300 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



XIII. — Datjbai and English Vocabulaet. 



This Vocabulary, of some 2000 words, is compiled chiefly from the 

 MS. Yocabulary of Rev. E. B. Savage (ms. 7), the Mowat Vocabularies 

 of Haddon (ms. 2), and Mr. E. Beardmore (iis. 1), and has been 

 greatly extended by the Kiwai Vocabulary of Sir William Mac Gregor 

 (Nos. 22 and 23). Words have also been added from the texts (Nos. 

 19, 20), and from D' Albertis (No. 9). ir indicates the Mowat dialect ; 

 MB, the Mowat of Beardmore ; p, Perem ; k, Kiwai of Mac Gregor ; 

 K8, the Kiwai of Eev. E. B. Savage; f, mouth of the Fly Eiver, from 

 some MS. notes by the Eev. James Chalmers, relating to some 

 ethnographical specimens, many of which are in the British Museum ; 

 the figures in brackets refer to the illustrations of these objects 

 in Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, by Edge Partington 

 and Heape (vol. n.). A few words have also been added from 

 Domori Islands in the Fly Estuary. 



abara (m), w. to-day. 



abara, abra, ad. now. 



abarkai, v. to come. Mir. tabarki. 



abea (m), n. a woven bag, like a net. 



abera, n. father. Cf. baba. 



aberaburu (k), n. aunt. 



aberuti (k), v. to boil ; obo aberuti, v. water boils. Cf . bibiriti. 



aberuti (k), v. to leak. 



abidiro, abidiru (k), v. to paddle. Cf. aibi. 



abidiru dubu (k), n. oarsmen. 



abo (k), w. house posts. 



abodo (k), n. a song. Cf. wasare, poho. 



aboriora (mb), to micturate. 



aborohi, n. good spirits who inhabit the Megapodius mounds. They 

 come to men in their sleep, and tell them where to find 

 dugong, turtle, and fish, and where to make fruitful gardens. 

 Ann. Eep. 1894, p. 58. 



abraduo (k), n. to-night. 



abrasai (z), n. to-day. Cf . doguaimi. 



adabuai, v. to marry ; a. married. 



