68 THE SPEECH OF THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES. 



Kokata, moan, howl — kaii, voice, repeated, with t to 

 express the sobs. 



Kawtita, evening — ka, red ; wutta, earth, at the 

 horizon. 



Kraka wnghata, stand up — kraka, rest, stand ; wug- 

 ha=pug, firm ; ta, stationary. In the East, we find 

 wuga, wughta, for '' earth." 



Krugana wughata, aloft — wughata, ground ; krugana 

 appears also as kroana, to climb, soar ; the phrase means 

 " to cli'mb from the ground." In the Eastern speech 

 we find kronie ; this might argue that the more primi- 

 tive forms were characteristic of the South, but the evi- 

 dence on this point is conflicting ; for instance, we have 

 a Southern tannatea (crazy) to compare with the 

 Eastern tagantienna. 



Lia mena, lake — lia, water ; mien, round, enclosed. 



Legara, run — compare legana (supra) ; the suffix ra 

 often takes the place of na in the South. 



Line, house, hut, nest, place — some movable shelter. 



Line rotali, encampment — line, abode ; rot, dry ; ali, 

 suitable. 



Loini, liena, bush fire- — moving slowly (note the 

 diphthongs). 



Lugga kanna, step — lug, foot ; kan, sound. 



Luggara, fun, sport, dance — lug, foot. 



Lunghana, strike, flog, beat — as the ground is struck 

 with the foot. 



Lungana, kill — the result of the stroke. 



Longhana, longana, sleep — like death. 



Lungana, swift — of foot. 



Lughra, heat — from running ; compare Eastern 

 magra, day. 



Lughrata, hot — lugra, heat ; t, stationary, permanent. 



Lughoratah, summer — doublet of lughrata. 



Leghro-mena, perspire — Legro, heat ; pen, projec- 

 ting, exuding. 



Mattawebe, firewood — matta, dead ; weba, stick. 



Mungara, flint — pug, solid. This word also appears 

 as mughra and mora. 



Mughra malli, topaz — pug, solid ; pa-lut, very bright. 



Mora trona, flint — ^pug, solid ; tro, hard. 



