92 NATIVE WORDS OF THE OYSTER BAY TRIBE, 



R.S. TAS. 



for **tear," and " tRsjara-vnena" for "to weep." The final 

 " ga" is simply *' ka," "voice." "Tagaraga" means there- 

 fore '* weepiug and wailing." 



60. Ta- Wal-a-wee Eating. 



This is "tagala" (or " tagana ") -f- " pe," ?>., " to go 

 down-make," meaning "to j>ut down" (food). 



61. Ta-ken-a-jpee = io give me. 



This also is " t?.gana-pt'," i.e., "to lay down" ("for me to 

 take"). This alludes to the p'-actice, cominoiily observed 

 amoDg primitive races, of layini< on the ground such things 

 as are to be given to another individual, instead of passing 

 them from hand to hand. 



62. Talla- Walla- Wa =^ Come heare. 



This is "ta(ii)ala pallawn," i.e., " walk (to the) bisr man," 

 the "big man" (H.L.R.) being the "warrior" (Sergeant 

 Montgomery). 



63. Tag-wee = go there. 



This is " taga-pe," i.e., " move (your) foot." Compare 

 Nos. 11 and 18. • 



64. Te-let-e-men-e-anob = go gather hemfs. 



H.L.R. gives " telbete lebea" for "to eat heartily," also 

 "lepina" for "neck"; " tel " is "tagala" (v. No. 62), "to 

 godowji"; "te" is "to stop." Thus "telbete lebea " is a 

 form of " tagal i-pe-te-lepina," meaning " to make go down 

 to stop in the neck," i.e., " to eat till you are full Uf» to the 

 neck." This accounts f<T the part " tebete." " Men-e-ana" 

 is " me-ni-na," i.e., " I-you-there." The whole phrase is 

 therefore " (let) me and you (go) there to eat"; "there" 

 meaning " a berry-bearing bush " (pointed out to the i^ative). 



65. 7 id-(jua^=Stigar. 



Tins is " teka" or "taga(na)," + "pa" or " wa," sign of 

 emphasis; that is, "a thing to eat eagerly"; in standard 

 form " tak-pa." 



m. Ti-er-id-ka =• Ship. 



This is " tia-ri-taka," i.e , "a heap or mass— swift-move" ; 

 meaning " a bulky thing that moves swiftly." As an alterna- 

 tive, " ri " may be taken in its meaning of " hand " or " arm " 

 (v. No. 57). The ]>hrase would then mean "a bulky thing 

 with a hatid {i.e., an oar) (to enable it) to move." However, 

 this would rather refer to a boat than to a "shij)." 



