Eay & H ADDON — The Languages of Torres Straits — II. 357 



holes, box. 



hdgaill)dgail{^), cursing and swearing. Mk. xiv. 10. (?), plur. of bogai, 

 from Eng. slang term. 



hoonarri. This word is given by Jukes for ^^ coconut,''^ and is the 

 native pronunciation of " bow and arrow." "When ships first 

 visited the islands these were common articles of trade. The 

 natives may have known that '■^hoonarrP^ signified the weapons, 

 or they may have thought that it was the English for " cocomd." 

 It is certainly not a Torres Strait word. 



borom = iaroma, 



luhet, bucket. 



burum = laroma. 



but, boot. 



Bana-nulci (s), a spring of water. This is a curious word given in 

 Sharon's vocabulary, and literally means eye-water. It 

 corresponds literally to the Samoan mata-vai, also meaning a 

 spring of water. Dana = mata, eye, nuhi = vai, water. The 

 Lifu word for spring is qeqe (pronounced whewhe). 



dapar (s), heaven, lit. sky. 



debe merhem (m), the Gospel, lit. debe, * good,' merhem, * speech ' or 

 ' message.' 



demoni (s), demon, devil ; demonilgopa, to one possessed. 



dia, a club, imitated from a Lifu model. Lifu jia (pronounced dhia). 



diabolo, devil. Greek StdtySoAos. 



diakona, deacon. 



dihedib, a dish, lit. a sp. of shell. Cf. dibidibi in Vocabs. 



Bisemba, December. 



Eden, Eden. 



eit, eight. 



ehalesia, church. Greek iKKXrjcria. 



elefen, eleven. 



Ellene, a Greek. Greek "'EXK-'qv. 



erurwur (m), to smoke a tobacco pipe in native fashion, lit. to drink 



beat. 

 esorapa (m), to pray, lit. sit with bended head. 

 esorgiru (m), to pray, lit. to bow the head in worship. 

 etage (m), to read, lit. to point to, to count. 



