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��AX AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.

��Baddul — a little bird. Badin — cjrandmother ; a relative. Badinl)adin — water weeds. Badyan — the little finger. Badyar — a black aut. Basgabin — a beautiful bluisb

flower, like a byaciuth. Baggadirrar — very tliin. Baggai — a shell ; a spoon. Baggaidyarrar — anything that

is thin or light ; a little stone. Saggaigang — a small shell. Baggaimarra — to take out of a

pod, as peas. Baggai — a venomous snake. Baggandar; bawadar — a shoe. Baggandar — a sore which has

the skin off. Baggar — meat.

Baggaraibana; — restored, com- forted, healthy, comfortable. Baggarbuawarra — to stand on

a dangerous precipice. Baggarran — a dry well. Baggin — a bad spirit ; it enters

into the natives, but may be

driven out by their doctors. Baggin — a wound, a sore. Baggirngan — an uncle ; acousin. Baggirngun — a female who has

become a mother. Bagguang — water weeds, [arm. Baggur — the back part of the Baggurain — refreshed after a

faint ; strengthened by food ;

strong for work, industrious. Baggurainbang — one that is

industrious. Baggurbannia — a string tied

round the arm. Baggurgan — a young man in the

second stnge of initiation. Bagurra — blossom of the 'yam-

magang ' tree, q.v. Bai — a footmark left. Baiamai — a great god ; he lives

in the east. Baibadi — venereal.

��Baibian — twin. Baicn — semen animalis. Baigur — ear ornaments. Baigurbaigur — water weeds. Baimur — any kind of female. ]?ainbain — empty. Bainbanna — unable to reach. Baingarra — to hold to the wind,

as in winnowing wheat. Bainguang — stupid, bad. Bairgain — leeches. Baiyai — a meeting place of two

parties ; a tryst. Ba-la or simply/ ba — to be ; is

always joined to pronouns. Balbu — akiud of ' kangaroo-rat.' Balburranna — to tumble ; to fall

down headlong. Balgabalgar — chief, ruler, king. Balgagang — barren, desolate. Balgal — sound, noise. Balgang — barren. [as fleas.

Balganna — to kill on the nails, Balgar — noon. Balgargal — sunlight ; the glory

where Baiamai (q.v.) lives. Balgarra — to emit sparks. Balguranna — to slip (roll down). Balgurei — little spots of clouds. Ballaballamanna — to move, lift

softly or slowly. [to slap.

Ballaballanirra — to beat a little, Ballaballayallanna — to whisper ;

to talk in each other's ear. Ballaballelinga — to whisper. Balladi — a saw ; ailj., seri'ated. Ballagiriu — an old opossum («?.) Ballagun — an old woman. Ballanda — long ago ; at the first;

in the beginning. Ballaudallabadin-a kind of reed. Ballandunnang — thick-head ; a

term of reproach. Ballang— the head. [flower.

Ballaggaraug — the top bud of a Ballangimarra — to wring any- thing by squeezing and pres-

sinoj at one end.

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