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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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