NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY ROTH. 373 



(liulai-a gura dalinhakabaya bobo-we gura bol)u 



go and tlirow (themselves) down ground-on and soil 



danibanbar niangal-nda, gura tamal-nda galmba bobo dabellnl. 

 tln-ow hands-witb, and feet-witb too ground kick. 



Gura bama mala svudyego kaimbahnbal. Dirainggur ngii 

 And man guilt}' vebemently (tliey) scold. Old men 



galmba ungga batcheltchil warka. Gura dana galmba gari 



also cry ciy very. But they too not 



yimidir ungga-\ve-go, gari bama kaimbahnbal, galmba gari 

 similar crying-witli, iiot man scold, also not 



bobo-we dalmbakabaya gura mangal-nda dodi danajigango 



ground-on throw (themselves) and hands-with body their-own 

 galmba gari kundandal. Galmba gari bama unggawe-go 



too not strike. Also (tliey) not men crying-foi- 



kaimbahnbal. Garkcj bera dana bama mala, mako-badaigi > 



scold. By-and-bj'e certaiiily they man guilty, always 



ganil-nda kaimbahnbal. Ungga katabatega pitaigo dana 

 song-with scold. Cry having broken a little they 



gamai-ga dudara. Gura dodi danangan-go durng-gahig-gal ; 



white-clay for go ((juick). And body their smear ; 



(Hrainggur galmba gamai-nda durng-gahig gal mundal-go. (ilura 



old men too white clay with smear some only. And 



ngamu, peba bm-la duyu-wego ungga Ijatchil-budo, burlangau 

 mother, father both the dead-for ciy cry-indeed, them both 

 gamai bamal mandendi, garko burla durlng-galng gaya 



clav men fetch, by-and-bye those two smear each other 



gamai-budongo yitar kambogo-we gura dodi-we galmba. 



clay-much ])ut head-on and body-on too. 



Bama yaba bieni garka-ngun diral nangu-nga 



Man elder-brotlier died, younger-brother l>y wife him-of 



<lamalmal : iiuhi ngando bama yenfhi-me-gal bur-ngal-ngaya, 

 speai's : li<' women men others-before will pull 



yerka-ngu. Kalka nangun-ga 3'ei'ka yendu-mun karbalbal, 



boy's on account of. Speai- his own l)oy another-by hold, 

 ngando gari dama-tinu. Ngalan iigurku pulega dana ninia 

 woman not shall throw. Sun evening falling tliey gra\e 



garbarenggo bakalkal, galbaigo y(jku daba bandendil wahnba 

 middle in right dig h)ng wood sticks cut platform 



nga(hi-galbaigo 3'itarnu-ngo, dikan galmba bur-ngal-ngal 



(knee-extended, ?'.r".) in a line put-to, grass also pull, 



wahnba- wego ngada-galbaigo nandiur ngaranu-ngo bodu 

 platform-for in a line resting-place spread-by, bark 



galmba mandendi wanggar-mun baitchai'-nu. Daku namo-dir 

 also fetch abuve-fnjm to cover. Things there-with 



