Item 04: Reverend William Ridley 'Kamilaroi Grammar and Vocabulary', 1855. - Page 8

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Nouns are declined by annexing

suffixes.

There are 2 nominative cases, the first  

simply naming the object of attention, the second

indicating the agent of the act described in a  

following verb. Often, however, omitting the  

suffix the first form is used instead of the 2?

even before an active verb.  

example.

1 No[?]: mullion an eagle. (commonly called 'eagle-hawk'}

2 No[?]: mulliondu . an eagle (an agent).

Possessive . mullionƞu . . of or belonging to an eagle.

Accent. mullion . . an eagle.

mullion-go . . to an eagle.

mullion di . . from an eagle.

mullionda . . in an eagle.

mullionkūnda . . with an eagle stopping

mullion ƞunda or mullionkale } with an eagle going