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Title: Kenneth Young, Salt Soak , Duketon Mt. Margaret Magisterial District Doubtful Rewritten in uniform phonetic system.

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XII 2F, 24

Kenneth Young, Salt Soak, Duketon Mt. Margaret Magisterial District Doubtful Rewritten in uniform phonetic system.

Note: There are two sets of manuscript pages for XII 2F, 24. The first (58-073Q) was written by the compiler, Kenneth Young. The second (58-076Q) is the first set "rewritten in uniform phonetic system". The manuscript images below are primarily from 58-076Q. However, there are some untranscribed manuscript images from 58-073Q at the end of this file.

Man, his relationships, etc.
Aunt	yaggolee, yaggo
Baby	diddee
Blackfellow	boondha, won'gada
Blackwoman	noong'a, won'gada
Boy	moordila, moorda
Brother	koodrol'lee (younger, mur'lung'oo)
Brother-in-law	tam'malee
Child	diddee
Daughter	yool'gain
Daughter-in-law	yool'gain
Father	mum'malee, mumma
Father-in-law	mum'malee, mumma
Girl	yool'gain too'goona
Husband	murdong
Man	boondha (old man = dilbee)
Mother	yaggolee
Nephew	same as son or daughter (?)
Niece	same as son or daughter (?)
Sister	toodrollee (younger = mur'lungoo)
Sister-in-law	murdong (?)
Son	moordilla
Uncle	kam'maroo
Wife	murdong
Woman	noonga

Parts and Functions of the Body
Ankle	bulba
Arm (lower)	ngoon'gul
Arm (upper)	goolbee
Back	goolja
Beard	ngarn'go'a
Blood	goo'yool
Bone	durrga, kaj'jool
Bowels	mooroin
Breast; breasts	mimmee
Breath	ngai (?)
Calf of Leg	mung'o
Cheek	ngoor'go
Chest	ngujja
Chin	ngan-go
Coition	moon'al'go
Copulate, to	moon'al'go
Cry, to	yoola
Drink, to	bubbago
Ear	gooran
Eat, to	ngal'go'go
Elbow	bork
Eyeball	gooroo
Eyebrow	ngumbin
Eyelash	ngumbin
Eye	gooroo
Face	ngulla
Fat	neerdee
Fatigue	bud'dail
Finger	murra
Finger joint	kajjool
Finger nail	birree
Foot	jinya
Forehead	ngulla
Generative Organ (female)	nung'-o
Gums	mil'ya
Hair	beerdee
Hand	murra
Hand (left)	murra
Hand (right)	murra
Head	kujja
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Heart	koordoodoo
Heel	bulba, darda
Hipbone	yun'gul
Instep	bulba
Jaw	kardiddee
Kidney	bunda-bunda
Knee	moordee
Kneecap	moordilga
Leg	koor'ra
Legs	koor'ra
Lip, lower	nyim'bee
Lip, upper	moor'nee
Liver	ngul'garree
Lung	yarrula
Moustache	moornee
Mouth	yeera
Mouth, roof of	mukkin-mukkin
Muscle	mulbain, marrbain
Nape of the neck	mool'yoon
Navel	noondin
Neck	woondhooroo
Nipple of breast	minbid-minbid
Nose	moola
Nostril	kooldoo-kooldoo
Palm of the hand	murra wilya
Penis	kunna, weebo
Perspiration	millun, koolgajjee
Perspire	millun, koolgajjee
Rib	ginbin
Rump	murna, marnee
Semen	goo'rila
Shin	goo'ya
Shoulder	birree-birree
Sinew	mulbain, murrbain
Skeleton	durr'ga
Skin	worna
Skull	kujja
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Sleep	goongoon
Smell, to	boondilgo
Sole of the foot	wilya
Speak, to	won'gee
Spit, to	wootha
Stink, to	yoon'ya
Stomach	toonee
Tears	milbun
Teeth	kardiddee
Temple	ngarlin-ngarlin
Thigh	doonja
Thirsty	tan'jara
Throat	woon'dhooroo
Thumb	ngarlee
Toe	jinna bulgo
Tongue	meedang
Urethra	karlyoo (testicles = koolool, noolgun)
Urinate, to	koomboo
Vagina	nung'a
Vein	marbain
Vulva	mul'yee
Walk, to	thul'gargo
Windpipe	lirree lirree
Womb	thundoo-thundoo
Wrist	kajjool
Yawn, to	ya-oo-la

