'Yabaroo' of Roebourne.
| Geographic region | ‘Yabaroo’ of Roebourne. |
| Native Vocabulary | |
| Compiled by "Yabaroo" | Roebourne |
| Gnalooma and Mardathoni Tribes | |
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("Yabaroo" states that although the dialects vary in each district, a remarkable analogy of structure and idiom runs through them all. It is through this that it is so much easier for an aboriginal to learn the other native dialects than a European. Similar words are used in many of the languages, but in each they have an entirely different meaning. Their grammatical contruction is much the same and they have a great capacity for expressing several ideas in one word. Many of the more guttural languages have a softened dialect.) |
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| To be corrected | |
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| Lean of meat | baloo |
| To bathe | boon-thi (hard) |
| The rump | bool-thi (or ee, soft) |
| First | bullerah |
| Last, after, behind | ban-thoo |
| A stick, tree, wood, etc. | boonah |
| A spear | beelarra |
| Cattle ? | booliman |
| Firewood | bookarra |
| Brother or sister | balthanni |
| A plain bare place | bulgarra |
| Sandhills | boalla |
| To blow | bungalgo |
| Bad, stinking | booka |
| To fall | boong-gi |
| To eat, devour | bajalgo |
| Before, some time ago | balalye |
| To sleep | bomba |
| Water | bubba |
| Angry, savage, venomous | bajja |
| To treat ? | bucki |
| Blind | bumbarra |
| To like, love | boolbi |
| Flies | booroo |
| Edible grubs | bardi? |
| To go | boni |
| Ornamental gashes or tattoo | bownr |
| The abdomen | boong-ah |
| Horns ? | banang-arri |
| Far | burarra |
| To set down, stop, etc. | chittheri |
| To rise | culbi |
| Gun | chila man ? |
| Corroboree | chaloora |
| A hat ? | changoora |
| Hornets | charrabiddi |
| Mosquito ? | coomen |
| 3 | |
| Fat | chinjee |
| Gypsum paste | cheilba |
| To come | cooki |
| Smoke | choochoo |
| south | chinki |
| A large iguana | cheedarra |
| Sheep ? | cookinji |
| Together, closer | cooma |
| To put together, mix | coola malgo |
| Breast ornaments | choozoomboo |
| The ears | coolga |
| To call out, shout | calthigo |
| An offensive epithet | dardi coonong |
| Enough, alone | eka, eculba |
| New, fresh | ejung |
| Now, just | ejalla |
| Mother or aunt | gnung-gun |
| Tobacco? | gnumerri |
| Country, home | ngorah |
| Ducks | ngarandi |
| To burn | gumbi |
| East | irrejoo |
| Road, track, etc. | iddia |
| The feet, a track | jinna |
| Evil spirits | juna |
| An old woman | jandara |
| A cripple | janda |
| An old man | joolyoo |
| A knife | jimborarri |
| An egg | jimbo |
| Slowly, quietly, softly | joogajooga |
| Boots? | jujigo |
| A large pool | jimbi-gnano |
| Whiskers | jabooda |
| Yes | ko |
| Up above, high, top | kun-garra |
| Fire | karla |
| Breasts, teats, udder | koonda |
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| The leg, a bone | kooji |
| A shark | karnoo |
| A man | koppinjerri |
| Yams | kuncultha |
| Hot | koola |
| An axe | kijoo |
| A bag | kordan |
| Tired of, weary | kundigo |
| Testicle | kauro |
| To vomit | kulculli |
| Grass | karah |
| Opposite, other side | koojoora |
| Bats | kooralya |
| String drink, salt water, bitter, etc. | kurri |
| Vermin, lice | kooloo |
| The tail | koonthardi |
| To swim | kiarri |
| Small, little, few | koolacoola |
| Poor fellow | kardilia |
| To fetch, bring, carry | kulburra |
| Hair, wool, fur | koolgarra |
| A kangaroo | koorbilli |
| Many | mahro |
| The back | moora |
| Circumcise | monbarli |
| Big, great, loud | mumma |
| A revolver ? | meinjoo |
| No, none, not | meda |
| True | moondi |
| True, perhaps, I don't know (idiom) | moondi-wi |
| House, yard, dwelling | mia |
| A river or creek | moree |
| A hole, cave etc. | moolyi |
| Stone or metal, rocky hills | munda |
| The hand | marah |
| Father or uncle | mumun |
| 5 | |
| Mother or aunt | memi |
| A rope | mirajee |
| A sugary deposit on gum leaves | malbanong |
| Shade | marloo |
| The middle, between | malthurda |
| Creeping | moochi |
| A flood | manyoorda |
| Blood, sap, gum | marda |
| The nose | mooltha |
| To run away | moocherri |
| To steal | moochialgo |
| To jump, buck | mungungurri |
| Quick | moriandi |
| To make | malgo |
| Good fellow | marro juno |
| Mean, selfish | mindi |
| A stranger | munjung |
| Close, near | moonamoona |
| Ants | ming-ah |
| Meat, flesh | moolah |
| Cold | moothoo |
| A centipede | meinya |
| By and by, future | meina-worra |
| You, yours | nyingo |
| You people | nooella (name of tribe?) |
| I, my, mine | nijoo |
| Neck | nal-yi |
| Dead, a faint | nyoondi |
| That, this, there | noola |
| To throw | malgo |
