Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 155 



6. Nguro, out ; nguro-taean, to keep out ; nguro-weidan, to 



cast out. 



7. Siga, afar; siga-taean, to convulse (tlirow afar) 



There are apparently many other similar verhal prefixes of •which 

 the meanings are not clearly made out. See words beginning -with toi 

 {toitu-pagaipa, garo-toi-taean), wahai, ngoro, and giu in the Saibai 

 Yocabulary, 



6, Vekbal Suffixes. 



These do not appear so prominently as in Miriam. Besides those 

 already noted {pa, i%, n^izinga, etc.) there are found the endings ilamiz^ 

 mani, mi%in, asin, ae, and ai. 



1. Ilamiz has a verbal form and means 'against'; muliz- 



ilamiz, to accuse (speak against) ; pa-zilami%, to attack 

 (move against) ; ngurs-ilamiz, to wink (prob. from nurse. 

 See Yoc). 



2. Mani means give, bring, take, etc., and has been already 



noted. Cf. meipa. 



3. Mizin appears to be connected in meaning with mani and 



and nieipa. 



4. Asin means to be with, and has a plural, asimoin, and 



negatives, asiginga, and asigi. 



5. Ae. Ngoi Tcorawaigae, we cannot tell, we don't know ! 



This is almost equivalent to an exclamation. Cf. the 

 vocative suffix ae. 



6. Ai. Ba poilanai, for it shall be given. Mark, iv. 25. 



9. Peculiar phrases used to supply the place of verbs are :— Mai 

 ■adan, weep, put out tears ; mai mani, make tears, mourn ; ipidado 

 jOif^Tfl^i, blaspheme ; igili paJan, to ssiveYde; walmizi7i, to shout, make 

 a coo-ey ; apa niain ngbnamani, to meditate, sit on ground to think ; 

 tanamun mart adapa Tcato palagizo ahan, they were amazed, their spirit 

 flew out of (their) neck with fear ; tana mehenmepa malaeg tanamulpa 

 amaean, they love salutations, they like men to crawl to them. 



§ VI. — Adverhs. 

 1. Inteeeogative. — Interrogative adverbs are formed by means of 

 the cases of miei, mido (see Interrog. Prons. p. 131) or by prefixing 

 mi to nouns. 



