NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY — ROTH. 103 



Example 28. 



1. dirainggur warkangamu damalmati. 2. ngurgoigobada> 

 ngayu ngakul dumbeti. 3. dabaigo nulu-go durnggaya. 4. 

 kalka gura milbir-tchir ngali wudaya. 5. ngalau puleli : burla 

 wainetinu. 6. nulu-go nambal nda kundati. 7. piri burla 

 wanieya : nayuui nundu nangu waminu. 8. bayen ngando-we 

 dana yirgalgal. 9. dirainggur gura kambakamba milbir-tchir 

 dana kundatinu. 10. ngayu kuman dumbeya. 



Translation, 



1. The whole lot of the old men were fighting between them- 

 selves. 2. I broke my arm the day-before-yesterday. 3. He 

 will smear himself to-morrow. 4. We two are bartering a spear 

 for a wommera. 5. They-two will meet one another, when the 

 sun goes down. 6. He was hitting himself with a stone. 7. 

 You will meet him, where the two-rivers meet, 8. They were 

 all chattering in the woman's hut. 9. The old-man and the old- 

 woman will be hitting each other with wommeras. 10. I might 

 break my leg. 



Example 29. 



1. pitagur kambakamba-we piri-we walli-maril. 2. yambun 

 ganguru-we munu-we walli-dudara. 3. dirainggur mayi-we : 

 ngando nulu purai pudarai. 4. peba-to nila gari dadanu : nulu 

 mil-waril. 5. yambun goda-we piri-we walli-marinu. G. ngando 

 kaka-dir nulu bantchentcliil. 7. ngali kabir kima bantchinu. 

 8. mil-nda nangu gari dubila nulu kalka ngalbegamu. 9. di- 

 rainggur mayi-we ningganu. 10. bama bodan gari bieninu. 



Translation. 



1. The old woman's children are swimming about in the river. 



2. The kangaroo's pups were running about among the grass. 



3. The old-man was at dinner; the woman was having a drink. 



4. Father will not got away to-day ; he is drunk (lit. eyes-fly). 



5. The dog's pups will be swimming about in the creek. 6. He 

 is attending to the sick woman. 7. We will both look after the 

 delicate girl. 8. Do not let him steal the spear (lit. do not take 

 your eyes off him : he might steal the spear). 9. The old-man 

 will be at dinner. 10. Good men will not die. 



Example 30. 



1. diral ngato nulu dadara. 2. bayen nundu unanu : ngayu 

 nama. 3. milbir nundu mane : nayun ngato woa. 4. Yerka 

 yoku-we mabelbi : nayun nundu bandi. 5. goda diral nanu-we 



