NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY — ROTH. 93 



Example 5. 



1. yaba naini. 2. ngando bobo-ngato-me ninggal. 3. dirainggur 

 bobo-nanu-ine ninggal. 4. kalka bamawe. 5. nanggor burlan- 

 ganga-me. 6. kalka burlanganga-me. 7. bayen yubalengame. 



8. yoku ngato. 9. dirlngar ngando-we. 10. yoku bobo nanume 

 una. 



Translation, 



1. Thy brother. 2. A woman is at my place. 3. There is an 

 old man at your place. 4. A man's spear. 5. At the camp of the 

 two men. 6. The spear belonging to the two (men), 7. A hut 

 belonging to you both. 8. My firewood. 9. A woman's necklace. 

 10. There is firewood at your place. 



Example 6. 



1. ugondu bobo-nanume kada. 2. bayen ngando-we una : nanio- 

 ngan dudar. 3. munu bayen-nanume yandal. 4. milbir bama- 

 we. 5. burngangantanun. 6. bobo-ngato-me nganka kandal uua. 

 7. nanggor danangan-ga dada. 8. milbir ngato bobo-nanume una. 



9. goda burlangan-be bayen-ngantanun-ga-ine ngondu kadara. 



10. dirlngar nangu bobo-nangu-me una. 



Translation. 



1. Come back to your place. 2. Run from this woman's hut. 

 3. Grass grows at your residence. 4. The man's wommera. 



5. Our dilly-bag. 6. There is a white flower at my place. 7. Go 

 to their camp. 8. My wommera is at your place. 9. Their dog 

 is coming back to our hut. 10. Her necklace is at his place. 



Eo;ample 7. 



1. magar peba-ngato-me (vel ngato-n-ga). 2. yambun wandi-we. 



i -we 

 3. ganggal kamba-kamba-we. 4. diral dirainggur^ -be. 5. yani- 



( -e 

 bun goda- we. 6. dirngur dirainggur-we. 7. yaba kamba-kamba- 

 we. 8. peba nanu. 9. ngamu-gar-ngrti ngantanun. 10. ganggal- 

 ngai ngato. 



Translation. 



1. My father's net. 2. The eagle-hawk's young one. 3. An 

 old-woman's child. 4. The old-man's wife. 5. A dog's puppy. 



6. The old-man's sister. 7. An old-woman's brother. 8. Your 

 father. 9. Our aunts. 10. My children. 



