-86 NATIVE WORDS OF THE OYSTER BAY TRIBE, 



R.S. TAS. 



14. Lo-ru-me-na = scraiclu'ng. 



This is'Mori'' (finger) (H.L.R) + "mena" (for"pena") 

 (lanco). "Lori" irs^lf is " la<2r-ri," "the movable foot." 

 H.L.R. gives "riena" for "hand" and also for "finger"; it 

 ineiins simply "the most agile members of tbe body," from 

 " rene " "quiet:." "Lorirneni "means "making a lance of 

 the finger," v^hicli clesi;rif>es the operation of "scratching'^ 

 very aptly. H.L.R. gives " larre " for scratch. 



15. Lee-na = Water. 



This is simply " lina," " the movable substnnce." 

 H.L.R. gives " lina" for " water " (v. No. 6j. 



16. Ly-en-na = Wa/er. 



H.L.R. givHS "li^na" for "water." The points of difference 

 between "lina" ami "lienna" are, that the latter has a 

 diphthong, " ie," instead of a simple vowel, " i," and it has 

 the siifiix "na" (v. No. 8). This diphthong (»ften in'licates 

 " not straight," the vocal flexion descrihinir the local otie ^ 

 e.g., ' riauna riacnnna" (H.L.R.), "dance," means "varied 

 motion + varied voice" ("kannai ; "mina" or " pena,"" 

 " stick " or " leg " ; " mieiia," " knee " (H.L.R.), and " [.iena," 

 "leech" (H.L.R.). 



17. Lod-the — tree's. 



The apostn^phe as part of the sign of the English plural 

 is usual in this list. Lod-the is simply " lotta," "Eucalyptus 

 tree" (H.L.R.). The only si^n of the pluril in the Tas- 

 manian speech is the reduplication of a word. " Lotta" is a 

 contraction of "ligata," i.e., " laga " ("foot") + "ta" 

 (stationary). To the Aboriginal, a tree was a living thing,, 

 and its trunk was its foot, which was fixed to the spot. 



18. Lu-gu-na — leg's. 



This is the same as " lagana " (v. No. 11). 



19. Log' Wan-na = Wife. 



H.L.R. gives " lovvanna" and " Iowa," for " woman." 

 This is " lag-pen-na," "the nimble-footed" servant, who 

 had to do all the work incidental to canjp lite. 



20. L.a-ge-na = salt. 



H.L.R. gives "ie^ana" for " wa.ter." This is " lag^»na," 

 "foot" in another aspect, tiie water "resting on thn ground 

 and moving at times." It is douotful whether the Aborigin- 

 als used salt as seasoning. In th" case of the present word, 

 it i«i probable that when the native tasted the -alt presented 

 to him for nomenclature, he meant to say that it had the- 



