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 49 if she displeases them; but no mother ever corrects a child by beating.

Mammilyar—(K.G.S.) Dew.

Mammăn, s.—A father.

Mammango, s.—The white of an egg.

Mammărăp, s.—A man. The derivation of this word seems to be from Mamman, a father, and Abbin, to become. The men are rather active and sinewy, than strong and muscular. They are well formed, broad in the chest, though generally slender in the limbs. Some very tall men are found among them, but the average height is rather below than above the European standard.

Mammart—(K.G.S.) The sea.

Manar—(K.G.S.) A species of iguana.

Manbibi, s.—The small Hottentot fig.

Mănda, ad.—Amongst; between; speaking of a division among individuals as Manda-yong-owin, giving anything to be shared between several persons.

Mandarda, s.—A mouse. There are several indigenous species.

Măndig-ăra, s.—A girl not arrived at years of maturity; a woman who has had no children.

Mandjar, s.—A sort of fair which takes place among the aborigines, where the inhabitants of different districts meet to barter with each other the products of their respective countries. Thus, if the people from the North and the Murray River and Perth were to meet together on one of those occasions, the following articles might be exchanged among them; but it is rather an interchange of presents, than a sale for an equivalent.

Mandjallă, a.—Idle; inactive; lazy; tired.

Mandju, s.—Decayed roots; seasoned wood. Applied also to flesh or bodies of animals when dried up by the sun, or burned when roasting at the fire.

Mando, s.—Pubes.

Mando, s.—A wooded spot; a place full of trees; a thicket.

Mandu, s.—Batta mandu, sunbeams.

Mandubin, a.—Browning; turning brown as meat roasting.

Man-ga, s.—A nest. Robbing birds' nests is a favourite occupation in the proper season of the year.