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-mara, hand; mara bin, finger nail. 



mara'wafi, the stumpy-tailed lizard. 



marnguri, three (also maT7guri). 



marna (marni, moerna, mana.), much, big; mama wa^ta, 

 very hot; marna gu :'>;anja, a big child : marna gadli, 

 a big dog. 



mi:na (mina), eye; mina buti, eye-lashes. 



mi:naku (minagu), blind. 



mudla, nose. 



mulari, very well; all right. 



murgadja, crying, weeping. 



muru, sand; muru dartu, sandhill. 



muT/ari, the little island between Point Pearce and War- 

 dang Island (native name of the latter, waralti). 

 Wlien crossing to Wardang Island the blacks waded 

 out to [mu77ari]' and swam the rest of the distance. 

 Mrs. Newchurch's grandfather and grandmother told 

 her that while the swimmers were in the water the 

 old men sat along the shore and sang an incantation 

 to keep the sharks away. No one was allowed to 

 move until the party landed on the island. Wlien 

 ready to return they made a signal across the water 

 and the singing began again. The object of these 

 visits was to get fish and penguins' egg's. 



nagudja (nagwidja), seeing; baitja -^attu nagudja, I see 

 a snake; baitja naguru, look at the snake. 



nanto, kangaroo. 



naru>7a, the tribe formerly inhabiting the northern part 

 • of Yorke Peninsula; naruT^a wara, their language. 



ne, yes (pronounced with a short, close [e] ; in fact equiva- 

 lent to the French nej; ne, rj&i wo-^gani, yes, I am 

 speaking. 



nini, thou; nini worjgani, you are speaking; nini warana, 

 you are ill; nini tikadja, you are sitting down. 



nintu, by thee (causative) ; nintu bu>7gwidja gadli, you 

 are striking the dog. 



nir/ku (ni»/gu), thy; ni^^ku adje, thy mother; nirygu ga^u, 

 thy wife. 



nippu (nipu), blackfellow. 



T^aiSara, aunt (father's or mother's sister). 



T^adje (vyaitje, '>7aite='>7aitju adje), my mother. Or per- 

 haps this word and r/adjeli are merely different forms 

 of adje and adjeli, like yarjki and ar;ki, a woman. 



ryadjeli (r^aitjali — -j^aitju adjeli), my father. 



>;adlu, we. 



rjai (rjaj, rjaiji), I (nom. case); rjai bamatja mu:ntan, I 

 am going to Moonta ; rjai tikadja, I am sitting down. 



