BY FRITZ NOETLING, M.A., PH.D., ETC. 65 



This proves that the words 



Loinah, loine, loine, louna, longa, 



and probably also larnar, are identical, and simply meant 

 a stone of any kind in the dialect of the Southern tribes. 



Further, it may be taken as pretty certain tihat the 

 words 



Loan-tennina, 

 Lenn-parenna, 

 Leni-carpeny, 



are identical, and that these words meant " a stone " in 

 the dialect of the Eastern tribes. The relationship be- 

 tween this word and the word " loina " is unquestion- 

 able, inasmuch as " loan," " lenn," " leni " represent 

 probably the same word. Could we prove that in t)he 

 dialect of the North-West and Western tribes the " 1 " 

 is turned into " n," the word " noanyale " would more 

 correctly spell " loanyale," and therefore contain the 

 same root, " loan " or " loina," as the other words. 



We have therefore ten words, viz. : — 



1. Loine. 



2. Loine. 



3. Loinah. 



4. Louna. 



5. Longa. 



6. Larnar. 



7. Loan-tennina. 



8. Lenn-parenna. 



9. Leni-carpeny. 



10. Loan (noan)-yale. 



There can be no doubt that fhe first six words are 

 identical, and simply mean a stone (of any kind). It is 

 difficult to say whether the last four words have the 

 same general meaning as " loinah." To me it seems 

 more probable that they represent certain kinds of rocks. 

 We know that the Aborigines called freestone " ponin- 

 galee." The iron glance from wliich they made the red 

 ochre was called " latta-winne," and the red ochre was 

 " lalla-winne." These composite words seem to prove 

 that the four words above-mentioned represent certain 

 kinds of rocks, and this view is generally strengthened 



