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 THE TOCABrLAET.

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��B.

��Balbai, ;«.,* an axe. Baiyag-baiyag, 7n., a butterfly. Bate, ;«., water ; cf. gapoi Berabukkau, m., sperm wliale;

the natives do not eat this ;

cf. torog-gaiJ. Biggai, m., an elder brother. Bintunkin, m., a father. Birraba, vi., a small shell fish. Biyug, m., 'father,' addressive. Biyugbai, m., a father. Boaliig, m., mangrove seed. Boarrig, m., misty rain. Boata, m., the cat-fish. Boawal, m., the curlew. Bugkin, 7)1., vermin, as fleas. Bukkai, m., the bark of a tree ;

the ski a of animals. Bulbug, m., a small species of

kangaroo. Bunkuu, 711., a red sea-slug

which adheres to the rocks,

and is known to Europeans

as ' kunjewai.' Burug, m., hair on the head.

Wiirun, m., hair on the body.

Kitug, 7H., the short hair of animals.

Tirrig, «?., the fur of the opossum tribe. Buttikag, 7«., any beast.

��G.

��G-apal, 7n., a concubine. Gapoi, giiyuwa, g«6g, kulbg,

m., names for fresh water ;

cf. kokoin, bato, and yarro. Garawan,?;?., a plain flat place. Gardg-gardg, 7n., a rough place. Garo-geen, ;«., an old woman. Garo-mbai, m, an old man. Gauwo, m., a sea-gull.

��Girrinbai, on., first-born female.

Wiig-gunbai, youngest „ Golokonug, })i., a large kind of

schnapper. Gorokan, «i., the morning dawn Guraki, ???., one initiated; hence,

a wise person.

K.

Kan ; kurriwirara ; ?«., a brown diamond snake. Maiyii, «?., the general name for snakes. Kanin, m., a fresh-water eel. Karai, 7?i., flesh of any sort, but chiefly of the kangaroo, Karakal, «?., a wizard, doctor,

sorcerer. Karoburra, ra., a large whiting. Kardg-karog, m., a pelican. Kearapai, m., the white cock- atoo.

AVaiila,?».,theblack cockatoo ; its breeding place is un- known to the blacks. Keilai, m., urine. Kikoi, w., a native cat; is very

destructive to poultry. Kinnun, ?«.,the women's nets ;

used as bags. Kipai. 7n., fat, grease, &c. Kira-kira; kiiueta; ?«., the male

and the female king-parrot. Kirika and korunnag, m., two kinds of native honey. Mipparai,;;?., the honey-comb. jS'ukkug, m., the small sting- less bee of this country. 1 Mikal, 711., the honey in the blossoms of the honey- suckle tree. Karaka, w., the honey in the blossom of the grass-tree.

word fro.u its signification. — Ed.
 * T.ie m, throughout, stands for meaning ; it is inserted merely to divide the native

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