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AN AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.

Burugbug͏̇gulla — mand., set at liberty; set loose.

Burug͏̇bug͏̇gulliela — was causing to be set at liberty; was unloosing or releasing.

Burg͏̇bug͏̇gulliela ba — while (as, when). . .was setting at liberty.

Burug͏̇bug͏̇gulliko — to cause to be set at liberty; to unloose; to release; to unbind.

Burug͏̇kulléu͏̇n — did set at liberty, unloosed (of itself).

Burug͏̇kulliko — to set itself at liberty of its own })ower; to unloose itself; to unbind itself; to go off spontaneously.

Butti — more; to do more; to continue the action.

Butti-butti—mand., more more; go on, go on.

Buttikag͏̇ — any animal ; ass, ox.

Buttikag͏̇ ba — when (if) an animal ... , as an ox.

Bu-uwil — opt., wish to smite.

Bu-uwil koa — subj., in order to smite; that . . . might smite; on purpose to strike.

Buwa — mand., smite ; strike.

C.

There is no sibilant sound in the language, consequently there is no c soft, or s, or z in the native alphabet. These letters, therefore, occur only in words of foreign origin introduced into the aboriginal tongue. The hard sound of c, as in Eng. 'cubit,' would be represented by the letter k. The letter ć({(Symbol missingsymbol characters)) represents the sound of ch., as in Eng. 'church.'

Ćipu — Eng., sheep. Ká(†italo, Gr.)—Eng., calf.

Kalabary — pr.n., Calvary.

Kenturion — a centurion.

Kenturion-ko — the centurion, as an agent.

Kubit — Eng., a cubit.

Kurenia — pr. n., Cyrenia.

Kurenia-kal — belonging to Cyrenia; a Cyrenian (masc.).

Kurenia-kalín — belonging to Cyrenia; a Cyrenian (fem.).

D.

D has a middle sound betwixt t and d ; it often confounds the sounds of d and t. I) is used in foreign words, while t belongs to the language. The aborigines do not pronounce the Eng. v or f, generally substituting h for V, and j) tor f.

Dabid — David.

Dabid-to — David, as the agent.

Dabidumba — belonging to D.

Debbil (fdiabol, 6'/-'.) —devil.

Debbil-debbil — intensive; a term used for an evil being of whom the aborigines are much afraid.

Dekem-millia— Z«<. , 1 0,000.

Denari— Zffl^., a penny.

Deutero — Gr., second.

Dhakaria — pr.n., Zacliarias.

Dhakke — pr.7i., Zaccliaeus.

Dhelot — Gr., a zealot.

Diabol-lo or diabol-to — the devil, as an agent.

Diabol-kan — one having a de^-il.

Didathkalo (-oi) — Gr., teachei-.

Dodeka — Gr., twelve.

��E.

��E — sounds as a in Eng. ' may.' Ela or ala! — exdam., ho! hallo!

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