AUSTRALIA. 



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K A M I r. A R A I. 



SUPPOSITIVI AND NIOATIVC. 



Aor. kapd hi, if I had been 



Aor. keateani n /cnjm, I IKIVC not been 



IMPERATIVE. 



Indef. kamca, be 

 Def. kakilin, be thus, remain 

 Recip. kaki/ti, be together 

 Iter. katcaka, be again 



There are several verbal nouns, or nouns 

 derived from verbs, in this language : 



1. The agent, or doer of an act, is ex- 

 pressed by the termination ka/t; as, bim- 

 kilikun, a striker, one who strikes. 



2. One who habitually or professionally 

 performs any act, is expressed by the ter- 

 mination ye; as, bunkiye, a striker, a boxer, 

 murderer, &c. 



3. The thing or object which performs 

 an act has the termination kane; as, bun- 

 kilikane, the thing which strikes, a cudgel. 



4. The particular act performed is ex- 

 pressed by ta; as, bunkilita, the striking, 

 the fighting (which took place). 



5. The act in the abstract is distinguished 

 by to; as, bunJcilito, a blow, or fight. 



6. The place in which an action takes 

 place has the termination -gil or yeil; as, 

 bunkilir/eil, a place of striking, a pugilistic 

 ring. 



There is also a verbal noun or adjective, 

 with a passive signification, ending in toara; 

 as, buntoara, that which is struck, imnili- 

 toara, that which is made or done. 



The following table of derivatives is from 

 Mr. Threlkeld's manuscripts. It shows in 

 a striking light the advantages which the 

 language derives from this source, both for 

 discriminating nice shades of meaning, and 

 for devising names descriptive of new ob- 

 jects : 



\V I R A D U R E I. 



[Besides the above forms, others are 

 given among the examples, which seem to 

 be contractions; as, yinya for 

 yilinya for yialiya, &c.] 



Indef. yiyga, be 



Def. yitfgvnata, be thus 



Iter. yialita, be again 



Verbal adjectives are formed from the 

 participle by adding gidyal; as, babilgu- 

 nana, singing, babilgunana-gidyal gibui, 

 a singing man. 



Verbal nouns, signifying one who habi- 

 tually performs an act, are formed from the 

 preterite by changing guain to tain; as, 

 babilguain, I sung, babiltain, a singer; 

 yara, to speak, yalguain, I spoke, yaltain, 

 a speaker. 



