Bay & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 239 



nur, nuro, n. a noise, a roar, a voice, 



nurage (m), a. quiet. 



niirai, n. a sound, = nur. 



nnreipa (ii), v. to wrap round, to coil, to twist, [nuran.] 



nuremizingi (?), wur nuremizingi (m), n. low water. 



nurezingi, wur nurezingi (m), n. ebb tide. 



nurile (ji), a. noisy. 



nurinuri (aig), 11. a sweet potato. 



nuriz, 



nuro, n. a crack, an echo = nur. 



nursak, n. the nostrils. Cf. sakai, nui'se. 



nurse (ir), n. the white of an e^^ ; tbe mucus of the nose. 



nutan, v. to try, to tempt, to taste. 



1^ gSi, pr on. who? what? (person). 



ngabado, w. a room ; noido sesitaman ngipelpa wara koi ngabad gimal^ 



he (will) show you a large upper room. Mark, xiv. 15. 

 ngadagido, ngadogido, a. equal, lawful, 

 ngadal, n. number, size ; iangu ngadal mura, all parables. Mark, 



iv. 13. 

 ngadalenga, ngadalonga, n. a picture, image ; iangu -ngadalnga (s), n. a 



parable, [ngadalngange.] 

 ngadalenga, a. numerous, 

 ngadalngange. Mark, i. 44. 

 ngadapalepa, v. to be proud, to boast, 

 ngadazia (s), a. legal, 

 ngado, 



ngadu, pron. who ? 



ngaeapa, ngaiapa, pron. to me, for me. 

 ngagalaig, n. a hawk. Cf . nagalug. 

 ngai, pron. I. 



ngai-aikeka, pron. for myself, 

 ngaibia, pron. with me ; me, after v. to follow, 

 ngai-kusaig, pron. myself. 



ngaingai, n. a boar's tusk used for polishing a wap. 

 ngainge. Mark, x. 29. 

 ngalabe, pron. we two (exclusive), 

 ngalakai = ngolkai. 

 ngalapipa, v. to lie ; n. falsehood. 



