NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY — ROTH. 97 



dana dadanu. 9. ngamu bodan-gur dana ganggal-warragur 

 (dana ngango) kundal. 10. bama burla gangga warra gari bau- 



a-nu. 



Translation. 



1. You are kicking my little child. 2. A young kangaroo is 

 running. 3. The old-man is mad : he is giving grass to the invalid. 

 4. A fat fellow eats a lot of food. 5. Strong women were beating 

 the delicate girls. 6. A young emu will drink plenty of water. 

 7. The clever man will kick the mad woman. 8. The bad women 

 won't sit down : they will go away. 9. Good mothers thrash their 

 bad children. 10. The two men will not conk the yams. 



Example 16. 



1. dabaigo ngantan bayen-ga dadanu. 2. bama warra tjira-ga 

 gari dadanu. 3. dirainggur kalka buriwe-ga dambaren. 



4. ngayu kalka ganguru-ga dambar. 5. burla nanggor 



o J a & o I -ngoal 



dudara. 6. kabir-kabir ngamugar-ngan ngondu kadanu. 7. 

 yubal bobo bama warragur-ngan dadanu. 8. bama nulu 

 nakalmun (vel nakalmungan) dudai. 9. yura mantchal warka 

 walu gunggar-lu dadanu : piri-we walu gungar galmba garnbanu. 

 10. ngantan nila ganguru wogurgur-nu. 



Translation. 



1. We will go to the hut to-morrow. 2. Bad men will not go 

 to heaven (the sky). 3. The old-man threw a spear at the emu. 

 4. I am throwing a .spear at the kangaroo. 5. They are both 

 running away from the camp. 6. The girls will come back from 

 their mothers. 7. You both will go away from the neighbourhood 

 of bad men. 8. The man was running from the east. 9. You all 

 will go to the mountain's north side (i.e., cross the mountain) : 

 also across a creek (lit. jump to the creek's north side). 10. We 

 will all go a-hunting kangaroos to-day. 



Example 17. 



1. ngayu goa-lu kadagaiga dadanu. 2. kamba-kamba goda 

 dabadaba-dir-ngai ngondu kadai. 3. yaba ngato nanggor-ga walli- 

 yirngai, 4. nulu diral nangume-ga ninggal, goda-dir milbir- 

 tchir. 5. yerka-ngai mayi warka-dir dabaigo kadanu. 6. ngayu 

 danangangal dadanu bobo dananganga-me (vel danangan-be) 