Animals
Ant-eater (Marsupial)	id'deeo'ra
Bat	thardee, moonja
Boodee	mitchiga
Cat, domestic	wee'ga
Dingo	wong'oo
Dingo, puppy	ngoong'oon
Kangaroo, generic	marloo
Kangaroo Rat	murraroo
Kangaroo, Silver Grey	kulthalla
Kangaroo, young, in pouch	toogoorida, toogoona
Mouse	min-ya, mij'jee gee'reea
Opossum, Grey	wai-a-doo
Opossum, large Grey	gin'yiga
Wallaby (generic)	toobul, war'dilar'ra
Wallaby, Rock	jee'wargoo

Birds
Bell-bird	dukka dukka
Bird's egg	tundee, ganjee
Bustard, Wild Turkey	an'noordee, bin'derdee
Butcher bird	wad'da war'roo
Cockatoo (generic)	wol'lida
Cockatoo, Black, red tail	ngoo'na marra
Cockatoo, Galah, grey and pink	koo'loo'dha, bee ar'rigo
Cockatoo, white, Northern variety	wol'lida, kokkalbinna
Crow	karngo
Duck	kooee goora
Duck, Mountain	kud bun'gadoo
Diver	koonarra boo
Eagle	dē'do
Emu	kullai-a
Flycatcher	moonja, minja
Hawk, Sparrow	gir'reegee
Kite	wallo warro
Magpie	kud barro
Mallee hen	noona marra
Owl, Common	dar'go dar'go
Parrot	bilbalga
Parrot, Twenty-eight	bilbalga
Pheasant (Gnou)	noonamarra
Pigeon, Bronzewing	mow'ilga
Pigeon, Topknot	tallara, bulbul
Quail, Brown	boolbooroo
Swamp-hen, Coot	(water-hen = kullinda)
Swan	goorooloo
Teal	kooeegoora

Reptiles
Frog (generic)	thow-il, ngung'ee
Iguana (generic)	kud-bardee
Iguana, long-tailed	bubbinmurra
Lizard (generic)	nyam'mee
Lizard, Horned (York Devil)	ming'arree
Snake (generic)	leero (carpet snake = mulla wonna)
Tortoise, fresh water	biddee dhar'ree

Insects
Ant (common small)	ming'a
Ant's nest	koombo-in, loordho
Ant (white)	kiddil
Bardie (grub)	loon'gee
Blowfly	moo'lirree
Butterfly	kar'reea
Caterpillar	mooya-mooya
Centipede	wonna than
Cricket	borl
Fly (generic)	goorog'gra
Grasshopper	binda-binda
Housefly	goorog'gra
Louse	winga
Mosquito	kim_minga
Moth	kar'reea
Sandfly	koon'ma
Scorpion	wonnathan
Spider	kunbarraga
Worm	kar'dilga

The Elements, etc.
Afternoon	noondhoo
Bough of a tree	burraga
Bush (the wild country)	bil'ya
Cave	toondee, toonjee
Clay, red	murda
Clay, white	toonba
Cloud	tur'rool
Cold	yalda
Country (open)	barraga
Creek	warn
Dark	wēl, toogelda
Darkness	wēl, toogelda
Dawn	yoong'injarra
Day	yoon'gin
Daylight	yoon'gin
Dust	burna, boorna
Duststorm	birreea
Earth, the	burna, boorna
Feather	weenoo
Fire	wor'roo
Foliage	beerbee
Frost	nging'a
Granite	yab'boo
Grass	minya
Grass (tall)	minya wonyardee
Ground (surface of)	burna, boorna
Gum	giddee
Gum tree	boo'darra
Heat	worro loora
Hill	yabboo
Hillock	tchoogana
Hole	beedee
In the open air	bunnung durro
Ironstone	mub'bul
Lake	ngab'beroo
Land	burna, bunna
Leaf (shrub or tree)	beerbee
Light	millilboo
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Lightning	binda
Limestone	yabbo
Midday	barlgo
Milky Way	injirree
Mist	boondhoo roonga
Moon	kulga
Moonlight	kulgunga
Moon, waning	kulga yoomarree
Moon, waxing	kulga bildil
Morning	yoongin jerra
Mountain	yabboo
Mountainous Country	yabboo
Mud	bil'kee
Muddy	bil'kee
Mulga	barrga
Night	toogelda
Noon	barlga
Orion	kun'dul
Peach, native	wolgo
Plain	bar'raga
Pleiades	nul'go garra
Pool	warlgo
Pool in River	tooneeoo
Precipice	toobendarra
Quartz	yabboo
Rain	gabbee
Rain (heavy)	tooda
Rainbow	yooar'ro
Resin (blackboy)	giddee
River	yalgarree
River, bank of	bunna
Road	yooar'ro
Rock	yabboo
Rockhole	wong'o, narng'o, jilla
Root, of tree	eewarra
Sand	burna
Sandhill	toobud, wonjarree

