232 R. H. MATHEWS. 



Steal, murnumulli Sting, dhimi 



Request, ngukatti Hunt on ground, munnabiddya 



Blow with breath, bumbea Hunt in trees, wulkaeirri 



Climb, 



wulkagirri 



Go, 





ngullubi 



Conceal, 



nunbimulli 



Come, 





dhaiana 



Jump, 



baragirri 



Burn, 





bunga 



Laugh, 



gindadha 



Bite, 





kuttha 



Scratch, 



birma 



Fly, as 



a bird, 



burrana 



Tear with claw, 



kappia 



To trim 



timber 



hj I bukk 



Forget, 



nunbanna 



chipping 



Language of the Thangatti Tribe. 

 The remnants of tlie aboriginal tribes who speak the 

 Than'-gat-ti language are located chiefly in the valley of 

 the Macleay River, on the north-east coast of New South 

 Wales. This language is a highly interesting one, both on 

 account of its euphonic and flowing intonation, and also 

 because it possesses strong affinities to the speech of the 

 great tribes of the Wirraidyuri and Kamilaroi, who occupy 

 extensive regions in Central New South Wales. The social 

 organisation of these people, and their ceremonies of initi- 

 ation, have been described by me elsewhere. 1 



Adjoining the Thangatti on the north is the Kumbainggeri 

 tribe, a grammar and vocabulary of whose language was 

 contributed by me to the Anthropological Society at Vienna. 2 



Nouns. 

 Nouns have number, gender and case. 



Number. — Nouns have the singular, dual and plural 

 numbers, as in the following example : — Womboin, a 

 kangaroo ; wamboihbutobu, a couple of kangaroos ; worn- 

 boihdyillong, several kangaroos. 



1 Queensland Geographical Journal, Vol. xvi., pp. 35-41. Proc. Amer. 

 Philos. Soc, Vol. xxxvu., pp. 54-73, with map of N. S. Wales. 



2 '• Das Kumbainggeri, eine Emgeborenensprache von N. S. Wales," 

 Mitteil. d. Anthrop. Gesellsch. in Wien, Bd. xxxm., (1903), p. 321 - 328. 



