THE XORMAX VOCABULARY. ^^g 



2i) ]\Iaenkoo, maenkannur — star fish; mayerkeperlartee 



— toadstool; worrar — to bring; mokenur (water) woorii- 

 nar (bring) — bring the water. [The accusative precedes 

 the verb.] 



Teaghener, rappee — to give; larthertegurner — to-day; 

 parmere, marrarwar, borar — one; pargonee wayabberner 

 pargonee lucropperner — to pull a boat; marnerminner, 

 petherwartenar — to spit; peulinghenar, plegaghenar — an 

 expression for the mode of salutation; plennar, neerar, 

 neerack, meerorar — mushroom, not eaten by the natives; 



22) niarngurner — to roast; pooplanghenack, warkerooner — 

 to walk; comecartenguner, probritthener — pig; larnger- 

 ner — to stare or to track; lumbe — here; canghenne — to 

 go back; pleallergobberner, loorener — neck; leearmoorar 

 — a conveyance; languennee — to fold up; perrethener, 

 lunyer — crow\; mokerer — mosquito; troonghenne — to 

 prick; tallerpereener, narrynar, benghernar — to knead ;, 

 tarrargar noonghenar, wolibberner, tarrarnarar — black 

 beetle; croanghinnee — to climb; wolimmerner, tarrarn- 



23) derrar — opossum; pleathenar, terrar, woollar, illar — 

 kangaroo; linghenee — to fire a gun, to scourge, to flagel- 

 late; pleenduddiack. mancar — raw (relating to meat); 

 myagurmeener, wyattermeener, pentewartener — blood ; 

 nayameroo carnee, neberle carnee — music. [This 

 expression is composed of tvvo words; "carnee" implies 

 to speak. The natives are very sensible to the impres- 

 sions of music, and have displayed a feeling almost 

 amounting to ecstacy on hearing a well-executed sonetta 

 or vocal glee.] 



24) Leekener, troanghener — nice or palatable; taccarnar, 

 tanganar — to ascend; wabberkennar, cangurlunghener — 

 to descend; wyarningherwungherner — a cat, a domestic 

 cat; lingurninne — to move; callecooghenar, trubrarnar,. 

 neerar — magpie : lecoonghenar, loangare — to blow (an 

 action of the lungs) ; narnar, narnarnanne. — maggots. [A 

 large species of grub found under the roots of old trees. 

 It is evidently a nutritious food, and is much eaten by 

 the natives. It possesses a sweetish flavour, and, when 

 roasted, is deemed highly palatable.] 



Linghenar, teererluttenar, langurnerrar — wind (an 

 action of the element); parmerecoco, garberebobere — 

 gammon, deception; melikener, pigurner — to kiss; toona- 



25) narnee — cockatoo; nebbertaltick, nayendree — to fall 



