Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 223 



logo = lago. 



loia (b), n. the tongue. Cf. noia. 



lokof (Mb), n. medicine ; sorcery. Cf. gouga, maid, and Mir. lukup. 



longa (s), n. colour. 



longa (m) = launga. 



lorda, n. the shell worn on the groin when fighting. Cf. alidan. 



luba, 



lubu (?). Mark, xi. 15, niai za lubu ngorotaran, overthrew the tables 



of the money changers, 

 lulko (m), n. a large palm {Seaforthia) ; a water basket made of its 



leaves. 

 lumado (?), sana-lumado (b), n. the instep, 

 luman (s), v. to seek, to search, to guess, 

 lunga (s) = launga. 

 lunurano, prep, around, 

 lupalan, be of good cheer (?). Mark, vi. 50. 

 lupaliz, lupalizo, v. to be astonished, to marvel, 

 lupeipa (m), v. to shake, 

 lurug (m), n. the haunch bone, 

 luwaiz (s), V. to be cured, 

 luwaean (s), v. to shave. 



Ma (b), n. a spider, a cobweb. 



mabaginga (?), mekatia mabaginga, not shine abroad. Mark, iv. 22, 



Probably mabaeg with the negative adj. termination, not having 



men, where men are not. 

 mabaeg, mabaego, n. man ; pi. mabaegal ; ngurpai-mabaeg, n. disciple ; 



koi zongu ubi mabaeg, one who covets. Mark, vii. 22. 



[mabaegau, mabaegou, mabaegan, mabaegopa, mabaegangu, 



mabaegengu, mabaegongu, mabaegia, mabaegae.] 

 mabaegogi, mabaegoginga, a. deserted, having no men ; mabaegogi 



lago, a desert place, 

 mabaeg-purtan, n. a cannibal, man-eater, 

 mabagi = mabaeg. 



mabaro (b), n. the windpipe. * 



mabeto, n. a baby. 

 mabi (m), n. the tail of a fish, 

 mabiag, n. man, = mabaego. 



