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32 AN AUSTEALIAN LANGUAGE.

12eci])rocal.

T. 1. Bim-killan bali T. 6. Bun-kill-ala-ta bali

4. „ -kill-ala „ 7. „ -kill-ai-kolag „

5, „ -kill-ai-kt'-un ,, 8. „ -kill-ai-kin „

T. 9. Bun-killa-nun bali

SUEJUNCTITE MOOB.

1. To express imrpose. T. 10.

Bim-killi-ko, ' to strike,' ' for the purpose of striking.' Bim-killi-koa, 'to strike continually,' 'to beat,' 'to thrasli.' Buri-kni-ai-koa, ' to strike eaeli one the other,' ' to fight.'

2. To express immediate purpose.

T. 10. Buu-wil or bu-wil-koa bon bag, ' that I might strike him.'

3. Iteration.

T. 1. Bun-tea-kan bdn bag T. 9. Biin-tea-ka-niin bag

4. Imminence.

T. 9. Biin-tea-kiin-koa bdn bag

5. Contemporary circumstance.

T. 1. Biin-tciu bdn bag ba T. 3. Biin-killi-ela bdn noa ba

T. 9. Bun-nun bdn bag ba

6. Implied necjation of actual effect.

T. 10a. Bum-mai ga bdn bag

7. Implied negation of action or entity.

T. 10b. Bum-pa bdn bag ba T. 10c. Bum-pa-ta bdn bag ba

T. lOd. Xeawaran bdn bag biim-pa

Impeeatite Mood. Bii-wa bi, ' strike thou'; buwa-buwa bi, ' continue thou to stidke. Bim-killa bula, ' strike on, ye two, the one with the other.' Bun-kill-ia, ' strike on,' 'be striking self.' Bun-tea-ka bi, ' strike again ' ; biin-kea, ' strike instantly.'

Note. — This imperative, if written in full, with a subject and an object, would be : —

Bu-wa bi (or bula, or nura) tia ; instead of tia, any other object maybe used ; such as, nnni, 'this,' unnoa, ' that,' and the accusative cases of all the pronouns.

Continuative. Bun-killi-lia bi (bula, nura) tia, &c., as above. Hcflexive. Emphatic. Reciprocal.

Biin-kill-ia bi kotti, Bu-wa bi gintoa, Bun-killa bula

' strike thou thine own ' strike thou thyself.' ' strike ye two, the one the self.' other.'

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