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Mrs Joshua Mills, John Perks, Richard Helms, Lord Gifford of Murchison Folio 58/1-13 XII 2F, 23 Mrs Joshua Mills, John Perks, Richard Helms, Lord Gifford of Murchison Doubtful Compare all these dialects with Native's from same areas DMB. |
| Baby | kogga, kojja, gooja, joora |
| Blackfellow | yamajee, maajee, murjee |
| Blackwoman | mijjee?, ngarlo |
| Boy | minjo, gooja |
| Brother | elder = koorda, younger = bō'a |
| Children | kojja therra, joora yelba |
| Father | mamma |
| Girl | kooree |
| Grandfather | kam'mee |
| Grandmother | kam'mee kum'mee |
| Husband | moojee |
| Man | yamajee; young = marrowa; old = winja, birdano, (thoogarree) |
| Mother | bibbee, beebee, yakoo |
| Sister | yeegoo, eegoo, jurdoo |
| Uncle | kan'gootha |
| White Man | yejja weeleeree, oyl'balla? |
| Wife | murdong, mardung |
| Woman, old | boogoora, winja ngarlo |
| Ankle | walla dargum |
| Arm (lower) | yamma, jillee |
| Arm (right) | tcheelee |
| Arm (upper) | kar'dee, bilgee |
| Back | wardoo ? |
| Beard | ngangun, nungoora, ngangoo, angoo |
| Blood | yalgoo, ngooba |
| Bone | mamboo?, yeega, eega |
| Bowels | wilgoo, mooree |
| Breasts | bibbee, mum'mee therra, ngarja? |
| Cheek | malgoora |
| Chest | ngarka, beelan |
| Drink, to | gabbee ngalgawa, babba ngala, dabbangalla |
| Ear | kulga, gulga, goolga, koolga |
| Eat, to | ngalgawa, wumma?, ngala |
| Elbow | ngungor?, nooran |
| Eyebrow | mim'minjee |
| Eyelash | mim'minjee |
| Eye | kooree, kooro, koora, kurra, ko, koola |
| Fat | kā'noo, karnoo, billa, kurnoo, beela |
| Finger | nilgil?, mara |
| Finger nail | mindee |
| Foot | jinna, yinna, jeena |
| Forehead | nulla |
| Generative Organ (female) | mun'nee, moonee |
| Hair | kullawel, mungulya, wēl?, mungalya, woonya |
| Hand | mara, ma |
| Head | mugga, mogga |
| Heart | milga, kurduda, koordoodoo, gurduda |
| Heel | dungul |
| Heel (left) | dungul ngarroo |
| Hip bone | yungul |
| Jaw | yeera |
| Kidney | bonda, bunda |
| Knee | tchudda, burroo, judda |
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| Leg | mamboo |
| Legs | mamboo mimboo |
| Lip | wurdee |
| Liver | maa'raree, bij-jan?, mai'ree |
| Lung | do'roo |
| Moustache | mullangun |
| Mouth | yeera, dallin, eeratha, eera |
| Neck | nanga |
| Nose | mulya, moolya, mulla, mul |
| Penis | weelo, weeloo |
| Seeing | no'a |
| Shoulder | breejee?, pidderee |
| Skin | kanja, wandoo |
| Sleep | koobilya, koobilyerra, ngarreea |
| Sole of the foot | yinna warree |
| Stomach | warree |
| Tears | eera? |
| Teeth | wilka, yeera, wilga, eeree |
| Thigh | tchunda, junda, toonda, tunda, thoonda |
| Thirsty | wejjoola, morgan? |
| Throat | nga'roo |
| Thumb | mammadoora, mamma adra, mammara |
| Toe | nilgil, jinna |
| Tongue | tchallin, jallan, dallin, jallain, wurdee, thallanya |
| Urinate, to | gumboo |
| Walk, to | yangwa, yarra |
| Wrist | walgur |
| Dingo | toothoo, mooban, ngoobarnoo |
| Dog | doötha |
| Hedgehog | gwing'un |
| Kangaroo, generic | bigooda, marloo, warrungar, warnoo, yowardoo, mwiloo |
| Kangaroo Rat | marroowa |
| Kangaroo, Rock | kal'oowerree |
| Opossum, Grey | koomal, widdura |
| Opossum, large Grey | waiadoo |
| Rat (bush) | boolga, wal'garoo |
| Bird's egg | ngow?, wolla, ngaw, wollo |
| Birds' Nest | bibbin |
