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Native Vocabulary Compiled by Mrs Thomas Hardy Of Warralong Station -Pilbara Magisterial District. (This may be inaccurately copied, as the writing is in many places indistinct) Document id Folio 51/35-46 |
| Blackfellow | nar-doo |
| Blackwoman | coondad |
| Boy | mulgamunay |
| Child | mulgä-murry |
| Father | nardo |
| Girl | cooiu [ coorie ] |
| Husband | yuc-can |
| Man | buckley |
| Mother | nuncan |
| Son | mulja |
| Virgin | coorie |
| Wife | coon-thad |
| Beard | nuncan |
| Blood | mitchie |
| Bone | coogee |
| Bowels | poota |
| Breast | bibby |
| Cry, to | ni-je-go |
| Drink, to | poonthal |
| Ear | nilyin |
| Eat, to | bad-jal |
| Eye | gee-da-murrah |
| Face | milja |
| Fat | jin-gie |
| Finger | manou |
| Foot | jeena |
| Forehead | milja |
| Generative Organ (female) | pilya |
| Hair | cool-curra |
| Hand | mah-row |
| Head | milga |
| Leg | coodje |
| Moustache | moyh |
| Palm of the hand | manou |
| Penis | wundi |
| 3 | |
| Pregnant | toonda |
| Rump | mur-na |
| Seeing | nan-na-mal |
| Sleep | bum-ba |
| Speak, to | wong-y |
| Stink, to | boo-ka |
| Stomach | bin-jee |
| Teeth | yeera |
| Toe | geena |
| Walk, to | jee-ny-yan-a-goora |
| Womb | pelya |
| Bandicoot | yeralla |
| Bull | eerum |
| Cat, domestic | pussie |
| cow | bullimen |
| Dingo | en-katta |
| Dingo, puppy | cumbra n-kae-ra |
| Kangaroo, generic | mung-gar-roo |
| Sheep | cook-in-jay |
| Bird's egg | jim-bo |
| Bustard, Wild Turkey | poor-doo |
| Crow | wok-a-ra |
| Duck | (Duck, Grey or black) chimblo |
| Emu | yalaberry |
| Falcon, Brown Hawk | beel-ic-a |
| Parakeet | coolyerrie |
| 4 | |
| Fish (generic) | n-ar-da |
| Oyster | pira pew pera |
| Frog (generic) | ma-lee |
| Iguana, long-tailed | wongalee |
| Lizard (generic) | boon-jar-da |
| Snake (generic) | warl-la |
| Ant (common small) | bing-a |
| Ant (generic) | biyu |
| Ant (white) | muyo |
| Afternoon | beer-inga |
| Cold | mool-tha |
| Country (open) | bulgarra |
| Country (stony) | munda-mia |
| Creek | moorie |
| Dark, darkness | warra-wordie |
| Floods | cur-ry-ac-ca |
| Grass | min-na |
| Hole | mar-do |
| Moon | weel-arra |
| Morning | wunmunda |
| Pool in River | babba wyre |
| Rain | yoong-oo |
| River | wandi |
| Road | yeer-die |
| Sea | breer |
| Sea-shell | tack-li |
| Spinifex | uduba |
| Star | pederie |
| Sunrise | yarnder |
| To-day | e-jal-a yander |
| To-morrow | warra munda |
| Water | baba |
| Water (deep) | cannanee |
| Water (running) | carraka |
| 5 | |
| Water (salt) | mool-tha |
| Wind (East) | era-joo toorda |
| Wind (North) | chink-i toorda |
| Wind (South) | yabaroo toorda |
| Wind (West) | wool-o-yoo toorda |
| Wooded country | boor-oo-mia |
| Abscond, to | moocharie |
| Adultery | nookin |
| Afraid | wire |
| All | oot-tha-belly |
| Angry, to be | bad-ger |
| Ashes | jin-da |
| Assault, to | punyarri |
| At once | e-jil-a |
| Away | yanicooria |
| Back, to go | cul-in-jerry |
| Bad | badjer |
| Bag | coor-din |
| Bag, to carry in a | courden |
| Barb (of spear) | pillerya |
| Bathe, to | kiarree |
| Beat, to | poong-al |
| Beautiful | wonbery |
