancl is called by him naijog.
,> ,, jkthev's ?laother, ,, ,, her kummi.
,. , vzoflter's ,, ), :, ,, baibug.
t lJThether male or female.
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A nlail calls his z~'?f;J, llis roi$e's sistev, and some others . iiubu&g~ull.
,; is caIled by them in ret~~rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . nubug.
A man calls his zoqe'sfi-cther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w6men.
,, calIs his zoij%'s wzotl~er. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bogai
,, is called by then1 in retnnl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w6mell.
Other terms for relations-in-law are-xveog, &urnbug, yambGru.
Sucli relatio~~sliil)~ are rery complicated, and require to be specially
investigated.
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TVheil there is no specific term for a relationship, the teims for
'brother' ancl 'sister' are used ; for instance-a gvent-yvnndfatl8er
is callecI kagog, 'elder brother,' ancI in reply to a male he says
bunam, 'youilger brother.'
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THE UINYUNG DIALECT.
11. THE VOCABULARY.
JLro'o-,.ck, Pllmses, ancl Seizte)rces zisetd by the Xiizyzcly Ill~iCe.
1. WORDS AND PHRASES.
(The verbs are given iu their sholtest fonil, the impe~ntire.)
Berrin-the south, the south people ; e.y., beminb+to the sontli;
cf. kokin-the north, the north people ; e.g., kokiugiil -from
the north. Tlle aborigines 011 the ~icl~iuond River call the
Clareilce River ' Be rr in,' ancl the Tv-eecl 'K okin'; bnt, to
those on the Txveecl River, the Ricll~llo~lcl is 'B er ria,' anil the
Logail is ' Koki~~' Bimlug--an ear ; e.g., binnugma-make to hear ; tell ; ailswrl..
Bii-ra-to cast through.
Birr&-fiy away ; e.g., birryalen Aarrig-crossed over.
Bugge-fall ; it is sometimes ecluivalent to 'go~le away ' 02. ' disappearecl';
as, inji buggeloro mibin kurrilbo mairabo l
' where have all the blacks beell this long time '? If the inlperative
el~cls in c (as bugga), the morcl means 'kick,' ' stamlj,'
' leave a mark,' as a foot-piinf. In the Pi~~ipai dialect, spoke11
by the iiatives on the Hastings River, bu ggeil lneans ' killed,
for they say bullno butail bu ggen, 'he killed a black snake.
In Minyug nyngga bukkoye11 illeails 'the suu lrns risen,'
nyrrgga bukgen, 'the suil has set'; bat with this com13arr tilt
Brisbane dialect, which says piki bog, ' the sun is cleacl.'
Buggo-(1) a native shielcl ; (a) the tree from which it is made.
Bi~jibuyai-a swallow. Buj&rebin--a daisy. B-Jigun-a quiet
girl. Byjiro-quiet ; e. y, yisan bujim, ' wh~p-silakes (are)
harmless.
Btl,iirh, Bujai-Abo-nlorning.
Bujare, Bujaro-b~~jaro-this morllhg, just before claybrealc.
Buji, bajin-a little piece ; bujigan-intolittle pieces.
Euma or burnga-strike, beat, fight, kill by fighting.
This is gi*obably a cleri~ative from bugge, just as wig, the
nouil fdi, ' work,' becomes wamma, the verb ' to mork.'
Barre-the top of a tree; with this compare 6ulle, 'the barrel' ut
'trunk' of a tree ; maian, ' tlle root '; herrug, ' the branches ';
kunyal, ' tbeleaves.' Culle is also a general name for a 'tree.'
It often means 'logs ' lying clown, ancl 'firewood'; e.y., kulg~
6nlle wbbiragai, cut TVOO~ for the fire.' Cerrug, besides, ib
' the open palm of the hand,' ' a bircl's claw,' 01. 'the pa7v of an
animal,' and it is the ~~arne of a constellation. Xuny al, ' leaf,'
may be allied to with ku ggal, ' an arm ' or ' wing.' W ai all
also means 'a road.' When a tree is cut clo~vil, the stu11q) is
called g unnn.