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Medicinal. — 



Bur um kul will, kal ert i wan, war ra wor up, tang nan. 

 Weapons. — 



Bur gan bur gan, bur gil bur gil, pan ar yle, tool i merin, 



woor un, berry yung, tir ba twe bin. 

 Utensil. — 



Woor un. 

 Honey Plant. — 



Woor ike. 

 Plaything. — 



Wy ett. 

 Seasonal, — 



Weto mel len, gen in ee moon goon. 

 Ornamental. — 



Kan berr. 

 Doubtful. — 



Daa], tre tal, tabun gin, waar, boe boe, pooi booy, mori 



yoke, murr e yuke, kadse kadsek. 



Where two or more names for the one plant are given, it will 

 usually be found to apply to specific uses of it. 



The syllables of the several plant names are comparatively 

 few and simple, and are for the most part variations of the 

 following : — 



bo be ba mo wo we wa 



ber bal mer mol wil 



pim 



bik 



bin wan 



ko 



kom kur kul 



kad (?) 



gen ngarn 



de ta ne 



tal ter nel ner 



tang nan 



ra 



rum reep lup 



ruk luk lang 



ran 



yurt 



yep 



yang 



Apart from the absence of sibilants, there is little unusual 

 in this collection of sounds. They are the simple sounds 

 common to all languages, and fairly representative of the 

 restricted range of speech. If, however, language is, as Tylor 



