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Some adverbs admit of inflexion for number, person and 

 tense, as : Where am I, wundhalawadhu. Where art thou, 

 wimdhalawanclu. Where is he, wundhalaguana. Where 

 are we, dual inclusive, wundhalawali. Where are you, 

 dual, wundhalawandubla. W T here are you, plural, wun- 

 dhalawandugal. 



When, witty ubara. Where, wundhala. How, widdyuwa. 

 Perhaps, ngakillaga. I do not think so, wongaia. Certainly 

 or certain, kurrimunkan. How (was it done), widdyumin- 

 dumi. 



Prepositions. 



In front, murrubil. Behind, kukkirbil. Inside, kuru- 

 gunna. Round at tlie back (of something), ngunnungurra. 

 Between, bauwungga. At the side (of anything), ngunna- 

 langurra. Around (a tree, rock, etc.), ngunniguliai. Round 

 there, ngunnibingura. Up there, ngunnianya. Down there, 

 ngunnidyar. Outside, wagiga. Around (a person, as a 

 belt), guranggadha. This side, nginnangur. The other 

 side, nguimaingur. Through, guruga. Over or across, 

 burabiddya. On the top, wampana. Underneath, ngunni- 

 dyingura. Up the river or stream, wambagirri. Down the 

 river, dhunggagulli. 



Some prepositions can be inflected for number and person, 

 as : kukkiridhi, behind me ; kukkirrinu, behind thee ; kuk- 

 kirrilu, behind him ; and so on through the remaining 

 numbers and persons. 



Numerals. 

 One, mukku. Two, bulagar. 



Ngeumba Vocabulary. 



The vocabulary herewith contains about 460 words of the 



Ngeumba language, collected by myself in the camps of the 



aborigines. The words of a similar kind are grouped under 



separate headings, as, Family Terms, the Human Body, 



