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The root p-l, or a modification of it, = two in the following dialects; as well as in the Parnkalla and others: pur-laitye, poolette, par-koolo, bull-a, in the Adelaide, Boraipar, Yak-kumban, and Murrumbidge. That it may stand too for the dual personal pronoun is shown in the first of these tongues; since in the Adelaide language purla = ye two.
Oh, yes, I know. P-l...." "P-l-o" prompted Polly, the speller coming to a full stop. "P-l-o-w!" shot out Jinny, in triumph. "Not QUITE right," said Polly. "It's g-h, Jinny: p-l-o-u-g-h." "Oh, that's what I meant. I knew it right enough." "Well, now, trough!" "Trough?" repeated Jinny, in the same slow, vacant way. "Trough? Wait, lemme think a minute. T-r-o...."
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