| Bustard, Wild Turkey | barooda, burdoora |
| Cockatoo, Black, red tail | therandee |
| Cockatoo, Galah, grey and pink | bee'aga |
| Cockatoo, white, Northern variety | nannawarra, ngaawarra |
| Crow | karlaw, kara, koko |
| Duck, Grey or black | ban'nijee, kooromokooree |
| Duck, Woodduck | billira, kobarree |
| Eagle Hawk | ngoolal |
| Emu | yallabiddee, yallabee, yellabiddee, kallaia, yalleebirree |
| Hawk | wē'da |
| Native Companion | yejaloo |
| Parrot | weerawun |
| Parrot, Rosella | thoo'ganoo |
| Parrot, Twenty-eight | peelbun |
| Pelican | mulyoomberree, jillokarbee |
| Pheasant | ngow |
| Pigeon, Bronzewing | woo-laa |
| Swamp-hen, Coot | ta-nin-tee? |
| Swan | koorilyoo, koorooltha, koorooloo |
| Fish (generic) | winilya, winelya, babbajerree |
| Iguana (generic) | burrengur? |
| Iguana, long-tailed | bung'arra |
| Lizard (generic) | woonadee, meeloo |
| Lizard, Horned (York Devil) | mingin |
| Lizard, large black | kurrungooroo |
| Scorpion | wunnayilinga |
| Snake (generic) | miloora, theega |
| Turtle (long-necked, fresh water) | gundarra |
| Ant (generic) | minga |
| Fly (generic) | booara, gurragurra, koora koora |
| Mosquito | wooloo wooloo, ngingubee |
| Cloud | bittherra, munduda |
| Cold | moordee, weejoona, murdee |
| Dark | mowyaggoo, monga |
| Day | kangwa, thooringa |
| Earth, the | banna |
| Evening | mowgarra |
| Fire | karla, keerla?, kulla, we-gun?, karloo, wejenna |
| Flowers | koggalyemarra |
| Grass | worroonya, bulga |
| Ground (surface of) | boorna, burn, burna |
| Gum | beemba, bimba |
| Hail | malgarree |
| Heat | thor, bōl-bōl |
| Hill | bā'loo, keeara |
| Land | burn? |
| Leaf (shrub or tree) | beeriltha |
| Light | kangyaggoo, mellee |
| Lightning | keen bun |
| Moon | weelarra, weela |
| Morning | moowa |
| Night | moyn'ga, mungunga |
| Noon | mooarra |
| Peach, native | marrun? |
| Rain | babba wanjee, gabbee warrong, babba |
| River | wee'reea |
| Rush (a fibre) | yoora |
| Sandalwood tree | wallooda |
| Spinifex | jeemarra, jee |
| Star | burndoo, bundarra, bonda |
| Stone | murda, mara, eerilya |
| Sun | ka'ring, kaianyoo, kang, gārong, koorango |
| Thunder | wallajerree, goomarda |
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| To-day | warrinya, koordee |
| To-morrow | yoora worba kang, woorda? |
| Tree | winda |
| Valley | woggoola |
| Water | gabbee, babba, kappee |
| Wattle tree (black) | goornma |
| Whirlwind | boorardoo |
| Wind | windhoo, winja, winjoo |
| Yesterday | worba kang, woorba karong |
| Angry, to be | bajja |
| Autumn | thoo'labarra |
| Bag | koolgoo |
| Bald | mogga been |
| Barb of a spear | galga |
| Bark (used for making huts) | googilla, goojilla, bingarra |
| Big | yaggoo, tchaalee |
| Bite, to | bajja |
| Black | mooroo |
| Blind | goomoora |
| Board, for throwing spear | flint at end of meero = kandee gum cement fastening flint = pārroo hook of meeroo = pimboo |
| Boomerang | kailee, wallanoo |
| Bring forth, to (as animals, their young) | kojja kumba |
| By and by | oora oora |
| Camp, native | ngaroo, ngoora |
| Circumcision | weeloo, kow'era, kor'dila'ree, subincision = ngaar |
| Climb, to | karra wandija |
| Cloak | booka |
| Close (near) | koola |
| Clothe, to | wandoo |
| Club | koondee |
| Come on | oolanoo, yaan, yennee |
