Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 183 



burugamul, burugomul, a. ripe ; burugomul kousa, when the fruit is 



brought forth. Mark, iv. 29 ; burugomul mael, n. harvest 



Mark, iv. 29. 

 burugo (m), 71. the horsefly {Scematopodd). 

 burum, bururao (m, b), n. a pig, pi. burumal. [burumau, burumepa, 



burumia.] 

 burum (s) = biirum. 

 buta (m), n. the wing of a bird, 

 buta (?), senabi buta haua ukamodobilgal, luta haua sikis, buta haua 



nain, about the third hour, sixth hour, ninth hour ; senabi 



goigdi butanu moidemin, the day of the preparation. 

 buta (b), n. a gate, a passage ; butaginga, no passage. Mark, ii. 2, 

 butapa, n. a heir, 

 buto, n. autumn. 



butu (m), n. sand, a sandy beach, 

 butupalizi, v. to shake off ; butupalizi ngitamun sanangu poi, shake 



off the dust from your feet. Mark, vi. 11. 

 butupataipa, v. to cleanse, prepare, mend, heal, [butupatan, butu- 



pataizinga.] 

 butupataiginga, v. not to clean, 

 butupataizinga, n. washing, 

 butapotaiginga = butapataiginga. 

 buzar, n. and a. fat. 

 buzo, n. a reed, 

 buzu (ir), n. the back stays of a boat. 



Da (b), the breast or bosom. 



•dabai, n. the booby bird. 



dabari, n. = dabai. 



daboi, n. the king fish (^Cylium). 



dabu (Mb) = daboi. 



dada, dado, n. the middle ; dadaget (Moa) the middle finger ; dada- 

 kubilu, n. midnight; dada-dim, dada-dimu, n. the middle 

 finger ; the number three, in counting on the fingers ; dada- 

 goiga, dado-goiga, n. mid-day, noon. 



dadaig (m), n. the third brother. 



dadalo, n. the centre, middle. 



dada-mamain, dadomamain, v. to divide. 



