NUinil (^ri;KNSLANI> K'lHNOfJIiAI'll V -Kd'III. 'M7 



Imkal ,ti;ura l)(4)ir diu" n.<;sulu-j;all)ai,<,n) bakalk.-il 



pierces and edo;e hole.s knee-extended (i.e. in a line) di^s 

 gumbin birbaiiu-ngo. Gura gurhiggo ganuii-nda 



string to wind on-for. And bark trougli white-clay with 

 durnggalnggal wol)a-n gahiiba (hn-nggal gurnerngurneru 

 smear red clav-with also smear piebald 



gural walu-budongo (w)unanM-iigo ; nganui-ngun 



(he) makes appearance-very l)ecome-tu ; the mother-by 



gumbin galbai-galbai wogurgur duyu kadanii-ngo. Daku 

 string very long plaits corpse to tie up-for. Things 



namodir badatega dana gurabudo barbil. 

 these finivshed they again sleep. 



Dabadal)aiga dana diiyungu biirntchirngaraya, duyu 



By sunrise they corpse-for will gather corpse 



warnganu-ngo. Manu dirainggur bera ngandongai dana 

 to take out-for. Only men of course women they 

 nimawe ngudo-kadalmul dana netchin 3'erlnggar-go ninggal 

 gra\e-in not-come they always separately sit 



nanggor daitchen-be gura ngamu yubaigo ungga 



cam}) freed from the ' tabu ' and mother close by cry 

 batchetchil ngambai-go. Gura dana duyu warngalngal 



wails closed (i. I?. nottakingnotice). And they corpse takeout 

 gurlnggowe yitar-nungo. Gura dodi duyu-we dana 



trough put into-to. And body corpse-of they 



warka-ngamu-ngun gari karbal, murga dowe 



all coUectively-by not hold, only wife's brother-in-law 



nangu-mun dodi nangu karbal, gura gurlnggowe yitar, 

 him-by body of him holds, and trough-in puts, 

 kambogo galmba, mundal banggar niraa-we-go dubil, gurlnggo 

 head also, some flesh grave-in leaves, trough 

 gayin kadai-ga. Gura dirainggur dana warka-ngamu nima-we 

 full comes-because. And old men they altogether grave-to 

 kadai, dana dumul nadinu-ngo nangu kanaigo ngambur-go 

 having come, they splinter see-to him first (when) alive 

 kundaiga, damaiga, bandega. Namo-ngango-gala dana dumul 

 having struck, speai-ed, cut. Therefrom-verily they splinter 

 banggar nangu-me nadinu. Gura dana dumul nangu 

 flesh his-in will see. And they splinter his 



nadega, garko wornda bobo-n kobarbil. 



having seen, then the empty (i.e. pretended) soil-in bury. 



Nayvni badatega garko nulu gurabudo gurlnggo gumbin-il 



This finished then he again trough string-with 



wudyego kadaltchal. Nayun badatega, garko duyudirgo 



firmly ties. This completed, then corpse- with 



