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M u n n i g e e ii k a p a i y i n b u n ]v i 1 1 i - b i r u g; Sick we siifFeriiig striking-from.

m., we are ill tliTout!;li tightinj?.

G a 1 i t i a n o a b u n t o a r o b li n k u 1 1 a; m., this is the wounded

This me lie the-woumled struck. man who struck me.

AVonnug-ke bar a biintoara? m., where are those who

Where they that-be-struck. were struck?

Buntoarin bara tetti kakulla; m., they died of their Wouncled-from they dead were. wounds.

11. CONJUGATION OP SOME OTHER VERBS.

Minarig bi uman? warai? w., what thing do you make?

Wliat thou makest? spear. a spear?

Gran- to unni uma? gali; /;«., who made this? this person

Who this made? this. did

G a n - 1 o t i a moron u m a - n li n? on., who will save me alive?

Who me alive make-will?

G a n - 1 o u n n a p u n n a 1 uma? J e h o v a - k o; Who that sun made? Jehovah,

w., who made the sun? Jehovah did. M u m i n w i n t a kakulla, uma n o a b a r u n n a k i 1 1 i-ka n; Blind some were, made he them seers;

m., some were blind, he made them to see.

Umabunbi yikora, tetti koa noa katea-kiin; Permit-to-do not, dead lest he become;

711., do not let him do it, lest he die.

TJ m a i - g a - 1 a bag unni y a r a k a i; m., T had almost spoiled Like-to-have-done I this bad. this.

Wiyella bou uma-uwilkoa u n noa; w?., tell him to makeit. Tell him may-do ^d that.

"Wi yella bon upa-uwil koa unnoa; Tell him to-do ut that;

on., tell him to u?e it; or, to make it act.

Soap u m a t a r a k i p a i-b i r u g; on., soap is made of fat. Soap made fat-from.

Upulli-gel k u lai-t a-b iru g; m., the acting place of wood; Doing-place wood-from. a wooden table.

Warai bag umullin; m., I am making a spear. Spear I am-now-making.

Mirrin bag upullin; on., I am sharpening or putting a Point I am-now-doing. point.

Wonnug-ke mirrin wirritoara? on., where is that which Where be pomt that-which-is-done? jg pointed.

TJmatoara kiimba-birug; on., that which was made That-which-is-done yesterday-from. yesterday.

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