THE NORMAN VOCABULARY. ooc^ 



them about the waist. This will appear to be the most 

 natural way for a barbarous people to dispose of their 

 dead, and somewhat in accordance with the method 

 f- adopted by the ancients.] 



Tooreenur — sky; monur, noonghenar — forehead; 

 trarwernar, kanewurrar — tongue ; warlerminner — lips ; 

 feebrerne, lopenarne — house; terrar — to cry; pillermalar, 



(P. 7) pickernar, mackererpillarne — to laugh; parmerecoco, 

 garberebobere — gammon ; parrarwar— go away ; logurner 

 — to sleep; narrerminner, parlerterminner — shake hands; 

 poackerler, parnellar, warkellar — mussel (shell fish); 

 •larnar, peurar — stone; pareminner, rapprinner — prickly 

 mimosa; peungurnee, nartick — hot; catorar, warberter- 

 teener — posteriors; trungurmarteener, kaarwerrar — 

 thighs; ploner, plaanganer — stomach; lagurnerbarner — 



(P. 8) hair; teebrarmokenur — appertaining to a woman; trar- 

 werlarner, narrargoonar, teburcarloonar — breast; 

 pleanerpenner, narnerpenner — knee; ploner boniack 

 (stomach full) — full stomach. [The noun preceding the 

 adjective, similar to the French language.] 



Arlenar, peearner, pleeplar — spear; loneroner, mem- 

 unrack — sick or unwell; neandrarner — chief. [The 

 greatest homage is paid to the chief of a mob, who owes 

 his title to family inheritance. In the event of a demise 

 without issue, a competition commences, and the title is 

 awarded to the best spearsman. The, chief is generally 

 remarkable for his superior strength, a cause of which 

 is that he is under no solicitude about his support, which 

 (P. 9) is abundantly provided both for him and his family 

 through the resources of his subordinates. The appella- 

 tion of "Chief" is derived from that of a trinket, thereby 

 inferring that this caput is provided with some ornamental 

 distinction to denote his rank.] 



Planduddenar, warteroodenar — native gum tree; par- 

 rarwar — go away (imperative); loocropperner — cata- 

 maran. [This vessel is constructed by the natives for the 

 purpose of crossing rivers. It is composed of two large 

 sheets of stringy bark, which, after being well seasoned, 

 are fastened together with curryjong bark (a flexible 

 substance wdiich is capable of being reduced to a very 

 thin texture). It is of a buoyant description, but withal 

 so inconvenient and unwieldy, that the mariner is per- 