Seeds, of grass

tchinbar, (of plants) koordal

Shade

meebid

Shower, a	wil'ya
Sky	tchoodool
Spinifex	bil'ya, tchunbee
Spinifex gum	giddee, geerdee
Spinifex thread	jee-el
Star	mullee, mullai
Stone	yabboo
Sun	tchindoo
Sunrise	tchindoo bukkalgo
Sunset	tchindoo karradoo

Taurus

koon'ga roon'garoo

Thunder	dooda warro
Thunderstorm	warlba
To-day	barlgo, yoongoon
To-morrow	yoong-oon, jindoomba, yooloolba
Track	jin'ya
Tree	yanja
Tree, Bark of	iljee
Tree, Gum of	giddee
Tree, Trunk of	yanja
Vegetable food	mai-ee
Venus	wēl-ba
Water	gabbee

gabbee mudda

ngooyool

gabbee wonnan

gabbee booljoo-booljoo

Water (shallow)	gabbee toogoona
Waterfall	gabbee wonnan wai'agarree
Waterhole	warlgo
Weather (cold)	yalda
Weather (hot)	kullee
Weather (wet)	yalda
Well	too'leeoo
Whirlwind	yoodila, yoolburra
Wind (light)	in'nonga
Wind (strong)	yal'gara, irreea (cold wind)
Yesterday	bulga yamba

General Vocabulary
Abscond, to	ngul eer'igo
Abundance	mudda, worrida
Accompany, to	al'ginnee
Across	ee'dawarn
Adorned	yoolella
Afraid	ngoor'leeoo
After	murloggo
Aged	dhalbud
Alive	wunga
All	worrida
Alone	koo'dida
Always	bar'lowarra

Anger; to be angry	doo'deea
Another	yan'noonee
Approach, to	thulgargo
Arise, to	buk'alla, bukkalgo
Ascend, to	bukkalgo

Ashes	toonba
Ask, to	wonga

At once

kooardee

Away	moolada
Back, to go	nga'gagooree, murlalgo
Back, to bring	murlalgoolga

Bad

wol'jee

Bald	mul'yalgo
Bandy legged	ngurrungarra, kullakulla

Barb of a spear

ngango

Bark, as a dog, to	barlgoo rella
Battle	wol'galgo
Bear children, to	jij-jee
Before	kuddal

Behind

murlalba

Below	kunnindharra
Belt	nanbar
Between	koodeenooda
Beware!	bunna bunna

Big	kumbee, muttarree, mutta
Bite, to	buthannoo
Black	marro
Blanket	warndo
Bleed, to	gooyoolba
Blind	gooro waljee
Blow with the mouth, to	borlgo
Blunt	joojool
Blunt-edged	joojool
Board, for throwing spear	meero, meereeoo
Bony	nalba
Boomerang	birridee, wallaroo, minjia
Boots (European)	jinna booka
Both of us	noondo ngullee
Brand (fire)	tungee
Break, to	kar'deeagarrigo
Breathe, to	nga-il-ba
Bring me	mara thulgagarree
Bruised	beeka

Bullroarer

ulleeree, nganeeree

Burn, to	kum'bungo
Burnt	kum'bungo
Bury, to	tchow'algo, tumbul'jigo
Bush walk	wonma
Bye-and-bye	ngulla
Call him back	murlal'go won'ga
Call, to	meera
Camp, native	ngoora
Carry, to, on the shoulders	tullilgo
Cataract (film over eye)	goo'roodee'el
Charcoal	yirriga
Choke, to	tool'goralgo
Cinder	yirriga
Circle	wolga; to make a circle = wolgalgo
Circular	wolga;
Circumcision	weebo
Clean	yoolella, ilyella
Clean, to	narnbag'geea

