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APPENDIX. 



English. 



704 Bail 



705 Be aflfected with 



706 Become 



707 Bite 



708 Bore a hole 



Kowrarega. 



Gudanff. 



salpiiraeipa 



ameipa* 



atzTpa 



niapeipa 



tartepaleipa (8 1 7, 

 722) 

 709 Break (as a stick) tideipa aternmbanya 



710 wind back- . . penyaka 



wards 

 711 Build (as a hut) mideipa (369?) 



the others the terminations of this tense are ur (the most frequent) ; ar, (the 

 next in order of frequency) ara, art ; acla, eada ; e, eio, eir, erur ; and o. 



After all I am inclined to suppose that the Kowrarega verb, although ap- 

 parently complicated, is of simple construction ; and that its various modifica- 

 tions are caused by the mere addition to its root of various particles, the exact 

 meaning of which (with one exception,) is yet unknown. That exception is 

 the particle aige or ge, (804) the mode of employment of which is shewn by 

 the following examples : — 



Wawp' yinu ngai purteipaige=I am not eating your fish. 

 ,, „ ,, purteiunaige=I did not eat your fish. 

 ,, ,, „ purteipakaige=I shall not eat your fish. 

 ,, nanu ngi purtaige = Don't eat his fish. 

 A few examples may be given in illustration of the preceding remarks. 



* Apparently a contraction of " ana " and "meipa." Ex. — "ana kobaki 

 ameipa"=(literally) me cough aflects, or I have a cough." The word " mizzi," 

 the exact meaning of which is unknown to me, is also used to express the 

 same thing. Ex. — " quiku kikire anamizzi=I have a sick head, or a head- 

 ache." 



