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VOCABULARY OF KAMILAROI.
stupid ... womba, wuƞgor, or mōr
sweet ... kuppa
tall ... kudūkudū
thin ... wōladūl
thirsty ... kolleƞin
weary ... iƞgil
white ... pullar or buƞgobā
wicked ... milburādil
wide ... muƞamuƞa
yellow ... gerīr or gūnagūna
young ... kubura
NUMERALS.
one ... māl
two ... būlār
three ... gūliba
four ... būlārbūlār
five ... būlārgūlibā
six ... gulibaguliba
A blackfellow from the Balonne River, whom I met on the Barwan in 1871, gave the numbers in use among his countrymen up to 20, as follows:–
1. māl
2. būlār
3. gūliba
4. bulārbulār
5. mulanbū
6. malmulanbū mummi
7. bularmulambū mummi
8. gulibamulambu mummi
9. bularbularmulambū mummi
10. bulāriu murra
11. mal dinna mummi
12. bular dinna mummi
13. guliba dinna mummi
14. bularbular dinna mummi
15. mulanbu dinna
16. mal dinna mulanbu
17. bular dinna mulanbu
18. guliba dinna mulanbu
19. bularbular dinna mulanbu
20. bulāriu dinna
bulāriu is the possessive case of bular: ten is the belongings of the two hands ; eleven is one, from the feet, added; twenty is the (toes) of the two feet (with the fingers).
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