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Nominative.— Wiinya, a boomerang. Kangupka, a perch. 

 Nukkin, the tail of an animal. Dungula, a river. Manung, 

 a camp. 



Causative. — Yiyirril wunya munnin, a man threw a 

 boomerang. Winyarril kangupka mummun, a woman a 

 perch caught. Bukkal buttya yinnin, a dog an opossum bit. 



Genitive.— Yiyirrin wiinya, a man's boomerang. Win- 

 yarrin nunyir, a woman's yamstick. Buttyan nukkin, an 

 opossum's tail. 



Dative. — Dungulung, to the river. 



Ablative. — Dungulin, from the river. Manungyin, from 

 the camp. 



Instrumental. — Ngango yiyir wiinyal munin, I at a man 

 a boomerang threw. 



Accusative. — The same as the nominative. 



Adjectives. 

 Adjectives are declined for number and case, and are 

 placed after the qualified noun. Yiyir dunngidya, a man 

 large. Yiyirral dunngidyal, a couple of large men. Yiyar- 

 rau dunngidyau, several large men. Yiyirril dunngidyil 

 buttya tuttain, a large man an opossum killed. Yiyirrin 

 dunngidyin wunya, a large man's boomerang. 



The remaining cases are declined the same as the nouns. 

 Comparison of adjectives is effected in a manner similar to 

 that employed in the Thoorga. 1 



Pronouns. 

 Pronouns have three numbers and the usual cases. The 

 first person of the dual and plural contains two pronouns, 

 the first of which includes both the speaker and the party 

 addressed, but the second excludes the party spoken to. 

 These are marked " incl." and "excl." respectively. Some 



1 " The Thoorga Language/' Queensland Geographical Journal, Vol. 

 xvii., pp. 49-73. 



