Eay & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 189 



gagai (m), n. a bow ; (b), a gun ; a dance (362). Cf. gagari. 



gagal (m), n. pi. bow and arrows. 



gagari (t), n. bow and arrows ; triger gagari, a gun. 



gagauro (b), n, a bowstring. 



gagi, n. an ear-ring. 



gagi, n. a shrimp. 



gagi (m), n. a large petticoat made of sbredded leaves, and worn by 



women, 

 gaibur (m), n. the sbe-oak ( Casuarina). 

 gaidesa (t), n. a shield, 

 gaiga (b), n. the sun, = goiga. 

 gaiga-buia (b), n. twilight, 

 gaigai (t), n. the king fish ; the white fish, 

 gaiga-pudiso (b), n. the west (lit. sun-down), 

 gaima (m), an abscess, boil, 

 gaina (b), n. taro, = goen. 



gainau, gaino, n. the Torres Strait pigeon {Carpophaga luctuosa). 

 gainowa (m), n. a white pigeon (see gainau). 

 galalupa (Mg), v. to be cold (Stone), 

 galupan, v. to shake ; gamu galupan, v. to tremble, 

 gam (t), n. skin, 

 gam (t), fat. 



gamakauwasina (b), a. lazy. 



gamalunga (b), n. an albino. Cf. gamul, gamulnga. 

 gamu, n, the body, [gamupa, gamungu, gamuia.] 

 gamuasin (?), puruka paro mado gamuasin, an evil eye. Mark, 



vii. 22. 

 gamu-diwapa, v. to dance, 

 gamu-doidanu, v. to be tired. Cf. doid, nu. 

 gamu-dumawaku (s), n. clothing ; a dress, 

 gamnia-m ataman (b), v. to murder; gamuia-mataman-mabaeg (b), n. a 



murderer, 

 gamuidan, v. to ignite, to burn, 

 gamuji (m), a. itchy, 

 gamul, a. white. 



gamulnga (m), gamulonga, a. white, red (?). 

 gamunguzilamiz, a. wild (gamungu, from body, zilamiz, run), 

 gamutariz, v. to touch. 



