THE DIALECT OF W. ATJSTKALIA.
��The Plural numbei' is indicated by adding the numerals, but all beyond three are bula, ' much,' ' many.' The words for human beings add -man, or -arra, or -garra to form the plural ; man is an abbreviated form or man-da, 'altogether,' 'collectively.' Woi'ds ending with a vowel take -man; those ending with a consonant take -garra; as, kardo, 'a husband or wife,' j;/if., kardo-man; yago, 'a woman,' ^;?tt., yago-man; djuko, ' sister,' ^;Z^t., djuko-man; mammul, ' son,' ^;Zi6., mammul- garra; gulag, ' a child,' ;;??(., gulag-garra.
Declexsiox of a ISToux.
�� �Yago, 'a woman.'
� � �Singular.
�Plural.
�Nom.
�Yago
�Yago-man
�Gen.
�Yago-ak
�Yago-man-ak
�Bat.
�Yag-ol or Yago-al
�Yago-man-al
�Ace.
�Yago-in
�Yago-manin
�Ahl.
�Yago-dl
�Yago-man-al
��The Ablative means ' with,' ' by means of.'
Examples: — ^Yago maiak-al yugau bar dag a, 'a woman came to the house'; n'y agga yago-ak wanna, ' that is a woman's staff'; gadjo marain yago-al yogaga, 'I gave flour to a woman'; gadjo yago-in djinnag-ga, ' Isaw a woman'; budjor yago-al bianaga, ' the ground was dug by a woman.'
The commonest and most useful nouns are : —
��Time, Weather, &c.
Cloud — m ar-gabbi.
Comet (meteor) — binnar.
Darkness — maiart.
Dawn — waulu.
Daylight — birait.
Lightning— babbag-win.
Mid-day — m aly a r u k .
Moon — raiki.
]Moonlight — mikag.
Rain — gabbi ; moko.
Sky — gudjait.
Stars — gan-gar.
Sun — gan-ga.
Sunshine — monak.
Thunder — raalgar.
To-day — aiyi.
To-morrow — morogoto ; binag.
Yesterday — mairh-ruk.
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��Elements.
Air (wind) — mar. Earth — budj or. Fire — kalla. Water — gabbi.
Seasons.
Spring — jilba. Summer — birok. Autumn — burnuro. Winter — ma g-goro.
Individuals.
A man — mammarap.
An old man — windo.
A young man — gulambiddi.
A woman — yago.
An old woman — Avindo.
A young woman-
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