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Singular, 1. moro-gaut; 2. roro-gmit ; 3. nou-gaut. 



Samuito lepera-tanar oritorai nougaut, quickly the leprosy departed 

 from him. This is the only example found. 



(/.) The Ergative is shown by the suffix -gomoa, which corresponds 

 in meaning to the Miriam -dog and Saihai -lia, and may be translated 

 "with." The suffix is added to the possessive in first persons. 



Singular, 1. moro-gomoa ; 2. ro-gomoa ; 3. nou-gomoa,no-gomoa. 



The only example is : — Eleriti uaramai mcmahu, nougomoa numa' 

 bnia, take away the false thing, with him (is) the real thing. 



(y.) The equivalents of the Miriam haralalu, ttiabu, talabu are 

 expressed in Savage's ms. by means of the word imarai, joined to the 

 personal pronouns. 



Mo-imarai, myself ; imarai, thyself ; no-imarai, himself. In the 

 text : — nou noimarai kigiro, he himself is life. 



The MS. also gives simarai, himself, but, in the text, simera is 

 "yourself." Oguitogu! simera arapoi nougido muguru buaraigo, Go I 

 show yourself to. him the sacred chief. 



2. Interrogative PROiioirNS : 



The personal interrogative is Botur ? who ? (MacGregor, betiiro ?) 

 This is declined like the personal pronoun nou. Botu-na f whose ? 

 hotugido ? to whom ? Who ? is used in asking a person's name as in 

 the Melanesian languages. Ro paina ro beturo ? or, Ro paina heturo ? 

 who is your name ? (k). Savage has however Bedar roro paina ? 

 what is your name ? 



What ? is ebeta ? beda ? or bedar ? MacGregor gives also boro, and 

 nunamabu, and the examples : Neleta, nebetaro ? what is this ? 

 Nebetarerea/ro ? what is that ? Beda mutu noosari ? what do you want 

 for this ? leda didiri rogu ? what man comes ? Ebeta is declined, 

 Ebito-gido '? for what ? why ? 



The only example in the text is — Bedar roro paina ? what is thy 

 name ? 



3. Demonstrative Peonotjns and Adjectives : 



The MS. does not distinguish between the nearer and remote 

 demonstratives this and that, but the words given are goina, goi noma. 

 Abara, abra, now, appears as a demonstrative equivalent to " this" in 

 abra-sai (k), to-day ; abra-duo (k), to-night. Cf. Miriam, abele. 



MacGregor has tatari, this, but the word is properly an adverb, 

 "near." He also gives gido, mosia, that. 



