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somewhat primitive, e.,^/., cur-la, ''fire," fka/a] ; liunkey, 

 "female," [avyki]; my-ie, "biscuit," [mai] or [maji], really 

 meaning "vegetable food." Some of the proper names are 

 interesting: Turn-dam-yung-gah, "land on the banks of the 

 Torrens," is [tan'danjaTyka] "at Adelaide"; Ton-darn-ya-par- 

 rey, "River Torrens," is [tan ' dan j a pari] "Adelaide 

 River," and is evidently another native name for the Torrens, 

 because T. and S. call it Karrauwirraparri, i.e., the "Redgum 

 forest-river." War-rey par-rey, "the creek that runs from 

 the hills into Holdfast Bay" (i.e., Sturt River), is the 

 Warriparri [wari pari] of T. and S. It means the "wind 

 river," or "river of the west wind." Wee-tun-gar, "the 

 Reedbeds," is the Witongga [wiito^yga] of T. and S., from 

 [wi:to] a reed. The word still exists in the same locality as 

 "Wetunga," the name of Captain S. A. White's estate, at 

 Fulham. 



buljuna (puljuna), black, of dark complexion. 



bu^atji, two. (T. and S., purlaitye.) This word may 



be placed before the dual (at least this was done by 



Amelia), so that a double dual was produced: 



bu/atji kadliiZa, two dogs; bu^atji tappuZa, two flies; 



bu/atji mijuZa, two men; bu/atji ryay^kiiZa, two 



women. Uraidla is properly [juriiZa], "two ears," 



from [juri] ear, as Mount Lofty and the next hill to 



the north resemble, when seen from the plains, two 



ears rising from the head of an animal. T. and S. give 



the dual suffix as "-la, -rla, -dla." 



dirkanti (dikanti), sitting, living (T. and S., tikkandi) ; 



wa inna di:kanti? where do you live? >;aiji dikanti 



tan'danjaT^ka, I live at Adelaide. 



ivariti, misty rain; the native name of my informant. 



A similar name is mentioned by Mrs. Daisy Bates, 



these Trans., xlii., 161. 



jaka, here; jaka manja, here is rain. T. and S. say: 



"yakka, int. expressing aversion, as, yakka manya." 



jalaka, given as "yesterday." T. and S. translate it "at 



present, now, to-day." 

 ja^yara, wife. 

 jai;adli, by and by; soon. 

 jeZina, husband (T. and S., yerlina). 

 ka'-z^aiji wa>;kadli, let us come and talk, 

 kadli, dog; kadliiZa, two dogs; kadlina, doe:s. 

 kaiiyka wira. North Adelaide, and given as meaning "gum 

 scrub." T. and S. give "karra wirra" for the same 

 locality, with the meaning "forest of gum trees." 

 kaZa, fire (T. and S., gadla). 

 kantara, basket made of reeds for carrying the baby. 