| Bellow, to | wanju |
| Big | yau |
| Blanket | bumblurwana |
| Bleed, to | muljie |
| Blunt | buck-ur-too |
| Board, for throwing spear | kudja |
| Body (dead) | koota |
| Bony | coodja |
| Boomerang | kiley |
| Boots (European) | ju-ji-go |
| Both of us | kootanu |
| 6 | |
| Brand (fire) | cumal |
| Brave | wonberry |
| Break, to | bunbany |
| Bring forth, to (as animals, their young) | ranakuro |
| Bring me | raiakura |
| Burn | cumal |
| Bush | boonamyre |
| Bush walk | pinbi |
| By and by | miunwarru |
| Call him back | cullinjarro |
| Call, to | cudulla, cub-boo |
| Camp, native | bum-ba mia |
| Camp, white man's | mia |
| Cataract (film over eye) | mindie |
| Charm, to (by a spell) | wondbery |
| Cheat, to | yaruwar |
| Circumcision | buckley |
| Clay | wilgie |
| Clean | windberry |
| Club | wack-a-burra |
| Cold, a | moot-thoo |
| Cook, to | cumby |
| Cool | moothiu |
| Couple | kootana |
| Cry, to | wanga |
| Cry out, to | wangarby |
| Cunning | waulury |
| Damper | mie |
| Dance | corroboree |
| Dead ; die, to | coot-a |
| Distance | woor-oo |
| Divide, to, amongst several persons | chinje chinje |
| Drink | poonthal |
| Drive, to | chib-al |
| Drunk | poon-thal |
| 7 | |
| Early | wanomunda |
| East | wajua |
| Enough | bull-by |
| Examine, to | yanba wanjee |
| Exchange | chingie-chingie |
| Faint, to | coota |
| Fall, to | bunkanyana |
| Far away | yerra-ka |
| Fast | mooda |
| Fear | uiu |
| Feed, to | bedjer |
| Few | burdburd |
| Fire-stick | curlia |
| Fish bait | youda bedjel |
| Fish trap | takeroo |
| Flee, to | nimby moorda |
| Flour | mya |
| Food | beilgel |
| Food (forbidden) | meeta |
| Full (filled up) | winetell |
| Full of holes | coolciu |
| Further | wanoo |
| Ghost | juno |
| Give, to | yanjro |
| Go away, to | yarracoora |
| Go back, to | coolinyarro |
| Go in, to | yarricoora |
| Good | wonberry |
| Good, no | mata wonlerry |
| Gorge (to overfeed) | weneatee |
| Graze, to | bedjel |
| Grease, to | chinch |
| Great | yam |
| Grip, to | culgel |
| Half caste | meta meta |
| Hair stick | warnda |
| Halt, to | bunnakura |
| Hammer (native) | murnda |
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| Handle | cudjel |
| Handsome | wonberry |
| Hatchet | cudgue |
| Her | yingo |
| Here | cubbo cobbo |
| Hers | yanba |
| Hesitate, to | cobblin |
| High | cunerd |
| Honey | ingerda |
| Husband | yackan |
| Ill (sick) | mindic |
| Improper | meta wandbary |
| Increase, to | mowya |
| Iron | munda |
| Jail | moolya myre |
| Joy | wandbury |
| Jump, to | bury |
| Kill, to | rootu |
| Kindness | wandbury |
| Knife | jim-ba-rarie |
| Knock, to (down) | bunke |
| Large | yauo |
| Last, of anything or anyone | mordy |
| Lift up, to | cunera |
| Light, fire | curnal, curmal ? ? |
| Little | cumbra |
| Long | muccan |
| Long (tall) | muccan |
| Long hair | mooloono |
| Longing for (wanting) | minnowarra |
| Look for, to | yinba enumel |
| Look, to (to see) | enamel |
| Loose | moirumel |
| Lover | yackan |
| Mia (native hut) | mia |
| Misunderstand, to | culkamunda |
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| Monster (fabulous) | yam |
