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| Ankle | Karrajūla; (also a man’s name;) d’raijanu karrajulba |
| Arm (left) | Dhambu (also a man’s name;)(also left-handed); yarri an’gula. |
| Arm (lower) | Munjun; yarridi’bu. |
| Arm (right) | Yarri wôg’u |
| Arm (upper) | Yarri; minaguldi. |
| Back | Midi; mirdi; wirdabi; muju; mū’jū ja’nū. |
| Back-bone | Midi darrga |
| Beard | Kanja or kandja |
| Blind | Kūrū bamba |
| Blood | Arlgulu; julgu |
| Bone | Darrga |
| Bowels | Jū’ni |
| Brains | Mīmar; katta kōgur; karlga |
| Breasts | Mimi; ibi; imi; ibi ngalgurning (“breast eating”, baby at breast) |
| Breath, to breathe | Ngā-il; ngā-il bi di; ngā-il manning; nyūl manning (breathing through nostrils) |
| Calf of Leg | Jarlba dajju; marngu; ngugu; yōgō |
| Chest | Birl-bir; mundurndu; narrga. |
| Chin | Karndarn |
| Circumcision | Djuri |
| Coition | Mōraning (this term has a wide range, and is found in the S. West of W.A.) |
| Collar bone | Wilgi-wilgi |
| Cry, to | ū'lain’yi |
| Drink | Gabbi; nalgurnin (water eating) |
| Ear | Bina; kulin |
| Elbow | ngunarn; nyigo; nyigu. |
| Eyeball | Kūrū angkiri; kuru ang’giri |
| Eyebrow | Kuru nyinbin; nyinbinda |
| Eyelid | Kuru kalga |
| Eye | kuru; wardu; mel |
| Eyed (hollow) | Kuru kardal (eyes in grave) |
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| Face | Ngal’ya; ngala; wâ |
| Fat | Burrgana |
| Fatigue | Bô’gu; bôgu allinji (resting or “having a spell”) |
| Finger | marra; little finger = marra yalli |
| Finger nail | Biri; marrabiri; milji |
| Foot | Jinna |
| Forehead | Wâ; ngalya |
| Frowning | Badh’a |
| Generative Organ | nam’u (female) nambu (male) |
| Gums | kardidi bulja |
| Hair | kattau-ūru |
| Hair of dead relative: | nūn’gun |
| Hand | marra |
| Head | katta; kōtō; kō’go |
| Head (back of) | Ngūndi; ngal’ya |
| Heart | Kūr’dudu (this word has also a wide range and is found S.W. of W.A.) |
| Heart beating | Kūr’dudu lū’gū lūgūrni Kūr’dudu bū’da būdani; Ngaail dha woddin panting mouth |
| Heel | Dari; jinna anju; karrjurr |
| Hip bone | Anggal; angkal |
| Hunch-backed | Wirdabi būla-būla |
| Instep | Jinna darrga; jinna gul’du |
| Kidney | Būnari |
| Knee | Murdi |
| Kneecap | Murdi ny inji; murdi mata; kala |
| Leg | Jalba-jalbu |
| Lip | Tā nyimi; tja nyimi |
| Liver | Kammarna |
| Lung | Thar’rulyu; jarrulyn |
| Menstruation | Kū ng’guru |
| Moustache | Kanja |
| Mouth | ta- tja |
| Mouth, roof of | Ta mukkar-mukkar |
| Muscle | Marbain; buljar; mara guna-guna |
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| Nail | Biri (Toe nail - jinna milji; jinna biri - great toe-bone; jinna yogu - “foot cheek”; finger nails - marrabiri; nail cleaning - biri mannain.) |
| Nape of neck | ngundi |
| Navel | ; |
| Neck | Linju; yūndi |
| Nose | Mūla; munga; mul(ah)a (the “ah” very softly sounded); mūl’ja |
| Nostril | Mula wing’arn |
| Palm of hand | Marra juni (hand stomach) |
| Perspiration | Agguri-agguri; būng’inyi; ngagguri |
| Penis | Nambu; kala (sacred or secret name) |
| Pregnant | Junijarra; jū’nainyi; juni-bulgar; bilyir biliri; kammarndi jira PlacentaDharndul PulseMulji warra |
| Pregnant | Junijarra; jū’nainyi; juni-bulgar; bilyir biliri; kammarndi jira |
| Placenta | Dharndul |
| Pulse | Mulji warra |
| Rib | Kandil; kanjil |
| Rump | Dibu; murnan; guna mambarn; jinti |
| See | Nago; nau’a; nonainyi; nong’u |
| Skin | Imba; bandu; guldu; gulu ī’raju; nyiri; ilyirdi |
| Skull | Darrga; katto darrga |
| Sleep | Anggo; ango yarrin (going down, asleep) |
| Smell, to | Barndi; barndinyi |
| Sneeze, to | Nyurrju binya; mulyarinin; nyurjubin; nynji-bungu |