Clear (as water)	ngooyoon
Clear, to (make a clearing)	yoodil'go
Climb, to	bukkalgo, bukarra
Close (near)	go ar'rimba, ngarmo, won'magee
Close, to (stop up a hole)	doodoolgo
Club	yanja
Cold, to be	yalda
Come in, to	tulgarnee
Cook, to	kumbalgo
Cooked meat	kooga
Cool	yalda
Corroboree	toorilgoo
Couple	koodarra
Covered	boongoolgo, tchoonjoolgo
Coward	ngoorlo
Crack in the skin	kundud
Crooked	grin grin
Cry, to	yoola
Cry out, to	meereea
Cunning	gunyun
Cut, to, with a knife	kujjeelalgo, bullalgo

Cut, to, with a native hammer

yeerilgo

Damp	wonnaroo
Damper	ombud
Dance	toolga moolee'ree
Dance, to	kundool
Dead	meeree
Deaf	binna tharra, gooranjoojoo
Death	meeree
Deep	mudda
Dense scrub	wad'deea, milgara
Dense, stupid	woljee
Depart, to	kulgargo
Desire, to	yoon'gogo

Devil	goolyoon
Die, to	buj'jagar'ree
Dig, to	thooree, dhooree
Direct (in a straight line)	toogar'raroo
Dirty	boordee
Dog's tail head-dress	munyee
Down (below)	oor'ningindee
Drag along, to	ngalgango
Dread, to	ngoorleeoo
Dried, parched ground	bardail
Drink	gabbee
Drink, to	bubbago
Dry	bardail
Dry, withered, applied to leaves	kalja
Early	waddarbeelo
East	yallijarriga
Enough	warrida
Erect	toobindarra
Evil	woljee
Evil spirit	goolyoon
Fall, to	waiagarree
Family or tribe	yoongarra
Far away	wonma, ngan'gee'aroo
Fast	wallardee
Fear	ngoor'leeoo
Feed, to	ngalgogo, buthalgo
Fetch, to	thulgagarree
Few	toogoona
Fillet for the head	yaggeeree, oorgiddee
Finish, to	yoo'mulgo, yoomarrigo
Fire-stick	milgoo, toongee
Flame	tarlee
Flat, to lie	ninnago
Flesh (of animals)	kooga
Food	maiee
Friend	tam'malee

Frightened	ngoor'leea
Get up, to	bukkalgo
Girdle of opossum hair	nan'bar wai'ada
Go away, to	thulgargo
Go back, to	murlalgo
Go out, to	yoo'moo'rigo
Good	yoolella
Good, no	waljee
Gorge, a	tarralda
Grave	tumbajalgo
Graze, to	ngalgogo

Great

goonan'na

Greyheaded	min'ya, kuddapow
Growl, to (as a dog)	worrga
Hair string (wound round head)	diddera, oorgiddee, yaggeeree

yaggunda

Head-cover	kar'bo
Heavy	marda
Here	nun'nung'arra
Hers	yag'gunna
High	wonninda
Him	yaggunna
His	yaggunna
Husband	murdong
I	ngaioo
Ill (sick)	minditch, beeka
Improper	woljee
In (within)	kunnindarra
Kick	gun'joola
Kill, to	kudbalgo
Kind, to be	yoolella
Kindness	yoolella
Kiss, a	ninbilgo
Kiss, to	ninbilgo
Kneel	ngargagarra
Knife	gunjee
Know, to	nindee, noorba

Large	goonanna
Last, of anything or anyone	mur'lago
Laugh	eegarree
Laughter	eegarree
Lazy	narda
Leave (to go away)	wallee
Lie (to lie down)	wooreeda