| To cry, lament, neigh | nijigo |
| How many? | nowera |
| What? | narla |
| Phlegm | oondarra |
| Sharp pointed stick for digging | pilki |
| The stars | pinderri |
| The afternoon | peringa |
| 6 | |
| The afternoon | peringo |
| A thunderstorm | peilana |
| The ocean | prea |
| Fish | pilgora |
| A flower | peiladi |
| To dig | pingora |
| To fight | pinyerri |
| A quid of tobacco ? | pooleah |
| Stop, to | panema |
| To bite, sting | pilyalgo |
| To drink | pinjalgo |
| A prospective mother- or son-in-law | tooah |
| Seed or corn | tinthabbi |
| A turtle | tatharook |
| Salt | tintha |
| Straight | toorgal |
| Wind | thurda |
| Thunder | tchanjoon |
| To fast, fasting | tchajji |
| To strike | thalgoora |
| All, every, the whole | tcheeloo |
| To ride | terlinga and jeelinga |
| To get through | terrbi |
| To take | takalgo |
| The eyes | toola |
| A gate, gateway, opening, hole, gap, etc. | tia |
| The mouth | tia |
| To let go | tialgo |
| Bottom, deep, under | tourno |
| To laugh | toonigo |
| A club | woggiberri |
| To understand, think, imagine | wanja-barri |
| A boomerang | weiri |
| A strong stick used by women when fighting | wanna |
| A box | wobul |
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| The west | woolajoo |
| A dog | wanga |
| Where? | wanjee, wantha |
| Perhaps | wi |
| The moon | weilarra |
| A cloak, a cloud, a covering, a rag, etc. | warra |
| To play in fun | weeree |
| The tongue | wongalla |
| The thigh | woolacarli |
| A woman | walyungirri |
| A boy | walabi |
| To fly | we-arri |
| To wash | wilyi-wilyi |
| A cyclone, storm, great wind | willi-willi |
| Lightning | wielberda |
| Good, well, happy | wabba, banyu |
| Bad, unhappy, miserable | wet-gah |
| Penis | wandi |
| Coarse grass | warraba |
| A shell | weidi |
| A whip | winbi |
| To run | windbi |
| To cut | windalgo |
| To look for, hunt | watherri |
| An opossum | walumberri |
| To talk | wongi |
| To speak, tell | wongagnora |
| Afraid | wiah |
| Ill, unwell, sore | weirahgo |
| A snake | wahrloo |
| To put down, to put in | wonthalgo |
| A girl | wahrgo |
| The way, manner, like | willa |
| Long | wibberi |
| The sun | yenda, yurah |
| A boatshaped wooden dish | yandi |
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| Rain | yoongah |
| Teeth | yeira |
| The head | yoolga |
| A yard | yirkabbi |
| A boat, ship | yandidj-burra |
| An emu | yallabirri |
| A sail, a tent | yiralla |
| A name | yinni |
| North | yabaroo |
| To give | yungero |
| A horse | yowerda |
| A spear | beelarra |
| Tattoo (scars) | bowhr |
| Spearthrower | meiro |
| Sharp pointed stick | pilki |
| Boomerang | weira |
| Shield | woondan |
| A long club | wanna |
| A club | woggibirri |
| Boat-shaped dish | yandi |
| Human hair, belt | yeilbi |
| Bell-birds | bakoo-bakoo or kangoo-wangoo |
| River jackass | chadoora |
| Rose breasted cockatoo | coolet |
| Shell parrot | coolyerri |
| A magpie | coorbungurra |
| A martin | chalbunjerri |
| An ibis | coonjergarra |
| A scrub whistler | cheedadoo |
| A turkey | gnaljoora |
| A white cockatoo | gigali |
| A pelican | gnandaroo |
| A moorhen | jandindi |
| Hawks | karkinja, kardoojarri |
| A partridge | koolboo |
| A swamp hen | kylalli |
| a swan | koogarra |
| A bat | kooralya |
| A '28' parrot | moolangora |
| A flock of pigeons | mimbi |
| Java sparrows or finches | nyumberji |
| Rose breasted cockatoo | pialya |
| A snipe | peidan-gora |
| A dove | pewolera |
| A golden swallow | perilya |
| A kingfisher | perina |
| A crane | toolangoo |
| Eaglehawk | walowoora, warrida |
| Slate coloured parrot | weira |
| Pigeon | walara |
| Blue pigeon | wiarangarra |
| Curlew or plover | weila gardoo |
| A crow | wagoora |
| Magpie lark, mudlark | yibiligora |
| Black snake | balgundi |
| Small iguana | banjuna |
| Alligator or large iguana | cheedarra |
| Red and black striped snake | choilera |
| A lizard | chooroora |
| Sandhill snake | gnunmari |
| Devil lizard | gnararaji |
| Constrictor | kijoora |
| Soldier lizard | kalara |
| Small lizard | kooliburra |
| Black headed snake | moolyaroo |
| Green grass snake | mowarri |
| A centipede | meinya |
| Deaf adder | nyoona |
| Sea snake | peircoon |
| Jew lizard | pincooltha |
| Big green snake | wombi |
| Large iguana | yung-oorchi |
| Bandicoot | coodi |
| Mouse | chow |
| Dog | guballa |
| Kangaroo | koorbilli |
| Boomer kangaroo | marloo |
| Hill kangaroo | mathan |
| Spinifex rat | mara jura |
| Native cats | tebooca, terooda |
| Black tail wallaby | walarara |
| An opossum | walumberri |
| A bandicoot | wangnoora |
| A dog | wanja |
| A mythical animal resembling a large dog, and frequenting sandhills and hilly country | yirranyigee |
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