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Xectiolz 3.
Palcoai-kan bag n~oron Ir alii~n? ' in-what-mannner-of-beiug
I life ~~411-be-in-a-state-of '? i e., ' how can I be alive.'
Gurrulla boll Yirimal~iug, Iethunug Iirithtnug, 'hear
him, the Lord Jesus Christ.'
hforoll gai y a bi kin fin, ' life then thou wilt-be-in-a-state-of.'
Gatun lrirrikin ta tempel kako, 'and the-veil it-is the
temple-at.'
Piir -1iullbin b ulwa k o a, 'rent-of-its-orrn-l)ower in-the-midst,
in-order-to-be.'
IVoklia-kabirug unta-lio baran-tako, 'fronlthe top thence
to the bottom '; lit, 'up-from there-to down-to.'
=The peculiarity of the verbal form of yiir, 'a rent,'--so
called from the noise of a piece of cloth when tearing,--is shewn
in the following specimen :-
Tiir- kullbhl~, ' rent,' 'has rent' of itself, of its own power.
Y iir-bu 6-g a, ' rent,' some person has.
Piir-burrba, 'rent,' some instrunlent has.
Tiir -lag, ' rent,' is declaratively.
Tiir -wirrka, 'rent,' some lnotion has rent ; as n-hen a flag, or
a sail of a ship flapping in the wind, is rent.
Thus, without a clear idea of the nature of the roots of the
afiixes, no one could understand the difference of the five kinds
of ' rending.'
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Corn9outzd TVo~*ds.
Like the Nortli America11 Indians, although to a less extent,
our aborigines hare long composite words in their langua~e.
For instance, to express the abstract idea contained in the Ellglls!~
word 'lust,' they would say ko tilliyarakaigearWa, 'our
evil thiuking '; and for the contrary iden, ko tillililurrarii-
kearfinba, 'our good thinking.' Xow, either of these words,
-shell pronounced, appears to be but one word, whereas each con-
tains three n-ords combined, namely :-
(1.) Kotilli (from simple root kot), ' the act of tliinliit~g ' ;
'(?.) .&earfinba, 'belonging to us '; (3.) yaraliai, ' eril'; murrarag,
'good.' From the root liot come the forms, ko tillilio,
ijt$a., 'to think,' kotau,pves indic.,liotiili~n, fuf. iltdic.,liotta,
past indie, liotillin, pves. part., kotilliela, past ycrrticipTe.
Again, such a word as tiirburrkabi~nbilliko, ' topernlit to
be torn,' is made up of tiir, a root which expresses the idea of
tearinv -b urrba, the verbal particle of instrumeiitnl agency,
-bfi n,O'pemiit,' -illi, the formative of a verbal noun, and -kc,
for the purpose of.' And so also with other examples.
DIALECTS. 119
FLTREE AU8TBALlAAT ABORIGIATAL DIALECTS,
SHOWIXG THEIR AFFIXITIT TVITIK EACH OTHER.
1. Eastergt Austvalia (Threlkeld) ; 2. rSiozrtA Wester~t Azcsfra7in
(Captain Grey's TTocabulary) ; 3. Sout7~ Australin (Teichelm~lnl~).
I (emphatic)-1. Gatoa ; 2. Ganya ; Rad jo ; Gaii.
Thon-1. Gintoa; 2. Ginnei; 3. Ninna.
IVe-1. GQen ; 2. Gankel; 3. Gadlu.
Ye-1. Nura; 2. Nurag; 3. Na.
They-1. Bara ; 2. Balgftu ; 3. Barna.
We two (dual)-1. Ball; 2. ; 3. Gadlnkurla.
Ye two-1. Bula; 2. Bulala; 3. Ni~~adlukurln.
This (emphatic)-1. Gali; 2. Gali ; 3. Gadlu.
That (emphatic)-1. Gala ; 2. Gala ; 3. Parla.
Who?-1. Gall?; 2. Gan?; 3. Ganlla?
Who (is the agent)-1. Ganto ?; 2. G,indo 7; 3. Ganto?
Wliose?-1. Galmug?; 2. Gannog?; 3. Gaityurlo? '
To strike (imperative)-1. Bun,&; 2. Buma; 3. Bumandi.
To be wroth-1. Bukka ; 2. Bnkkan ; 3. Tagknrro.
Yes (assent)-1. E-e; 2. E-ee; 3. Ne.
011 account of?-1. -tin lie?; 2. -gin ge?; 3. birm.
rCold-l. Kurkur ; 2. Gurgal; 3. Manyapaianna.
Heat-1. Karrol ; 2. Iiallarruk ; 3. Wottita.
IVhere?-1. TVoiiti? ; 2. TVinji? ; 3. TITanti?
To tear (pves.)-1. Tiiran ; 2. Jiran; 3. Parurendi.
Presently-1. Kabo ; 2. Kaabo ; 3. Gaiinni; Pagadti.
To take (imperative)-1. Mars ; 2. Mara ; 3. AIarrar.
More-1. Bati; 2. Mate; 3. Muinmo.
Go q uic kly-1. lVollsl,wol!ag ; 2. TVelan~ella& ; 3. TVil.rsuanna.
To see-1. Nakilli ; 2. Nago ; 3. Nakkondi.
To blonr (i.e.,puff)-1. Bolllbilli; 3. Bob011; 3. Bfintondi.
To fly-1. Burkilli; 2. Burdag ; 3.
To speak-1. Wiyelli; 2. TITagon; 3. IVagoncli.
Water (fresh)-l. Kokoin; Bato ; 2. Konrin ; Badto; 3. KOITI.
Dung (excrement)-1. Konug; 2. Konug ; 3. ICudna.
The tongue-i. Tullun; 2. Tallug ; 3. Tadlaga.
The throwing stick-1. Tt-ommara ; 2. Meern ; 3. 3Ieedla.
Smoke-1. Poito ; 2. Buyu; 3. Poiyu.
Wood-1. Kiilai ; 2. Kalla ; 3. Karla.
The hand-1. Matlara; 2. Mars; 3. Nurra.
The ribs-1. Narra ; 2. Narra; 3. Tinninya.
The toes-1. Tinnn ; 2. Tjenna; 3. Tidna.
A crow (from its cry)-1. Wakun, 2. Quaggun; 3. KUI.
The mind-1. Wibbi; Wippi; 2. 3. Tlrnit@