Eay & Haddox — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 161 



1. urapon, 



2. ttlcasar, 



3. uha-modoligal, 

 A. uhOfSar-uhasar, 



1. war a, tirapon, 



2. td-asar, 



3. uhamodoligal, 



4. uTca-iiTca, 



1. droptm, orapimi, urapun, 



2. oJcosd, 

 8. oleosa oropun, 



1. ivtirapu, 



2. olcasara, 



3. oJcasara-icurapu^ 



Saibai. ATacfarlane lis. 



Gospel. 



Moa, Eadu, Mabuiag, Kagir, and 

 Tiid. [a.c.h.]. 



Tud. Curr [i. p. 684.] 



[Muralug. [a.c.h.]. 



1. urdpum, ordpum, 



2. iil'osa, dl'osd, 



3. Idddgili, 

 One hand, v.rapuni-getul, probably stood for five objects, and two 



hands, oleosa getal, for ten, but it is doubtful whether ten would be 

 recognised as being composed of five twos, i.e., oleosa, oleosa, oleosa, 

 oleosa, oleosa. A Badu and a Moa man both gave tcdgetdl icugetdl for ten. 

 In Ifuralug laddgili suggests that they originally counted up to 

 three, probably through Australian influence.^ The word ladagili is 

 a derivative from hagadi, perhaps meaning all or both (the other 

 numbers). Badaginga, another derivative from the same root, is used 

 in the Gospel for " whole, entire."^ 



1 The foUoTving are some examples of Australian numerals : — 



"West Australia, 

 Gudang (Macgillivray), 

 Cape Tork (W. W. Gill), 

 Eaffles Bay, 

 Moreton Bay, 

 Lake Macquarie, 



1. gain. 



1. epidmana. 



1. pirman. 



1. loca. 



1. kamarah. 



1. wakoL 

 • Badagi itself maybe a derivative from a root h'oda, w-hich appears in hcda- 

 dogam, the left {i.e., the other) side. Bod<igi would thus mean " not the others " 

 {i.e., first aud^second fingers) or the remaining three. 



E.I.A PEOC, SEE. in., VOL. IV. H 



2. 

 2. 



gudJaJ. 

 eldbaiu. 



3. 

 3. 



icarhrang. 

 da ma. 



2. 



labai. 



3. 



ilanamina 



2. 

 2. 



orica. 

 bulla. 



3. 

 3. 



orongarie. 

 mud y an. 



2. 



buloara. 



3. 



ngoro. 



