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III. kwanahala, " down," as, 



jinga apiita kwaiiakaJa Inluma, 

 " I hill down climb." 



i.e., " I climb down the hill." 



IV. hwanala, " inside," as, 



katjia iltakwanala nama, 

 " child house inside is." 



c. Prepositions annexed to nouns as suffixes are nine, viz. : — 



I. una, "on, upon, into," as, kwatjuna, "to the water;"" 

 hiriina, " upon the tree ; " nanjuna, " into the well." 



II. lela, signifies the instrument with which or the person by 

 whom anything is made or accompanied, as, ilupalela, " with the 

 axe ;" erilaleJa, " by the man ;" jinga erinalela lama, "I go with 

 him." 



III. la, signifies the place where anyone is, as, apiitala, "on the 

 hill ;" it is therefore annexed to all names of places, as, tjoritjala, 

 " at Alice Springs ; ' tungala, " at Henbury." 



IV. gata, "with" (Latin, cum), as, 



atua tjatagata bitjima, 

 " the man spear with comes." 



V. raha, " without," as, 



era gararaba aJhuma, 



" he moat without goes back." 

 i.e., " he goes back without meat " 



VI. gitjala, " for, in exchange," as, 



ta mana ntitjinanga irbungagitjala, 

 " I bread will give fishes for." 

 i.e., " T shall give bread for fishes." 



VII. kaguia, " for the sake of," as, 



unktvangakaguia ta tarama, 

 " your sake for I laugh." 

 i.e., " I laugh for the sake of you." 



VIII. kieka, " on, to," as, 



ta ipepa iltakieka kantatuma, 

 " I paper house on nail." 

 i.e., "I nail the paper on the house." 

 or, erinakieka ta kumilaka, 



" him on I have sinned." 

 i.e., " on him I have sinned." 

 or, nilknarnbakieka ta ngana nnmeriJama 



" thief to I you count." 



i.e., " I count you a thief." 



IX. ibera, ibena, " from, out of," as, 



iUibera, " out of the house ;" 

 kwatj ibena, " from the water." 



