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bar'-roo, River this-side hill-at; or, on this side of the river 

 is a hill. 



(g) Ablative, Bul'-lan ngo6-rij-jee, from the woman. Bow'-wil 

 goo-rij-jee, from the man. Boo-reen bar'-ra-jee, from the 

 stringy bark tree. This slight fluctuation in the sound of 

 the particle, due no doubt to the governed word, is frequent. 



(h) Vocative, Ma bul'-lan ! Oh, woman ! 



III. Prepositions. — (a) Of place, in or at, wa-ro, or war'-rea. 

 Ngul'-la-mln'-ya goon'-jee wa-ro, 

 Sit down I hut in. 



Gur-rin'-yen-noong' min'-jee-gar'-ree, 

 Father ours heaven in. 

 On, wa'-ro, or war'-un-goon. Dhum'-bang mung-a'-lee-min goo-ree 

 wa'-run-goon, hat rests ear on; or, the hat rests on the man's ear. 

 Around, or round, meaning behind, or the other side of, ngun'na. 

 When it means surrounding, as, the men are sitting round the 

 gum-tree, it is translated simply by wa-ro. Bow'-wil darh'-gang 

 ngul'-Ia-min-gil'-long dhur'-rum-bi wa'-ro, the whole lot of the men 

 are sitting round the gum-tree. 



Between, thur'-ree, with wa-ro. Ngul'-lan-in-jee dhur-ree wa-ro 

 bul-lan bul'lar-ngoo-ra, wilt sit down thou middle-at woman-two. 

 Jo6-loo-gung-ang tho6-ree-wa-ro ngar'-ree war'-rea, lizard between-at 

 leg-at, i.e., a lizard is between my legs. Jo6-loo-gung-ang mun'- 

 noo-min thoo-ree-wa-ro ngar'-ree-war'-rea, lizard is running be- 

 tween-at legs-at; i.e., a, lizard is running between my legs. Tho6- 

 lan nan-bo6-roo-min' thur'-ree-wa-ro ba-ba-roong nga-lee-min-burr, 

 river lies between-at hills two. 



On, meaning on top of, gun'-na goon'-jee- wa-ro, opossum sits top 

 hut-at. Ba-bath-ool nam'-boo-ra-min jil'-long ngun'-neen wur'-ran- 

 gin-bar'-roo, geebung lie-they beneath boomerang-at ; i.e., the 

 geebungs beneath the boomerang. 



On this side of, ngoo-nin'-bil. Nul'la-mln gil'long ngoon-nin'-bil 

 thoo-lan-ba-ro, sit-down they this side-of river-at. Bit intensifies, 

 is equal to " here-self." 