Lie (to tell a)

yalla, yalla manjara

Light, fire	mil'ilbo
Like (similar)	narla
Line (a straight mark)	yooarra
Listen, to	koolilgo
Little	toogoonee
Long	wonyardee
Long (tall)	wonyardee
Long ago	barlowarra
Long time	barlowarra
Longing for (wanting)	yoongogo
Look for, to	nargogo
Lose, to	ngoorilgo, wondigo
Low	toogoonee
Lying (down)	wooreeda
Many	worrida
Marry, to	mangoogo
Matches	wor'ro
Meat	kooga, kummaroo
Matter (from sore)	yoo'neea
Message sticks	boonga ninba
Mia (native hut)	ngoora
Middle	kunnindarra
Milk	mimmee
Mine (my own)	ngullee
Misunderstand, to	wom'baroo
Mix, to	poon'googo
Monster (fabulous)	goolyoon
Mouldy	yoo'neea
Mount, to (on a horse)	bukarra
Much	worrida

Murder

kudbalgo boon'googo

ngullee

Name	yun'gar
Native well	too'leeoo
Near	koarrimba, koordo
No	woordago
North	yabbaroo; N.E. = kaiallee N.W. = tool'goeeja
Nose stick	moo'lē id'dee
Not	yooma
Nothing	yooma
Now (at once)	koo'ardee
Oh!	yaa!
On	anga, unga (used as suffix: burnanga = on the ground)
One	koodhoo

Other (side)

butha gooree

Outside of	bun'nungooroo
Parched up	bardail
Path (track)	yooarra
Paw	murra
Pearl-shell	ling'illa
Pebbles	yabboo
Pierce, to	koonjo ilgo

Plain, a

barraga

Play, to	burrago
Playing	burrago
Plenty	warrida
Pluck out feathers, to	woonalgo
Point, to	nindilgo
Pointed (finely)	yeeree
Pole (rod or stick)	yanja
Presently	ngulla
Pretty	yoolella

Pubic tassel

gunyee, tchajjee

Quick	wallardee
Quickly	wallardee
Quiet	bunya, wonba koogaralla
Quietly	bunya, wonba koogaralla

Rope

diddera

Round go

wor'ringarree

Rug	warndo
Run away, to	ngoor'leereego
Run, to	tin'yarn
Scar	tambooga
See, to	dargo
Shield	tarro
Sick (ill)	minditch, beeka

Sinews of kangaroo's tail

marbain

Sit down, to	il'lag'go
Slow	pooringba
Smoke, of fires	booya

Sorcery, sorcerer

mobberjerra

South	yoolbarilya; S.E. = kaggara S.W. = bungareeja
Sparks	ting
Spear (generic term)	karjee, kaajee
Spear (hunting)	karjee
Spear, to	karjee woggun wonnindo
Spear, to throw a	karjee wonnigo
Spear (war)	bilbaggaroo
speedily	wollardee
Spring (native well)	tooleeoo
Stale (old)	yooneea
Steal, to	woggalgo
Steep (high)	toobindarra
Step (footstep)	jinna

Stick, for corroboree

larra, small one = muddaga

Stop!	koolingurra
Stop, to	yin'nurnee
Story	wolga
Straight	toogarraroo
Stranger	tooda bai'ee won'gada
Strangle, to	tool'garal'go
Strike, to	boongoogo

String, of a bag	yangool, diddera
Sulky (cross)	joor'deea
Summer	kullinga
Sweet	wongarra
Take care!	butha
Tall	wanyardee
Tear, to	wardinboogo
Tell me	wonga
Tell, to	wongee

That	yag'gunna; that way = thargo, dinna

Three	mangool
Through, pierced	koon'joo'ilgo
Throw, to	yoongalgo, yaddoolgo
Throwing board	meereeo
Tired	narda, nooreea, boolgotharra
Tomahawk	yilgun, yilgarn
Track (footprint)	jinya
Track, to	wollalgo

True	mullud, mullelba

Two	koodarra
Underneath	kunnindarra
Understand, to	nindee
Upright	toobindarra
Useful	yoolella
Useless	joojoo, woljee

Vessels

minbo = large ones, weero = small

Wait, to

goarra-goarra

Want

yoongogo

Warm	bubbarra
Weighty (heavy)	marda
West	wow-il'la
What	naa

When

nyinga

Where	wunda
Which	naa'go, narnatha

White	toonba
Who	naa
Whose	narnatha
Why	naa'go
Wicked	woljee
Witchcraft	mob'bern
Yes	ne
You	noondoo
Young	tarboonba
Your	noondotha
Yours	noondotha

