62 ABORIGINAL DESIGNAIONS FOR STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



Plain and simple as this appears, it- is by no 

 means so. In what sense is the word "flint" used? 

 Does it mean to express the mineral flint, or does it 

 mean an object made from flint? I think that the latter 

 view is the correct one, because Scott adds, " or a 

 knife." 



We may therefore conclude that any cutting imple- 

 ment manufactured by the Aborigines was called 

 teroona or trawootta. 



At the first glance it might appear that these are two 

 absolutely dififerent words, but I shall be able to prove 

 fhat they are practically the same. 



If we look up Milligan's vocabulary of the Tas- 

 manian language, we find under the heading of flint the 

 following words: — 



Tribes about Mt. Royal, Bruni Island, Recherche 

 Bay, and the South of Tasmania — North-West and 

 Western Tribes. 



Mungara (Flint). 

 Mora trona (Flint), black. 

 Tribes from Oyster Bay to Pittwater — 

 Trowutta (Flint). 



It is obvious tiliat the words trawootta (Scott) and 

 trowutta (Milligan) are identical. We have, therefore, 

 the following words to designate the Tasmanian stone 

 implements : — 



1. Trowutta. 



2. Teroona. 



3. Mungara. 



4. Mora trona (black flint). 



It is evident that the word " trona " is exactly the 

 same as " teroona," and, if we write the word trowutta 

 like this — 



trowa-tta 



we see that we have apparently the same root, because 

 it can be taken as certain that the words 



Teroona, 



Trona, 



Trowa, 



