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THE WOMBAT. 







Dual. 





4. 

 5. 



Bangui, 

 Bangbullok 



We two. 

 You two. 





Bang-(b)ul. 

 Bang-bula-k. 



6. 



Bang-a-bul-ong 



They two. 





Bang-(t)a-bula-ng. 







Triple. 





7. 

 8 

 9. 



Bang-etuk-kol-lik, 



Bang-ud-kol-lik, 



Bang-tan-a-kol-lik, 



We three. 

 You three. 

 They three. 





Bang-ngedo-guli-k. 

 Bang-ngu-d-guli-k. 

 Bang-tana guli-k. 







Plural 





10. 

 11. 

 12. 



Bang-wod-jok, 



Bang-ud, 



Bang-tan-ong, 



We. 



You. 



They. 





Bang-wadjo-k. 



Bang-ngu-d. 



Bang-tana-ng. 







Possessive Case. 







Singular 





13. 

 14. 

 15. 



Bang-ong-ik, 

 Bang-go-de.gnen , 

 Bang-go-de-duk, 



My. 

 Thy. 

 His. 





Bang-ang-ngi-k. 

 Bang-kide-ngin. 

 Bang-kode-da-k. 



16. Bang-go-de-ul, Ours 



17. Bang-go-de-bul-ok, Yours. 



18. Bang-go-de-bul-ok, Theirs. 



Dual. 



Bang-kode-(b)ul. 

 B ang-kode-bu la-k, 

 Baug-kode-bula-k . 



19. Bang-ong-etuk-kol- 



lik, Ours. 



20. Bang-ong-ud-kol-lik, Yours. 



21. Bang-a-tan-a-kol-lik, Theirs. 



Triple. 



Bang-ang-gnedo-guli-k. 



Bang-ang-ngu-d-guli-k. 

 Bang-a(ng)-tana-guli-k. 



Plural. 



22. Baug-a-wod-jok, Ours. 



23. Bang-ong-ud, Yours. 

 *24. Bang-go-de-tan-ok, Theirs. 



Bang -ang-wadjo-k. 



Bang-ang-ngu-d. 



Bang-koda-tana-k. 



*The numbers are set before the lines for facility in reference. 



Now in casting your eye over this list of words, you at once 

 recognise the fact that everyone of them begins with the syllable 

 bang, and nearly all end with k. As to bang, it cannot be a pro- 

 nominal form ; for, suppose it means ' I,' it is clear that the pro- 

 noun ' I ' cannot be an essential part of the pronoun for ' thou ' 

 or ' he/ 'Its constant and unsympathetic form make me sure that 

 it is neutral in meaning and use. I take it to be a demonstrative 

 strengthening particle used to hold up the pronoun which follows 

 it. In fact, it is the Australian demonstrative ba which occurs so 

 often ^in place names, as in Barra-Ja, Toowoom-6«, and many 

 others ; it is the South Australian demonstrative pa, and is also 

 the root of the Awabakal pronoun ba-r&, ' they ' (demonstrative). It 

 is part of some of the postpositions which are used for the declension 

 of nouns and pronouns in the Awabakal dialect of New South 