Short Sentences
Afraid, I am not, of you	Noondootha yooma ngoorleerigo ngaioo
Afraid, What are you, of?	Noondoo naa ngoorleerigo
Asleep, He is	Goongoo yaggunna
Bad, You are	Noondoo waljee
Brother, He is my	Koordrollee ngai'ago yaggunna
Bury him	Yaggunna tumbul'jigo
Carry this	Yaggunna toobulgo
Cattle, Bring in the	Murragalgagarree kullabo
Cattle, Did you see the?	Narnumga marno-marma
Children, Where are your?	Wanda noondoo diddee
Come from, Where do you?	Wanda ngoora ngullaburrim
Come here	Wojjillee, noondoo ngullabulla

Come, I, from

Ngroo ngultha garrin

Come in	Ngullagarree
Come, I will	Ngroo thulgargo
Coming, They are	Dinna ngullabinee
Coming with you, I am	Ngroo noordo thulgargo
Cook that	Kumbalga
Country, What is the name of your?	Naa burraa noondoo munda
Country, Where is your?	Wanda noondoo munda
Coward, You are a	Noondoo ngoorlo
Daughter, Is that your?	Yaggunda noondoogo yoolgun
Dead, he is	Yaggundee bujja garreeēaa
Deceiving me, You are	Noondoo yallamanjera
Dingoes, Are there many?	Won'go worrida
Direction, In this	Nun'numgarra
Doing, What are you?	Naa eema bulthagennē
Eat, Can you, this?	Noonda ngalgogo
Father, he is my	Yaggunna ngaiago mummalee
Fire, Make a	Bollagarree warroo

Fire, put out the

Doo'ja ring'a

Get up	Buk'kalla
Go away	Thulgargo
Gone, he has, to	Thulgo mowan
Gone, Where has he?	Wundago yagganda

Good, That is no	Dinna woljee
Good, That is very	Dinna yoolella
Good, You are no	Noondoo woljee
Good, You are very	Noondoo yoolella
Go, I, to	Ngaioo thulgargo (or thulgago?)
Go quickly	Woolardee
Go you	Noondoo thulgargo
Here it is	Nungunna
Hill, What is the name of that?	Nunnima yabbo
Horses, Bring in the?	"Pony" mara thulga garree
Horses, Did you see the?	Nunguntharra "pony"
Husband, Where is your?	Winjago noondoog murdunga
Ill, I am	Ngaioo beeka
Ill, You are	Noondoo beeka
Is that your ----	Dinna noondoogo

Kangaroo, Where shall I find a?

Wunthago mun-ying marloo

Killed, He has been	Yaggundo bujja garree ēna
Killed, Who has, him?	Nunnima boongoogee
Killed, You have, him	Noondoo boongoogee
Know, I	Ngaioo nindee
Know, I do not	Ngroo ngoodha, wombarro
Lake, What is the name of that?	Nunno minna dinna ngabberoo
Lake, Where is the?	Ngooda ngabberoo
Let it alone	Doora windee
Listen to me	Noondoo koorililgo ngai'eego

Long time ago, That was a

Barlowarra

Look out	butha
Lying, He is, down	Yaggunna narrinyigo
Mother, She is my	Ngoeaga yaggolee yaggunda
Name, What is your?	Loondoo
Natives, Where are the?	Wundina wongada
Native, Who is this?	Wongada nunnina
River, What is the name of that?	Nunnina dinna warn
River, Where is the?	Windago warn

Run away	Koggarilo
Search for that	Yoongulgo dinna
Sleep, I shall now	Ngaioo ngooro ngarrago
Slow, You are very	Noondoo poorigba
Speak, Do not	Yooma wongago
Spear, Where is your?	Windago noondoogo karjee
Stay, you, here	noondoo ngarrago ngulla
Tell .... to come to me	Wonga ... wojjillee ngulla
That, I want	Ngaioo yaggunda yoongogo
Tired, I am	Nooreea ngaioo
Tree, what is the name of that?	Nunnina yaggunda yanja
Turkey, Where shall I find a?	Windago munying annoordee ninna wanning
Understand, Do you?	Noondoo nindee
Understand, I do not	Ngaioo ngoodba
Want, What do you?	Naa noondo yoongoogo
Water, Am I near?	Ngaioo ngaamo gabbee
Water, Give me	Gabbee yooa
Water, I want some	Gabbee ngaioo yoongoogo
Way, Come this	Ngulthagarree
Way, Go that	Thargo
What is it?	Naa
Where are you going?	Wundago
Where do you come from?	Wonthago noondoo ngulthagarree
Who is there?	Naa dinna
Wife, Is that your?	Yaggunda noondoogo mundinga
Wife, She is my	Yaggunda ngaieego mundinga
Wife, Where is your?	Windago noondoogo murdago
You and I	Noo-a ngullee
You two	Noondoo koolbarra

