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THE N0RMu4N VOCABULARY. 



down; rollanner — frog; martheriddenar, peelennar 

 meethenar, leenar — iguana; tringherar, poakalar, meerar, 

 parnllar — native basket. [The basket manufactured by 

 the natives is made of twisted grass, and is a verv neat 

 and ingenious piece of workmanship. It is used by the 

 women when employed in diving, and is of a semi- 

 globular shape.] 



Worgoodiack — cramp; trarmernar, triannar, penar- 

 thenar — bone ; trogurligurdick, wartherpoothertick — to 



(P. 26) hang as a culprit; tuernar, tuernarnar — clothing; neea- 

 marrar, loantaganar, moomtenar — skin ; neugonar, wyan- 

 gurner, penagherermeener — the act of vomiting; kar- 

 murar, karndurrenar — to bark; teeanderoodenar, triunyar 

 — crow (bird); larrenar, larnar — pigeon; deanner, deerer- 

 witherbrar — hen's Ggg\ poarunnar, paranerrar — wing (of 

 a bird) ; warrander — we ; loderwinner — white man ; wibar 

 — black man ; narrarcooper — very good ; payanerberwar 



(P. 27) — two; wyandirwar — three; laggur (adopted), like or 

 resembling; niggur — it; gibbly — food; moledderner — 

 country or native place; licanghener, licourar — to take 

 off; toankhinnee, mokenurminner — to put on; tatroan- 

 ghiner, oongurlerpooler — to cut; turrurcurtar, turrocur- 

 thenar — grape; pellogannar, ploocriminnar — sprat (fish); 

 talarprennar (adopted) — turnip; parcoutenar — horse; 



(P. 28) lagapack, lagrerminner, langamack — fiddle; neemertee- 

 kenar, looteeberneenerner, loteeghenar — picture ; tyaner- 

 minner, waycninner — a large species of ant, commonly 

 called piss-ant; moonghenar — urine; probriddener — wom- 

 bat; neboolyunar, marnar, marpooemartenar — a fly; 

 toanner — dull, obtuse; maggurickercarner — a song sung 

 by the women in a standing posture, and accompanied 

 by a slapping of the stomach; taggurpeelar, numeno- 

 peetar — convalescent ; pleggurlerminner, triagurbugherne 

 — dirty; allar! nomebeu! — exclamation indicative of sur- 



(P. 29) prise; wateroorarnar, beemguoganar — peach. [This 

 delightful fruit is not relished by the natives.] 



Jackeromenar — big, large ; wollighererperarner — 

 good-bye; peucannar, ploogaminner, peunoonghenar — 

 to whistle; kayerpangurner, karnerminner — to coax or 

 caress; keuperrar — kangaroo rat; Hilar — waddy. [The 

 natives are very dexterous in the use of missiles. The 

 waddy is generally used to knock down birds. The 

 women sometimes use it as an offensive wapon, and on 

 these occasions become verv formidable. A waddv is 



