APPENDIX. 



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I. NATURAL OBJECTS.* 



English. Kowrarega. 

 Sky je 

 Sun garlga 

 Cloud dapar 

 heavy^ cumu- markei 



Gudang. 



lus 



driving, scud ras 



6 Moon 



7 new 



8 full 



9 Moonliglit 



10 Star 



11 falling 



mga 

 otera 



12 



mornniff 



kissuri 



kainidung (634) 

 niullpal 

 kapi kissurri 



(612.6) 

 titure 

 titure udzarizlie, 



(10.745) 

 gariga titure, 



(2.10) 



aikana 

 kicliTa 

 ichara 



onbi, imbi 



* To form the plural of a noun or adjective, the rule appears to be to add 

 le as a postfix, sometimes previously supplying a terminal vowel if required : 

 Ex. — " geta=hand" becomes " getale" in the plural : " kuku=foot, kukule:" 

 " kutai^yam, kutaile :" " ipi=wife, ipile :" " kerne=lad undergoing a certain 

 ceremony, kernele:" " makaow=mat, makaowle :" " bom=fruit of pan- 

 danus, bomale." There are exceptions however ; " mari=shell ornament," 

 makes "marurre" in the plural: " gul:^canoe, gulai ;" " tawpei= short, 

 tawpeingh ;" all nouns ending in ra have the plural in re, as " kowra=ear, 

 kowrare " and all ending in kai gain jille in the plural, as " ipikair^woman, 

 ipikaijille." 



Regarding the allusion to a terminal vowel, it may be mentioned hero that 

 as most Kowrarega words end in a vowel, its absence when a vowel commences 

 the following word is commonly owing to elision. Ex. — " udzu umai=my 

 dog," becomes " udz'umai." When the last consonant in a word is the same 

 as the first in the following word, one of the letters is omitted. Ex. — " apa 

 pirung=soft ground," becomes "ap'irung." Tliere are numerous other 

 contractions, as " ai" for "aidu=food;" "aiye''for " aiyewel= come here ;" 

 " mue utsem=the fire has gone out," for " muc utsimem," &c. 



