BY H. B. RITZ, M.A. 89 



1913. 



" b'tot " ; the bare foot would make a " little " stamp. It is 

 probable that " boat" is a mistake for " V>oot." 



38. MoU'thig-na = Eyes. 



H.L. K. ^ives "mongtena" for "eye." This sugsrests tha* 

 the wo'd is " mun-tij^ana " or "muntena" (in contracted 

 form), Hnd me;ins ''mouth-heart" (v. No. 7), th «t is "a 

 mouth-like openinor that express's feelings." " Mou-thig- 

 na" may be an erior for " Mon-thig-na." 



39. Nu-ge-na = stealing. 



This is probably a variant of " lugana," i.e., "quick, 

 nimble." 



40. Nu-ga-lantha = Possum. 



H.L.E. gives " neulausfta" for " opossum." This is " nuga 

 or luua-lagata" (v. No. 17), meaning " nimble" on the "tree," 

 which is characteristic of the opossum. 



41. Olumptha = Head. 



H.L.R. gives "ulumpta" for "head." This is one of the 

 few woids thnt have a vowel as initial. The rule of the 

 consoiia tal initial is so generally observed, thfit it is 

 reasonalile to assutne that in the case of the exceptions an 

 initial consonant has been lost. Here, the oricrinal form may 

 be " Wa-len-matta" or " Pa(lla)-|pn-matfa,'' that is, "the big 

 moving round-thing." (Compare the English idiom 

 "pumpkin.") The characteistic point would be the 

 "moving" or " movableness," and. therefore " len " would be 

 strom^ly accented, with the result that, the first and third 

 words would be slurred, and become "Wa" aiid " mta." 

 The " w" would impress its character on the following vowel 

 and make it " u " ; thus "u-lnn-mta," and, by further assimi- 

 lation and contraction, "ulunita." 



42. Oyster hay Waa = Oyster hay. 



"Oyst<^r Bay" is obviously English. " Waa" is " Palla," 

 "big" (v. No. 9). The locality is even now called "Big" 

 Oyster Bav. 



43. Penin-na = Laughter. 



H.L.R. gives "peninna" for "laugh." 



44. Po-co-la = Bullocks. 



This confirms H.B.E 's cfmtnntion that this is aTasmaniaa 

 "woni, atid not, as Jorgensen and his followers asseried, a 

 variant of the English " bullock." It is " puga-la(ga)," that 



