Vocabulary of the Language Spoken by the Aborigines of the Southern and Eastern Portions of the Settled Districts of South Australia: Viz., by the Tribes in the Vicinity of Encounter Bay, and (with Slight Variations) by Those Extending Along the Coast to the Eastward Around Lake Alexandrina and for Distance Up the River Murray: Preceded by a Grammar, Showing the Construction of the Language as Far as at Present Known |
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accusative Addenda Adelaide adjective adverbs affix agent alde ambe angk anyir basket becoming belonging child cockatoo CONDITIONAL MOOD crow bird cutting dative denoting drētul-un drink dual and plural eating ell-in Encounter Bay engk English expressed father genitive gerund giving going ildal Imperative moods inseparable ityan kangaroo Kangulun Kile kind Kitye korn-alde korn-ar korne kukko laggel-in Lake Alexandrina lakk-in language long ago mame mewe mitye MOOD mother names of places natives ngai ngape Ngate Ngate-yan nginte ngopp-un Ngūne nominative nouns OPTATIVE AS RESPECTS participle particle pett-in piece Polte porl põte prep preposition Preterite PROHIBITIVE MOOD pron pronouns Ramong reciprocal pronouns rice root Second Person sick signifying SINGULAR sitting sleep speaking spears the fish striking tense thee thou ungai ungar verb verbal substantive vowel walking watangrau whence woman wood words Wun-angk Yande Yaral yarnde yesterday younger brothers
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Page 40 - ... situation the body remains, unless removed by some hostile tribe, until the flesh is completely wasted away, after which the skull is taken by the nearest relative for a drinking cup. The third mode is to place the corpse in a sitting posture, without any covering, the face being turned to the eastward, until dried by the sun, after which it is placed in a tree.
Page 40 - ... being previously sewn up, and the corpse covered with mats, pieces of old cloth, nets, &c. The corpse being placed in a tree, a fire is made underneath, around which the friends and relatives of the deceased sit, and make lamentations. In this situation the body remains...
Page 40 - ... fire is made underneath, around which the friends and relatives of the deceased sit, and make lamentations. In this situation the body remains, unless removed by some hostile tribe, until the flesh is completely wasted away, after which the skull is taken by the nearest relative for a drinking cup. The third mode is to place the corpse in a sitting posture, without any covering, the face being turned to the eastward, until dried by the sun, after which it is placed in a tree.
Page 2 - Vocabulary of the Language spoken by the Aborigines of the Southern and Eastern Portions of the Settled Districts of South Australia, viz., by the Tribes in the Vicinity of Encounter Bay, and (with slight variations) by those extending along the Coast to the Eastward, around Lake Alexandrina, and for some distance up the River Murray ; preceded by a Grammar, showing the Construction of the Language as far as at present known.
Page 64 - Used for the same purpose and in the same manner as the complete section, except that one side wall is allowed to remain.
Page 47 - A dance of this sort is common among the Malay girls (Grey). Kuri (circle), dance of the northern tribes in Australia [im Kolo]. In the play Yambalin (in Australia) one person stretches a piece of string between the fingers of both hands, so as to form some fanciful figure, which another then takes off, altering the figure, the first then takes it again, and so on alternately (Meyer). Bei Ngungawaietti oder ändern Spielen der Männer trommeln die Frauen auf ihren Fellkleidern (in Australien). Tapurro,...
Page 51 - Several of these names, especially of those in the vicinity of Adelaide, belong to the Adelaide language, as their terminations show ; and, indeed, are known only to a few individuals who have been in the habit of visiting the Adelaide tribe, and who can speak both languages.
Page 2 - ... the tribes in the vicinity of Encounter Bay, and (with slight | variations) by those extending along the Coast to the Eastward around Lake Alexandrina and for some distance up the River Murray: | Preceded by | a Grammar, showing the construction of the Language as far as at | present known. | By HAE Meyer, | Missionary of the Evangelical Lutheran Society at Dresden.
Page 11 - When two consonants come together the syllable is made long, but the vowel remains short, as "atte," in which, though both vowels are short, the first syllable is long and the second short.