Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Kempes Notes

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Kempes Notes

Vide Vol + IV part 1
Trans. R.S.SA.
Issued July 1891
Edited Prof Tate

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J like Y in year
Ng like ng in ring
TJ like g in gentle
-over a indicates that the a is pronounced long as in far
Substantives have three numbers: sing dual & pl but no distinction ---for gender either
By the use of an article or otherwise. There is no article . All words terminate in a with the exception of the ---- of Sublanturs & the imperatives moon of verbs which terminate in ai.
The dual is formed by adding the terminators ntatera to the word as

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Circa July 1891
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Institution
South Australian Museum
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AA108_July-1891_A-H