184 MATHEWS—ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES. [April 3, 
IBTESEDE Rac 516 Tam well Murrif indiyu (well am I) 
11S BOA Ses aa I was well Murrifi indayu (well was I) 
ILE res eis I will be well Murrii inguyu (well will be I) 
ADVERBS. 
Yes, kaila. No, wulla. Here, nunggo. There, ngurra. Now, 
kunyegaila. By and bye, kunye. Yesterday, ginda. Tomorrow, 
burda. A few days ago, buggera dhurungga. Long ago, muttya- 
gaila. Perhaps, wullawurri. Slowly, min-gi. Rapidly, kurdu- 
gurdu. Where, dhirrungga? Where (if two), dhirrambula? 
Where (plural), dhirradhunna? How many, minyungurra? 
PREPOSITIONS. 
_ In front, kurbu. Behind, billungga. In the rear, durungga. 
Inside, mugungga. Outside, bullungga. Beside me, gurgungga 
dhiga. Between, dhunningga. Down, burrungga. Up, ginda. 
Over or across (referring to a river, hill, etc.), gurrundha. This 
side of, nhubarafi. The other side, beyond, gowurrigurrundha. 
Through, gaimyu. ‘Towards, dhai. Away from, dhirra. 
Several prepositions take inflexion for number and person: Be- 
hind me, billunggadhiga.. Behind thee, billunggabunga. Behind 
him, billunggabuga. Behind us, billunggangurriga, and so on. 
CONJUNCTIONS AND INTERJECTIONS. 
It is not thought necessary to supply illustrations of these parts 
of speech. 
NUMERALS. 
One, yaman. Two, kubbo. Several, murabirri. 
THE WamBA WAMBA LANGUAGE. 
This language is spoken among the remnants of the native tribes 
about Swan Hill on the Murray river, and extending southerly into 
the State of Victoria beyond Lalbert and Tyrrell creeks, the lower 
Avoca river, etc. The people are divided into two phratries, 
Gamaty and Gurgity, the men of one phratry marrying the women 
of the other. For lists of totems attached to these phratries, the 
reader is referred to a paper I contributed in 1898 to the Anthro- 
pological Society at Washington." 
1 « The Victorian Aborigines: their Initiation Ceremonies and Divisional Sys- 
tems,” American Anthropologist, Vol. xi, pp. 333, 334. Map of Victoria, 
Plate V. 
