BY HERMANN B. RITZ, M.A. yx 



the offensive), facetious (compare '*' shafts of wit "), 

 pime, bird (shooting through the air), pena, lance. 



Poenghana, laugh — pen, facetious ; kan, voice. 



Pallakanna, shout — ^^mighty voice. 



Poiete, head: — pena, erect figure ; ita, stop, end,, 

 diminished. 



Poetarunna, skull — poet, head ; ren, running,, 

 smooth. 



Poetakannapawenea, whisper — poet, head ; kan, 

 voice ; paw, small ; ne, away, towards someone. 



Poieta kannabe, talk — poet, head ; kan, voice ; be, 

 active. 



Poira kunnabea, talk — a doublet of the same ; instead 

 of ita we have the rarer diminutive ira ; ina is more 

 common ; bea, like nea in the previous word, has an 

 epithetic a. 



Rialanna, air, breeze — ri, moving ; len, along. 



Rallana proiena, gale — rallana-==rrialanna ; proiena, 

 big. Rallana ma}"^ also have affinity with ralla, strong. 



Rotuli, long, tall — rot, dry, hard ; li, long: grass. We 

 may also refer it to rot, dry grass, ali, good. 



Ranna murina, inactive — ren, move ; mur, heavy ; in, 

 somewhat : somewhat heavy or slow in moving. 



Ranga, knee — ren, flexible joint. 



Raggamutta, lame — ranga, knee ; mutta, thick, stiff. 



Roatta, hurt, injured — -from raga wuttar=raga mutta. 



Ruete, lazy — doublet of roatta. 



Riatta, gum tree — motionless thing, standing stifif- 

 kneed. 



Retakunna, creak (of limbs of trees) — riatta, tree ; 

 kan, voice, sound. 



Tramutta, pebble — tra, hard; mutta, thick, round. 



Trovs^atta, pebble — doublet of tramutta. 



Tawe, tape, takawbi, go — taka, heel; pe, active. 



Tikotte, hunger — tug, eat; kote, quickly, eagerly- 



Turra, winter, snow — doublet of Eastern tuna. 



Toina, hawk, pelican ; tanna, owl ; tene, rib — doublets 

 of pene, lance. 



Uratte, frost, hoar-frost — doublet of waratte, paratte 

 (Eastern). 



