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_ Many of the words used by the Port Darwin aboriginals recur 
among far distant Australian tribes—the Larraki‘a and Wiulnar 
‘“kap” (be silent) in the kapo of the Marowra at the junction of 
the Murray and Darling Rivers;* “banbanning,” Larr., and 
‘‘illebidbanna,” Wul. (I do not know, /7é. see), in ila bano nato, 
Mar. (I did not hear) ; “‘bunbano,” Larr. (women with children), 
in kumbunbano, Mar. (any number of women); “ anngoka,” 
Larr., ngoka, Mar. (give me), again reproduced in the nooka of 
the Cornu. 
Among the Narrinyeri of Encounter Bay lakkin (throwing a 
spear) compares with “laggin,” Awarra (throwing away); yakkai 
(ah! oh!), Narr. and Larr.; the Narrinyeri ngan, Marowra 
ngana, the nanni of the Diyeri of Lake Eyre, nganno of the 
Lake Kopperamano aboriginals, and the Larriki‘a “anannga” (I, 
me). Again, the Larraki‘a “‘ndow‘d” is repeated in the Diyeri 
noa (husband); and “bolinyi” is not lost in the Diyeri palina 
(dead), and, further modified, is traceable in the palone of Yardea 
and piallano of Venus Bay. 
In eastern Australia we find the Awarra “yo” (yes) in 
Kamilaroi;+ the Awarra “yan” (come, go) at Georges River, 
Botany Bay, in the yannin of the Dippil tribe at Moreton Bay, 
and the yennan of the Turrubul on the Brisbane River, and it is 
repeated at Lake Amadeus, Central Australia (yan, walk.);{ the 
Larraki‘a “ ginnyi” (sit), Dippil ninnai, Turrubul nginnen, and 
the nginne of the Pikumbul tribe at Calandoon in Queensland ; 
Larraki‘a “kwi-amung-gaoppowei” and Dippil amung (breast). 
As noted by the Rev. W. Ridley, M.A., of Sydney, with 
respect to the Kamilaroi, so the Larraki‘a gives intensity to any 
expression of thought or feeling by prolonging the last or the 
root syllable. Thus the longer yaokkei-ii is held the greater the 
expression of wonder or sorrow, the longer the ai in “argai” the 
more intense the pain or the greater the weariness, while in 
dirriwa he dwells on dirrr to magnify the distance. 
In Western Australia the Awarra appellation for the moon re- 
appears among the Pidong of the Murchison River and the Wal- 
lawe of Yarrgabie Station as the name of the sun (“karrong,” 
karong, kurrung), the Awarra “yan” (come) in yannma (go), 
yoann, yannar (come), and the Larraki‘a “neginnyi” in nginna 
(sit); the Larraki‘a “¢‘o” in Pidong ngow or kwa and Wallawe 
kua (yes); Larraki‘a and Pidong “yokkai” (oh!), In the 
puddja of the Minninng tribe of the Fraser Range is found the 
Larraki‘a “ paddji” (good), and the Awarra “aliddma” (teeth) in 
* Holden, “‘ South Australian Folklore,” edited by the Rev. G. Taplin. 
* Ridley, ‘“‘ Kamilaroi and Other Australian Languages.” 
+ W. H. Willshire, ‘‘Aborigines of Central Australia.” 
