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lyaitju (r^aitu), my; T/aitjii /yu/Sa, my husband. 



rjsilugn, our. 



Tyamaitja, mother. 



T^ami (r;ammi), woman's breast; mother, mamma. Used 



by young children for "mother," as bapi for 



"father," the words adje and adjeli being substi- 

 tuted as they grow older. 

 T^antu, "hand and arm up tg the shoulder.'' 

 >;ari, solitary, one. 



ryarigu, one; ryarigu ja/i, one man, a soltary man. 

 Tyarka (narka), a crowd; ryarka nippu, a crowd of blacks; 



T/arka wa^i, a lot of wurlies, a camp. 

 •>;attu, by me (causative case) ; gadli v/ittu bu//widja, I beat 



the dog. 

 T^oijSa (r;u/3a), husband. 

 >;u:njidja, laughing; -^urnji rnana i/yja, you make me 



laugh. 

 ?;unta, away; rjunta bamani, go away. 

 r/urku, a tooth. 



parni (barni, parni), here; parni bamani, come here! 

 paru, meat, game, 

 pukara, south wind, 

 tadni (dadni), sea; tadni waldu'nindjana ("the rushing 



through of the sea"), native name of Point Pearce. 

 talinja, tongue, 

 tidna (didna), foot, 

 tikadja, sitting down; digani, sit down ! (speaking to one 



person); digadja, sit down! (to several people), 

 tindo (dintu), sun; dintu garidja, the sun is rising; 



dintu digadja, the sun is setting. 

 tu:gudja, small; tu:gudja guryanja, a small child. This 



word seems to be an intensive form of gidja. 

 wadiwe, name of the beach near Point Pearce. 

 wadna, boomerang, 

 wajaga, shooting star. 

 wa'laT/gwidja, covering; gaka wa'laiygwidja, I cover (my) 



head, 

 wa/i, house, wurlie. 

 wa/ina, bad; wa/ina ja/i, a bad man. 

 waZta, hot. 

 wa^tu, neck, 

 wandidja, lying down, 

 wanti, where ? which way ? 

 wara, language; also rat. 

 waralti, Wardang (or Wauraltee) Island. The name 



was given by Mrs. Newchurch as meaning "Rat 



Island," but if [wara] is synonymous with [bivyku] it 



