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 THE XAERIKYERI DIALECT.

��Nouxs.

Nouns cire declined, as usual, by affixes ; after the following manner : —

��Kintalo-Tjutu

Dog-with Bu6ii-ali

Blind-of Kurna - undru Man relatinsc-to.

��A pa - n - undru

Water relating-to.

Kurna - thulka

]Man relating-to.

Yinkani - kii

Yours-to.

��The Verb.

The Diyeri verbs, as in other Australian languages, have their tense-forms based on the forms of the imperative and the present participle, as shown in the paradigm below. The numbers indi- cate the tenses quoted, which are : — 1. Infinitive Present ; 2. Participle Present ; 3. Participle Past ; 4. Participle Reciprocal ; 5. Indicative, Perfect Definite ; 6. Indicative, Pluperfect ; 7. Indi- cative, Future ; 8. Imperative, Singular ; 9. Im2)ercdive, Plurcd.

�� � �' Groic:

�Ask.'

�', Strike.'

�1.

� �Acami^"

�Diami

�2_

�Bunk

�una Acanr

�„

�Diuna

�5."

�Blink

�anaorif Acanaori

�Dinaori

�6.

�Blink

�anawonthi Acanj:

�■wonthi

�Dinawonthi

�7.

�Bdnkanalauni

� �Dialauni

�8.

�Bunk

�a Acea

� � �9.

�1.

�' Cover, huvj/,' aSTumpani

�'See.'

�Dimarau

� �2.

�Numpuna

�Niuna

� � �s!

�Numpathuruna

� � � �4.

�Nurapamulluna

�Niamulluna

� �5.

�Numpanaorif

�Nianaori

� � �6.

�Numpunawonthi

�Nianawon

�thi

� �7.

�Numpalauni

� � � �«.

� �Nii or nil

�i

� �9.

� �Niamaran

� ��*The post-position mi means 'to.' fTo decline any tense, prefix the causative form of the personal pronouns as the suliject.

Some adjectives are participal in their form ; as, miincuruna, ' sick '; mundathuruna, 'lazy'; kukutharkuna, ' unlevel'; kiin- kuna, 'lame'; mull una, 'alike.'

Some adjectives seem to have forms of comparison ; as, wordu, 'short,' wordu-murla, 'shorter,' wordu-muthu, 'shortest'; umu, 'good, umu-murla, 'better'; nuru, 'quick,' nuru-pina, 'very quick'; moa, 'hungry,' moa-pina, 'very hungry.'

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