Answers to Questions, Notes, etc.
tomorrow;	Yooloolba
day after tomorrow;	bulgayamba

today;

yoongoon

today

bar'lga

1. The natives are divided into four classes which must marry on certain lines. The class names are as follows :-

Kurramarra, Booroonga, Turraroo and Boolgooloo.

Kurramarra man marries Booroonga woman; children Boolgooloo

Booroonga man marries Kurramarra woman; children Turraroo

Turraroo man marries Boolgooloo woman; children Booroonga

Boolgooloo man marries Turraroo woman; children Kurrawarra.

2. Initiation of youths consists of knocking out tooth, circumcision or subincision. Initiation ceremony of women consists of vulvotomy.

3. On the birth of a female child she is allotted to a certain boy or man of the right class, and after initiation she becomes his wife. She is also allotted to several other men to whom she passes at the death of her husband, or to whom he may if he likes, lend her. The husband has absolute power of life and death over her.

4. No instances known of.

5. A shallow hole is scooped out about four or five feet long and two feet wide. The corpse is laid in the hole on its back, with knees drawn up. String is wound round the shins and thighs, tying them together and arms bent at elbows and fore and upper arms held together also with string - a few heavy logs are laid across the grave and then piled over with branches - no earth is put on the grave. Two fires are lit, one on each side, space cleared all round for several yards. Bushes broken down, pointing towards the grave.

6. They just plaster the hair in ringlets with grease and red ochre.

Staff = woona

Kylie = bindie

Spear = carjie

Barbed spear =

Flint knife = ganja

Belt = nambar

Throwing stick =

Board = meerioo

Large dish = mimbo

Small dish = weero

9. None known.

10. White gum = yar'da mallee gum cork tree = boorooga worryoo bulga bush = bargooda mulga = gooya turpentine bush = giddie wild orange bush = thargamba black mulga = winjalga silver mulga = sword grass = ja-ud wire grass = uldoora honeysuckle = yoora-buddie
13. Wounds are treated by rubbing in a handful of dry dust or ashes and then tied up with a bandage of string. The only remedy in sickness consists of mobbingarra, treating the patient for stones in the inside of seat of pain. He either draws them out with his hands by rubbing or sucks them out with his mouth. No herbal remedies known of here, apparently.
16. From L. Darlôt in West about 26 miles north of Laverton, N. of Duketon about 40 of 50 miles and E. to L. Wells. No idea of number.
21. Almost all living creatures, birds, animals and reptiles are used. The seeds of grass and of nearly all the trees are collected, ground into meal and baked as damper. Several roots such as "tammerras" or "onion brothers" and "coolyoos" or yams.
23. Yes, cases have been known to occur in recent years, but not lately.
24. Fire is made by friction or rubbing one piece of wood across another in a groove. Dry kangaroo dung and dry grass are put under the groove of the heated powder as it falls, causes it to smoulder.
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25. Water is obtained from the root of cork trees and also the roots of a kind of prickly mimosa known locally as "Dead Finish".
27. No future state known of and they do not believe in ghosts. When a man dies he is considered to be done with and no spirit is left behind. They say that the dead blacks jump up white-fellow, but I think that it is only a story started by the whites themselves.
28. They believe that most sicknesses are caused by witchcraft, and almost all deaths are so caused. They also believe that certain other tribes can make rain come. There is one "mobbinjerra" or sorcerer in district, probably more who can cure sickness. The usual cause of sickness is by stones which have been projected into them by witchery, and the mobbinjerra effect cures by removing these stones, usually by sucking them out.
31. The only intelligence they can convey by smoke signals is that a party of blacks is approaching. The other blacks usually know the members of the approaching party and when to expect them, so when they see the smoke they know who is coming.
32. Short periods are calculated by the number of sleeps, but only for a limited number as they do not count more than three. Then they go by the number of moons and also for longer periods by the seasons for which they have specific names.

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