Rat & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 309 



burgoburgo (k), ??. baggage. 



burkoma (e), n. "v^hitebait ; burkoma orobai, v. to catch whitebait. 



buroburo (f), n. the cylindrical drum with amiular ends (pi. 189, 6). 



bum (k), v. to break. 



buru, a. empty ; obo-buru, empty of water. 



bum, n. the outside ; buru-mouro, the outside of a place. 



buruma (ir), n. a pig. 



buruma (k), 7i. a variety of yam. 



burumamaramu (f), a bull-roarer : when used all women and children 

 leave the village and go into the bush. The old men swing it 

 and show it to the young men when the yams are ready for 

 digging (May and June). The name evidently signifies "the 

 mother of yams " (pi. 201, 2). 



bururu (Domori), n. a headdress used in dancing and fighting. 



busere (k), n. a girl ; busera (p), a young girl. 



butauogu (k), v. where are you going? 



dadara (?), dadara dubu (k), n. a fool. Cf. karatai duba. 



dadu (k), n. a bunch of grass tied on a pole and stuck up on a canoe, 



hence, a flag, 

 dagoi (ir), n. a head-dress made of cassowary feathers worn in 



dances, 

 daguri (k) (f), n. a head-dress of black feathers. Cf . dagoi. 

 damari, n. the eyes (Mir. pone) ; the eyeball (k) ; damari muo (ir), n. 



eyelash or eyebrow ; damari tama, eyelid (k) ; damari gede 



(k), n. ophthalmia. 

 damari, v. to shut the eyes, to consider. (Mir. erkepasam.) 

 damarupere, a. blind. Mir. sadmer. 

 damedame (e), to swim. 



damo (k) (?), oromo damo, n. the ocean. Cf. oromo. 

 dajDurkup (ii), n. a necklace. 

 daradari, a. foolish. 

 darapi (?). 



darimo (m), n. a house for men. 

 dau (m), sago. 



dauari, n. men. (Mir. le giz.) Cf. auarubi, arubi. 

 daunomu (k), a stone axe. 

 dawane (k), w. the summit. 



