Ray & Haddon — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 315 



erehia (m), a. tired. 



eremeterai, v. to turn round. 



ereno, inter, an exclamation of wonder or surprise. Mir, waiai. 



eresa (k), n. a border or edge. 



eresapua (k), n. half. Cf. sapua, 



ereta ( ?) 



erhaigiri, v. to go out, to be born. 



erigedio (p), n. work. Cf. kerigedio. 



erudomoti, v. to pray. 



esee (k), n. an edible snake, said not to bite. 



esirigo (k), n. the calf of the leg. 



eso, V. to thank. 



esume (k), n. an artery or vein ; skin. 



etaauito, v. to glance. 



ete (k), n. the little finger. 



etebeai (e), v. to double ; to catch (m). 



etebuti, v. to roll up, 



eteturi (m), n. the ring finger. 



euri (p), V. to see, Cf. damari. 



Ga (e), n. a cockatoo. 



gabagaba, n. a stone club. 



gabigabi (k), n. a straw cross belt worn in dances. Cf, genaio. 



gabo, n. a path or road ; sole or shoe ; (airo gabo = Mir. teter gab) a 

 gate (k) ; doorway (m). 



gabu, V. to warm one's self. 



gabu, n. cold, (Mir. ziru.) 



gabugabu, a. cold. 



gadi (k), n. fat, flesh. Cf. sirigo. 



gagama (k), n. the spoonbill. 



gagari, n. bow ; bow and arrows ; ' trigger ' gagari, a gun ; a bamboo 

 (k). " The bow is made of a piece ef bamboo, nearly an inch 

 thick, about two inches broad in the middle and tapering to 

 the ends. The inner surface is on the convex side." — Ann. 

 Eep. 1890. 



gagi (m), n. an ear-ring. 



gagimere (f), n. an ear-ring worn by all. 



gaime (k), a. distant, far, far away. Cf. giatou, mureso. 



