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AN AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.

��BindiirgaiTa — to move along, as

childreu before they can walk, liiiidyabiudyalgauna — an itch. ]3indyarra — to crack. Bindyilduringa — to cut into a

tree to get opossums out. Biiiclyiuga — to stumble. Biudyirra — to dig with a hoe. Bindyulbarra — to sink under

the feet, as the ground. Bindyurmai — very warm. Bingal — a needle. Bingumbarra — to hear a fall. Binnal — the eldest. Biunalbang — the greatest, the

highest ; a name applied to

some heavenly being. Bmualbirra — to light. Biuya ; binna — to dig, to cut. Binyalbarra — to make fire. Binyalbirra — to make a light. Binyalgarna — lumpy. Biran — a boy ; cf. birrain. Bn-anbiran — steep, downhill. Biraudi — from. Biraggal — a step's distance. Birbaldain — a baker. Birbarra — to bake. Birbi — a flea. Birbir — extremely cold. Birdaebirdae — downhill. Birdain — ironbark-tree blossom Birdi — a cut. Birdirra — to cut. Birdyulong — an old scar. Bir^ainbarra — to kick against. Birgananna — to carve meat. Birgiiubirra — to plough. Birgang — a ground-grub. Birt^anna — to scratch. Birgilli ; birgillibaug — scorched

by fire. Birgu — shrubs, thickets. Birgun — a bird like a duck ; its

a()pearance portends rain. Biriiig — the breast. Biringa — a scar; a scratch ; v. to

make a scar.

��-to take and go throw at

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��Birombailinga-

away with. Biromballanna

each other. Birombanirra — to drive away. Birombanna — to go away to a

distance. [tance.

Birombarra — to throw to a dis- Birong — far-distant ; high. Birra — tired, fatigued. Birrabang — up, above, outside. Birrabirra — to be tired. Birrabuadillinga — to be tired. Birrabiang — poor, thin. Birra-bildain ; -bidyau — poor. Birrabinabirra — to move gently ;

to whisper. Birrabirrawainbul — downhill. 13irrabuoanna — to come back. Birradan — the straight scars on

the back. Birragumbil — back bent, as in

old age ; reclining. Birrag-guor — behind. Birramal — the bush. Birrain — the navel. Birrain — a young male. Birraindyong — a little boy. Birramanman— long-backed. Birrambang — a ' kangaroo-rat.' Birran — stiff, cold ; as in death. Birrawanna — to descend. Birrenelinga — to run away with. Birrha — the back. Birri — the ' box-tree.' Birrian — a grub found in trees. Birribirrimarra — to meet. Birrimaunar — sitting in a circle ;

walking in a row. Birrinallai — ' box-tree' blossom. Birrindaimarra — to meet each

other. Birrirra — to scratch. Bomarra — to take away, -bu — and, also ; a postjix. Buabuowaiina — a lump. Buadambirra — to overfill the

mouth.

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