| More | moroy |
| Motherless | metu bibby |
| Mount, to (on a horse) | cuncra |
| Much | yaw |
| Murder | coota |
| My | nadja |
| Name | nol-ena |
| Native well | uell mia |
| Near | panto |
| Netting | taken |
| Noise | warya |
| Noiselessly | meta waya |
| None | meeta |
| North | yabro |
| Now (at once) | egla |
| Number, a | cooyu |
| Of | yan |
| Off | yanacoora |
| Oh | yacki |
| On | yimba yan |
| Once | minnawarra |
| Owner | nadji |
| Pain | bukuta |
| Path (track) | eerda |
| Pearl-shell | pira pira |
| Pebbles | punpera mundu |
| Pit | mardoo |
| Plain | bulgarra |
| Pleased, to be | wan-bury |
| Plenty | coolya |
| Pluck out feathers, to | purdoo |
| Point | yinda enamel |
| Presently | cobblin cobblin |
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| Putrid | pooka |
| Quick | moor-dee |
| Remain, to | bunakerra |
| Rope | mir-ra-gee |
| Run away, to | moocnarri |
| Run, to | wayo |
| She | yinba |
| Ship | yand-a-burra |
| Shiver, to | moota |
| Shout, to | waiyanba |
| Sing, to | tubby |
| Single | koojery |
| Sink, to | can-an-nie |
| Sit down, to | bun-a-goor-ra |
| Six | burga burga |
| Small, a small piece | cumpra |
| Smoke, to (tobacco) | tung-oo |
| Smoke, of fires | favo cudi |
| Song | tub tub |
| Sore (or boil) | mindic |
| Sparks | codi |
| Spear (generic term) | peelard |
| Spear (hunting) | peland |
| Spear, to throw a | bunci pelluna |
| Spider's web | moorda |
| Spill, to | runci |
| Spring (native well) | bubbu nyre |
| Squeeze, to | rungel |
| Stand, to | bunacura |
| Steal, to | min-gie-mal |
| Stick,a | wanda |
| Stolen | minyemal |
| Stop! | bunacura |
| Story | yallawar |
| Straight | yall wanbury |
| Stranger | nurnjang |
| Strayed (stock) | muchary |
| 11 | |
| String, of a bag | yerala |
| Strong | coodjmuccan |
| Sugar | ingerda |
| Sulky (cross) | (yarnda = summer;) sulky = biyana |
| Superstition | wamby |
| Surprise, to | coonulerry |
| Tall | miccan |
| Tattooing | wilga |
| Tea | tea |
| Tell me | yamby warya |
| Temper | bundjer |
| Ten | mumo |
| Thief | muyamal |
| Thrash, to | poong-al |
| Three | buyo |
| Tired | cooto |
| Tobacco | tunja |
| Tobacco (native) | tung-oo |
| Together | cool-ya |
| Tomahawk | cadga |
| Top (of anything) | cunera, cun-gur-ra |
| Track (footprint) | geena |
| Traveller | yunacoora |
| Turn back, to | cull-an-jarry |
| Two | coot-thar-ra |
| Uncooked meat | midjie |
| Under | can-nan-ee |
| Understand, to | wan-je-berry |
| Vain (proud) | wanburry |
| Very bad | meta wanbury |
| Very good | wanburry |
| Vice | budjer |
| Vicious | budjer muma |
| Wait, to | cob-ba-lin |
| Wash, to | wilyie wilyie |
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| Well (not sick) | wan-bury |
| West | wayarr |
| Wet | hango |
| What | nunna |
| White | mid-dy-mid-dy |
| Who | yinba |
| Wild native | binji |
| Winter | moot-thoo |
| Wood | pin-ner-oo |
| You | yeenta |
| Young | cumpru |
| Your | yinba, yeen-ta |
| Sleep, I shall now | ni-ja-bumba e-jal-a |
| Stolen, You have, that | yeenta-min-gee-mal-noola |
| Stop here | bur-ma-ma-noola |
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