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Dippil.

THE Aborigines about Durundurun, on the north side of Moreton Bay, and thence towards Wide Bay and the Burnett District, speak Dippil. The following words and sentences were taken down from the lips of Davies or Darumboys, a blacksmith, at Brisbane, who spent thirteen years with the blacks, and whose history is narrated by the Rev. Dr. Lang, in his "Cooksland."

I. – NOUNS.

1. MAN (aboriginal) – dān.

head ... kām

hair ... dhella

forehead ... ƞūluƞ

brow ... dipinji

eye ... mi

nose ... muru

mouth ... tunka

lips ... tambūr

tongue ... dūnnūm

ear ... binung

cheek ... wāƞgūm

chin ... yikul

beard ... yeran

neck ... gūna

breast ... āmūƞ

shoulder ... kōra

right hand ... duruin or ginning duruin

left hand ... wottuƞga

back ... pondur

fingers ... biddi

thumb ... bididi winwōr

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