Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 219 



kulpa (s), a. old, = kulba. 



kulu, n. the knee. 



kulu-damanu, 



kuluka = kulka. 



kulukal, a. red, purple. 



kulukubo, kulukubu, n. a long time. 



kulun-tariz, v. to bow the knee, Mark, xv. 19. 



kuma, n. dung, excrement, rust. 



kumakuma (s), a. secret. See kumi. 



kumar (iib), name of a plant used in tbe initiation ceremonies (399). 



kumaskumas, 



kumete, n. a busbel. Prom the Samoan 'umete via Lifu kumete. 



kumi (s), n. a secret. Cf . gumi. 



kun, n. the hinder part; gulngu kun, the hinder part of the ship. 



Mark, iv. 38. 

 kunakanange (s), a. strong, tough (of cloth), 

 kunamin, 



kuna-poibiz, v. to groan, to moan, 

 kunaro (b), n. lime ; maino kunaran paruia nidizo, made mourning 



with faces of lime. Mark, v. 38. See Introduction to Saibai 



Grammar, 

 kunia ( ? from kun), noi ubigosia kunia onailai, he would not reject 



her. Mark, vi. 26. 

 kunia-tidiz, kunia-tridiz, v. to return, 

 kunumeipa (m), v. to tie. 

 kunur (m), 7i. ashes. 

 kuote (Mb), n. the back of the head, 

 kup (Mb), n. the buttocks. Cf. kukup. 

 kupa (m), n. a white berried Eugenia. 

 kupa (m), n. the hip ; maita kupa n. navel, 

 kupado, n. a bay. 

 kupai, n. a share, = kopi. 

 kupai (s) = kupor, 

 kupalabo (b), n. a tail, 

 kupai baba (b), n. a tail feather, 

 kupalenga, a. fromkupar, ngau kupalenga, I pity ; woe. Mark, xiii. 



17. 

 kupa-luba (m), n. the tail of a bird. 



