Item 02: Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages, by Rev. William Ridley, 2nd ed. (Sydney, 1875) - Page 19

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PRONOUNS.

3. ηērma, he or she

ηērηū or ηūndi, his or her

ηārma, they

guyuηgun, my own or our own

The nasal at the beginning is sometimes softened down very much, especially in the second person, which is often pronounced inda.

II.– DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

ηubbo or numma, this

ηūruma, that by you (iste)

ηērma or ηutta, that yonder (ille)

III.– INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.

āndi? who? (hence the verb "anduma," tell who.)

minima? which?

minna? or minya? what? (hence minyago? why?)

minyuηgai? how many?

IV.– INDEFINTE PRONOUNS.

kānūηō, all ; gūnō, all

minnaminnabūl, all things whatever

ηaragē, other ;  ηaragdūl, another (hence ηarageduli, at another time).

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