| Cooked | mooroo |
| Corroboree | thoonbilya |
| Crooked | ngarra |
| Cry, to | woolya |
| Cure, to | wan'goondenna |
| Cut, to, with a knife | karrabai |
| Dance, to | kannella |
| Dead | moola, mooloo |
| Deaf | goolgaboora |
| Down (below) | ngarreearra |
| Dream | moggoora |
| East | malleeyarra |
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| Evil spirit | jingee |
| Fall, to (or tumble down) | wanjee |
| Far away | wadda, warra |
| Fear, to | wai'angoobai |
| Food | nalgo, wān-ya, ngala |
| Four | kootharra kootharra |
| Friend | babbinoo |
| Ghost | moondoonga, kunbung |
| Give, to | yungoo |
| Good | kwabba, bandee, branya, burang, windong, kooree?, dadda?, thata |
| Hair ornament | (like spider's web) kaddee kaddee |
| Hair string (wound round head) | joodee |
| Hard | balla |
| Head-cover | mugga booka |
| House | maia, woggoo |
| Hungry | kuljura, gulyee, ngowan nyooa |
| I | ngatha, nā'thoo |
| Ill (sick) | mindik, peeka, kollajerra |
| Jump, to | warrathoola |
| Kind, to be | mooloondenna, mulla |
| Laugh | kanjalla |
| Laughter | kanjalla |
| Lie, to tell a | wai-amba, ngarree |
| Like (similar) | goomba |
| Little | joobajooba, jooba, jimba? |
| Long | wonnera |
| Many | boola, boloa |
| Message sticks | bamburo |
| Middle | noonoo |
| Milk | mimmee |
| Name | innee |
| Near | goola |
| No | weerdee, wajjee, weeree, barree |
| North | ko'ee arra, yab'bera |
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| Oh! | eeja! |
| One | kooreea, kooteea, gooja, kooja |
| Open, to (or untie) | beeja |
| Plenty | boola, yelba |
| Quick | eel'ar'dee, mooreeantee |
| Quickly | eel'ar'dee, mooreeantee |
| Raw | ngooya |
| Red | geeree, jeeree |
| Right (proper) | woorgoo |
| Scratch, small wound | kalleya |
| See, to | nō'gwa, no'a, nungar |
| Shake, to | marranga |
| Shaking (quivering) | marranga |
| Shame | tcheega |
| Shield | woonda |
| Short | boorkoo |
| Sing, to | mir'rega |
| Sit down, to | nyeena, neenar, nyeen, neen |
| Small | jooba |
| Smoke, of fires | tooroo, yoorla? |
| Soft | kait koo |
| South | min'nungoola |
| Spear (generic term) | geejee, kulba, gē'jee, kējee |
| Spear (war) | koorado |
| Spring (season of) | eeandagoola |
| Stand, to | yoogarree, nyoogarree |
| Steal, to | malla |
| Stick (woman's) | wanna |
| Straight | woorgoo |
| Strong | balla |
| Sulky (cross) | bajja |
| Summer | ngabbar'rawa |
| Sweet | bran'ya, bandee |
| Thief | mallabandee |
| Three | mangoo, mangoor |
| Tie, to | dinja |
| Tired | mung'abun, leg weary, tchunda mungabun, mimboo mungabun |
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| Tomahawk | yarrawa |
| Track (footprint) | thoora, jinna karlo |
| Traveller | moonjong |
| Two | kootharra, koothera, goodarra |
| Upwards | kar'anga; to go up = karanga yangwa |
| Vessels (bark, etc) | ming'aree, thagga |
| Weak | kait koo |
| West | weelungoo |
| White | weeleeree |
| Winter | woothunga |
| Wood | weejun, winda |
| Wound | peeka, spear wound = warella |
| Yellow | kōn |
| Yes | ko'a, kaia, kogo, kooa |
| You | nundoo, nyenda |
| Young | walloo garra |
| Know, I do not | eroo, wainigwanda |
| Name, What is your? | nundoo wandha innee |
| Natives, Where are the? | wandhee maajee Thala yamajee |
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