90 NATIVE WORDS OF THE OYSTER BAY TRIBE, 



U.S. TAS. 



is, " the big thiug (with) fe'^t." The English plural forms 

 given in this list, as in the others found in H.LR, have no 

 equivalents in Tasmanian speech. The Aboriginals had no 

 abstract ideus, nnd the only way in which they could exjiress 

 plurality w^as by enuoieratiiig the individuals, that is, by 

 repeating the name given to an individual. A striking 

 instance is the word ^liven for " ten," viz., " karde-lcarde," 

 /.<?., "kata-kata," that is *' five-five " (fingers). See H.B.K. 

 See also No. 17. 



45. Po-eo-na = smoke. 



This is a misprint for " po-ee-na," i.e.^ " poina," meaning 

 '•long'* (pena) + "not straight" (oi diphthong, v. No. 16). 

 The word means therefore " a curling column " (ot smoke). 

 (Compare No. 28.) 



46. Pa-matt-ta-=ipotatoes. 



Fenton, in his History of Tasmania, quotes from Robinson's 

 jonrnal: — ' Parmatter— potatoes " (p. 9H). There is no 

 native word for '' potatoes " in H.L.R. The word is " pa(lla)- 

 matta," i.e,, "bier-round thing:." 



47. Far-a-pela =^ Cook. 



This is "palla palla," i.e., "very big (man)," referring 

 either to the stature of a particular cook, or else to the cook's 

 gre.it importance for the comfort of the community. 



48. Pae-a-nu-bra = the Sun. 



This is a misprint for " palla-nubra," z>., " big eye " 

 (H.L.R.). 



49. Per-ni-per-na = the Sun. 



H.L.R. gives "perenna" for "lance." Hence this word is 



*• perenna-perenna," z>., "many lances" or "many beams" 



(of lii^ht), as seen when the sun shines through foliage or 

 crevices in the wall of the " lenua." 



60. Pig-e-na = Hair. 



51. Wig-e-na = Hair. 



Tlie.se words are practically the same. HL. F?. gives the 

 variant "p«'inghana" f<>r " hair matted with ochre " (so as to 

 form " sticks''). See H.B.R. 



52. Pa-gen-gun-ya = Horse. 



This is " Pa(lla)-kan-lsan-ka," i.e., " big-voice- voice-voice," 

 meaning "the thine: that re|)eats tlie same sound loudly"; 

 this is a very natural descri))tion of a horse's " whinnying." 



