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and ye-li ye-li = anytime after. te- ra is a word signifying ’about’, so that “tera monaji” sta = ”about early-morning sta”. THere is a word expressive of sunset, but it does not constitute any measue of time when. Night-time = woo-joor -bo, and late in the night = koo-na- ring-al-ba.
The points of the compass, as recognised from the sun’s transit are as follows: north = Koong-ga, west = Koor, south = je- ba, east = na - ka. Throughout their own country, they certainly travel by instinct, knowing as they do, every inch of it: if in strange districts, and at al mixed up in their beings, they seek the position of the sun, or what is practically the same to them, the points of the compass.
3. Arithmetic. They cannot count beyond four collectively for certain, any numbers beyond that being wor-pool or ’plenty’. One = noo - poon, two = ma - ma- ra, three = kol - looz, four = ka-ko-a. If for instance they wish to count the numbers of individuals in campsite, they open the one one hand, and with the other turn down a finger, commencing with the thumb: over five, they commence again, turning down two at a time, with each couplet saying boo-la ma-ma-ra (’boola’ signifying the dual). No sticks, stones etc are employed as aids to memory in their calculations.
4. Medicine. Sickness in general is expressed by bin-bi. The following are names of a few of their special ailments:
Itch - mor-poon
Ring-worm = ?
Boil = bal-la-mo-ko
Any sore = bat-yi
Headache = wil -loo bi -kal
wolloo = forehead and bikal = to bite
Stomach ache = too-al bi-kal (tooal - stomach)
Toothache = bo-ka-ji (boka = a hollow tooth, ji = in company with possession)