AhorUji lies of Lake Bogd. 



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I like you very much (ucarest 

 love) 



I hate you 



he, she, or those loves you, him, 



they 

 he hates you 

 come with me 

 go with him 

 go with them 

 you can go 

 do not go 

 I am going 

 I will stay 

 let him stay 

 can I go fishing 

 let me go hunting 

 the bird fled away 

 the bird is flying 

 the codfish is swimming away 

 can you cook this flesh 

 cook that flesh 



eat this, that or those mussels 

 I cannot fly 

 you do it yourself 

 good luck 



to 



nyanga nunya leyurk wooithoo 



pourek. 

 gooley joowannoo. 

 I' 



nunj'^aboola nyacharrung. 

 neula gooley joowan. 

 neuka yannuk wallo gallek 

 yannuk wallo gallook. 

 moyu yannuk goolekal. 

 wallungen yannuk. 

 wamba yannuk. 

 yangin yunda. 

 nyangin yunda. 

 canerook nyanyup. 

 win janda yarrowa yeringe leeah. 

 yarrawonda barrayeuh. 

 boykin yerelil. 

 nionga boykun yerelill. 

 baarnjill neeyon werrakuu. 

 nyapera kiuya bowa yower. 

 boytch amuck nunya yower. 

 chakuk nunya beethin. 

 catchin nunda booika. 

 wallimkcn mathamuk. 

 mombunda bemmeleng. 



Marriage. 



The " Gourrmjanyuk " of Lake Boga tribal preparation for 

 and ceremony of marriage was a very simple one. No marriage 

 was allowed between blood relations, or between any member 

 belonging to the same totem. For instance a Pelican would 

 not be allowed to marry a Pelican, or a Black Cockatoo another 

 of the same section, and so on. E\'ery member of a tribe be- 

 longed to a totem, generally a bird. When a man of mar- 

 riageable age desired marriage and had a female relative to 

 exchange, word was sent to a neighbouring tribe that a daugh- 

 ter of that tribe was desired in marriage. The father of a 

 marriageable girl (the future son-in-law was never allowed to 

 see the future mother-in-law then or at any other time) with 

 his daughter, and other relatives would meet the young man 

 with his father and other relatives at a previously arranged 



