Eay & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 139 



Ms kinsmen ; mata harengemin not siei ipoJcozia hazilaig ngawahazi, but 

 heard of him there by a woman having a daughter ; tana wanan mura 

 mabaegia paruia^ they put them before all the men ; noi kalia znagi.^ 

 he looked back ; guho paruia, wind (was) contrary ; lesu muia utiz lagia, 

 Jesus was come into a house ; noi maluia u%ar, he walked on the sea ; 

 muia utemin ita lurumia, entered into the pigs. 



Since this suffix gives the meaning of the Lifu, thei, with, which 

 is idiomatically used for " have," we often find it used for " have " in 

 the Saibai version, especially with pronouns, e.g. areto sei ngitamunia 

 mid'o ? what bread have you? (Lifu, ije areto thei nyipunie, how many 

 loaves with you ?) 



(A) Vocative. 



The vocative is shown by the suffix ae or ee. 



Example : — ngurupai-malaegae, teacher ; ngau kaziae, my 

 daughter ; Davitan kaziae, son of David ; ngawahaziei, damsel. 



The words Bala I my father ! Ama ! my mother ! are used instead 

 of the common tati and apu. For a few other examples, see §ix., 3. 



{%) There are other noun terminations, of which the use is not 

 very clear. All that can be done here is to give some examples. 



These endings are nge, nanga, tai, ai, du, bo, hou, utu, asin, gar. 



Example : JVge : Ngi ngbnanumaiginga Augadau ia, a malaegau 

 iange, thou rememberest not God's things, but men's things ; ngode 

 puinge, like trees ; vineu ap ivara mahaegpange turan, give the vineyard 

 to other men ; ngita muasin nuhepa kidotaean sakai puru malaegou 

 lagonge, ye have made it a den of thieves ; noi keda ngadalnga uman- 

 gange, he was as one dead ; ngau kusaig launga toridiz, a hahange ngona 

 waean, receiveth not Me, but the Father that sent Me. 



Nanga : Poilan Mose nanga iautumiz, offer the things Moses 

 ordered ; palae iamuliz tanamulpa keda lesun iananga iautumiz, they 

 said to them as Jesus ordered ; mido ngita ngaeapa boie uzar keda puru 

 mabacg nanga mido ? are you come out to me as against a thief ? keda 

 angela nanga, like the angels ; koigorsar mabaeg ivagel-nanga kulainge, 

 many men last (shall be) first ; imati keda noi nanga mido palamulpa 

 iamuliz, found as he had said to them. 



Nenga is found in : Nongo kapu minanenga, his glory. 



Tai: Nongo notai nidiz, touched his tongue; 7nura mabaeg alasenu 

 taean muitai, every man shall be salted with fire. 



