BY HERMANN B. RITZ, M.A. 



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Mienintiak, tremble — mien, bend ; inti=^inni, a little ; 

 k, bad. 



Marana, battle (few killed)— pa, hit ; ren, run. 



Monna perenna, snlky, pouting" — muna, lips ; 

 perenna, projecting. 



Manina langatik, steal — mar^^mie, not ; nina, yours ; 

 langt (take) far awa}' ; k, bad. 



Malangena, child — Ma3=;mie, not ; lag, foot, move, 

 walk ; in, dimin. 



Manugana, spawn of frog=perhaps the same as 

 malangena, with a possible change from ina (dear little 

 one), to kana, croaker. 



Miamengana, battle — mien mien, knee to knee ; kana, 

 yell. 



Mienemiento, kill — mien, mien, battle ; t, stop, strike 

 down. 



Mungwenia, grub — mien, bend ; wen=:pen, stick ; 

 i, small. 



Mungena, ear — mung r= mien = pen, projecting, 

 round. 



Mongana, blowfly — Mung, round. 



Mungunna, fish — mung-winna, round and long. 



Mungienna, porcupine — mung-ienna, round and' 

 little. 



Mingawina. porpoise — v. mungunna. 



Mugana, shag (bird) — mung, round, plump ; it may 

 also be a doublet of nagana, lagana, flapping thing, bird. 



Mana, a fly — man-a, round, or a contraction of mon- 

 gana. 



Makana, star-fish— magz=mung, round. The transi- 

 tion from man to mang and then to mag is quite natural., 



Xi, there, behold ! with emphatic k — neka, niga, 

 there ; with emphatic r — nara, very, he, she, they, self. 



Nune, take — ni, ni, there ! 



Numbe, here — ni, ni, pe, here indeed; lumbe is a. 

 doublet of this. 



Nunamara, deduct — Nune, take; mare, one. 



Nentega meniawa, yesterday — ni ni, not at all ; teg,, 

 sleep ; mi, I ; ni, you ; wa, do — when last we were awake- 



Naniakana, growl — kana, saying ; ni ni, no ! no ! 



