NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY— ROTH. 101 



Example 2Jf. 



1. wandi, nulu kana tindal waril. 2. milbir kana galbai una : 

 nayun ngayu mandenu. 3. nundu burnga dara-pita-dir ngondu 

 kadai. 4. yaba nanu milbir pita-pita manana. 5. ngarnu 

 yambun-go yimi-yimidir mil-waril. 6. ngayu kalka galbai-budon 

 uma : ngato dirlen rnilbir muru budon woa. 7. milbir dara muru 

 ngato woa. 8. nulu bayen pita-budon-ga dudanu. 9. ngando 

 nayun nulu burnga-ngai mandega. 10. kalka yimidir mande. 



Translation. 



1. The hawk is the swiftest, i.e., flies very quick. 2. I will 

 bring the longest sword (lit. the longest sword exists : I will 

 bring it). 3. You were coming back with a small dilly-bag. 



4. Your brother is fetching a comparatively-short wommera. 



5. The mother is as mad as her child (this is a special 

 form to express " mother-and-ehild "). 6. My spear is very long: 

 give me in exchange the smallest wommera. 7. Give me a fairly 

 short wommera. 8. He will be running to the smallest hut. 

 9. That woman yonder was bringing dilly-bags. 10. Fetch a 

 similar spear. 



Example 25. 



1. peba nulu yumur nangu-go kundanu : nulu bodan ningganu. 

 2. nanggor-go ngayu ninggal : kokoyimidir mandenu. 3. ngando 

 nulu duno nangu detchuien : nulu ngani kundanu. 4. nundu 

 yaba ngato detchuro : nulu ganguru wogurnu. 5. ngali diraing- 

 gur-e mayi wudinu. 6. nundu yaba ngato detchuren : nulu 

 koko-mul matinu. 7. ngayu nangu gunggar-ngun deganu. 8. 

 bama nulu mayi-ngu nanggor-ga koko-l»alkal. 9. ngamu nulu 

 ganggal nangu mari-nu pinal-gnral. 10. kamba kamba nulu 

 kabir burnga : wogurnu pinal-gural. 



Translation. 



1. A father will beat his son to (make him) be good. 2. I am 

 sitting down in the camp to learn kokoyimidir. 3. The woman 

 told her husband to hit me. 4. Tell my brother to hunt kanga- 

 roo. 5. We will both give the old-man something to eat 6. 

 You told my brother to be silent. 7. I will send her away from 

 the north. 8. The man is asking for food to bring to the camp. 

 9. A mother teaches her infant to swim. 10. The old-woman 

 will teach the girl (how) to weave a dilly-bag. 



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