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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF WORDS IN FIVE LANGUAGES
VICTORIA
| Witaoro. | Jajaoroƞ. | TJenƞenwurro. | Burapper. | Tā-ūƞguroƞ. | |
| father ... | pedūriƞetuk | marmūk | marmak | marmūk | warredū |
| mother ... | ƞardon ƞettuk | barbūk | barpanorūk | barbūk | barbanūk |
| son ... | boran | bobūh | watyepūk | ........ | bobūp |
| daughter ... | bagorūk | tor-roi | mangapūk | layurūk | bagurū |
| brother ... | warnuƞ | warwūk | warwūk | warwūk | parngannū |
| sister ... | wairƞa ƞettuk | kotūk | kotūgan garūk | kotūk mennūk | bainbainū |
| husband ... | warriƞgur tannū | nannetūk | nannetūk | nannetūk | nangoronū |
| wife ... | nannapūngūranūk | marrarbūk | nettargorūk | matermennūk | bīmbannū |
| man ... | gole | gole | gole | woitu bullar | golīn |
| woman ... | bagorūk | ture | bienbiengu bullar | layurūk | badyurū * |
| black man ... | bangondedūk | bangodedūk | bangodedūk | bangodeyūk | marramgondegū |
| white man ... | amigīt | amigīt | amigīt | moandīt | amigī |
| eyes ... | mirrūk | minnūk | minnūk | minnūk | mingū |
| ears ... | wingūk | wimbulūk | |||
| tongue ... | tallanyūk | tallƞūk | tallƞūk | talleƞūk | tallanū |
| hand ... | munangin | munnar | munneƞūk | munnaƞūk | munangū |
| thigh ... | karrīmnūk | karrepūk | karrepūk | karrebū | tarranƞū |
| leg ... | lūrtamnūk | burapūk | burapūk | burapūk | gūrambū |
| foot ... | tinnanūk | tinnanyūk | tinnanjowūk | tinnanūk | tinnanū |
| fire ... | wing | wī | wī | annap | wī-in |
| water ... | moabīt | wonyeram | katyin | kartin | parn |
| earth ... | dar | dar | dar | dar | bi-īk |
| stone ... | lar | lar | lar | lar | moidyerre |
| sun ... | mirri | nao-i | nao-i | nao-i | nummi |
| moon ... | minyan | yern | yern | wiyingwil | minnun |
| stars ... | tūrb bararm | tūrt | tūrt | tūrt | tūrt |
| great ... | detarbul | ƞuribabūk | murtyowūk | kūrūmandūk | wūrtabūk |
| little ... | nani akorū | wanimūk | wardibūk | murtūk | wikorūk |
| alive ... | mūron | mūron | mūron | mūron | mūron |
| dead ... | detarwa | deryuƞ | detyuƞ | wikin | werregi |
| good ... | ko-enebanyūk | talkūk | talkūk | talkūk | wanwangū |
| bad ... | nūlam | yurroƞ | yartinyar | yettowarndūk | nūlam |
| long ... | nerrim | karpūl | tuwurnge | tuwarnandūk | yurobot |
| short ... | mo-ert | mo-et | mo-et | tuluwandūk | mo-ert |
| one ... | koenmo-et | kiarp | kiarp | kiarp | kūptyū |
| two ... | bullait | bullait | bullait | bullait | bullarbil |
| three ... | bullait par koenmoet | bullait par kiarp | bullait par kiarp | bullait kiarp | bullarbil barbūp |
| four ... | bullait bullait | bullait bullait | bullait yewu bullait | bullait bullait | bullarbil bullarbil |
| yes ... no ... |
yiyi borak |
yiyi lo-wurruƞ |
yiyi nullunyer |
ƞaar burapper |
ƞari-ia targūn |
* It is evident that four of the words given for "woman" are the same, with very slight variations, as those given for "daughter." Probably the relation was not clearly understood by those who supplied the words: it may be supposed that these words mean simply "woman."
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