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meadyul, a maid ; wambundul, a child of either sex. Among 

 animals, mundaia signifies a male, and gunidyarba a female 

 — these words following the creatures' names. 



Case. — The principle cases are the nominative, causative, 

 genitive, dative, ablative, instrumental and accusative. 



Nominative. — Gareme, a camp ; burran, a boomerang ; 

 baura, a kangaroo. 



Causative. — Ureu madhai bume, a man a dog beat. 



Genitive. — Uregu burran, a man's boomerang ; inaru 

 dhibai, a woman's yamstick. 



Dative. — Dhainhaia garemo, come to the camp. 



Ablative. — Nhaia garemi, go away from tlie camp. 



Instrumental. — This takes the same suffix as the causa- 

 tive : — Ureu wan burrndu gaiawi, a man at a crow a 

 boomerang threw. 



Accusative. — This is the same as the nominative. 



It will be observed that the suffixes fluctuate according 

 to the termination of the word to which they are attached. 

 For example, ure takes gu in the genitive, whilst inar takes 

 u only, for the sake of euphony. 



Adjectives. 

 Adjectives succeed the nouns they qualify, and take the 

 same inflexions for number and case. 



Nominative — Ure burul, a man large. Uregali burulali, 

 a couple of large men, and so on. 



Causative. — Ureu burulu burran wannunni, a man large 

 a boomerang threw. 



Genitive — Uregu burulu burran, a large man's boomerang; 

 bauragu burulu clhun, a large kangaroo's tail. 



Owing to the euphonic variations referred to in the 

 declension of nouns, the suffix to burul in the two last 