| Snoring | Yurrbin |
| Sole of the foot | Jinna juni (foot stomach) |
| Soul, spirit | Kō-irdi |
| Speak, to | Wongganyi; wonga; wongai-i |
| Spit, to | Thalya warninyi; wida warnin; urgal warnainyi |
| Stink, to | ūrna barndiji |
| Stomach | Juni;man’s = mūgula; empty = juni muggalain; full = juni bulga |
| Squint-eyed | kuru durrbu |
| Subincision | Wila |
| Swallow, to | Kūl’gadin; munyir; munyiri; binadi |
| Taste, to | Ji-argala; ajala |
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| Testes | Dhulgurr mammara |
| Tears | Nyildi; kuru nyildi |
| Teeth | Kardidi; anjiwarra |
| Temple | Mida-mida; ngalgi |
| Thigh | Junda; tjunda |
| Thirsty | Unju digil |
| Throat | Manyiri |
| Thumb | Mammadura; marranjunju (hand father) (hand mother), marrangalli bū’gana |
| Toe (little) | Jinna yalli |
| Toenail | Jinna biri |
| Tongue | Thaling; jalin; thaling (“th” hard). This word has also a wide range. It is found in S.W.A. dialects. |
| Twins | Bilyi; kudharra |
| Urinate, to | Gūm’bu; urinating = gumbugu |
| Vomit, to | Jundara; kalgarli; dhulgu |
| Void excrement, to | Gunagu; gūna |
| Walk, to | Yanggun dhugu; yanu; yannini |
| Windpipe | Winja mūrda; ngali ngali |
| Wink, to | Kuru nyumbainyi |
| Womb | Namu |
| Wrinkle | Ngalya wilyu-wilyu |
| Wrist | Marra guna-guna |
| Yawn, to | Tja-da-a ding; tna-darding; tna-da-addin. |
| Fish | Mūdi = Bight term |
| Frog | Yangi |
| Iguana (generic) | IguanaBūrna (S.); ilbaru (N.); nyindaga (W.) Nyin’jiri (black iguana) Milbari (spotted long-tailed) Mida (banded short-tailed) Yūng’ga; kalda (S.) |
| Lizard (generic) | Lizard (barking)Nging-gir; wauru; jurubin Lizard (little)Jimbin; murdin Lizard (bicycle)Jaggal Lizard (spike-backed)yabbula; kutta milga-milga Lizard (Moloch horridus - York Devil)mingari. Its “horns” bina daldha; its “hump on neck”, kundi daldha. |
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| Scorpion | Bidi gaddali |
| Snakes | Ganba (also mythical term for snakes); mulaiongu; carrja; diru; gunang guru; guria; warnambi; mililga; sjambir-sjambir; dhambir-dhambir. |
| Bird (generic) | Dhulbu; jida; julbu |
| Bell-bird | Burn-burn bū’lala |
| Bird's egg | Birds’ eggsNgo’gorn; (fresh) bil’yul’yu; (chicken inside) dhabbun. |
| Birds' nest | Mina; buni; ming’anga mana. (tunnel) bidi. |
| Birds’ feet | Jirara; jinna |
| Bustard, Wild Turkey | Gibbara; ngannurdi (N.W.); war’during (S.); Barul (Northern) |
| Bower-bird | ī’buru (North) |
| Butcher bird | wūlardi |
| Cockatoo | koggalongu |
| Cockatoo, white, Northern variety | bī’ar-bī’ar |
| Cockatoo, white, Southern variety | yang’guna |
| Crane | Kurrjal |
| Crow | Kaangga; wongara; milyilyi; karngga; kalbidherra; gūna ngalgu (excrement eater). |
| Crow-shire (pied bell magpie) | bī’larl |
| Cuckoo | Kurr’guling |
| Duck | Gabbi yuraja; mannangurra; junadhalili; jūna bidilu |
| Eaglehawk | Walja; walou-uru; yarda (also S.W. of W.A.) (Border) (South Eucla area) |
| Emu | Kallaia |
| Emu Wren | Jirl-jirl |
| Flycatcher | Jindirr-jindirr |
| Frogmouth (tawny) | Ngūngi; biwi biwi |
| Harrier, Swamp Hawk | girrgin; wâra-wâra |
| Hawk, Fish (Osprey) | Waru-rungga ("fire"-bringer) |
| Hawk, Sparrow | Wanyi-wanyi |
| Honey-eater (generic) | Honey-eaterJuin-juin; dīdararu; wiljarda (?) |
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| Kingfisher (sacred) | rul; diru-diru; gui-gūra |
| Mallee hen | ngannamurra (Boundary Dam); kalbin (S.); ngau (S. & W.) |
| Magpie | Kūra; kurbaru (and S.W. of W.A.) |
| Mopoke | Kurrguling |
| Native Companion | Ibara (doubtful) |
| Owl | Wirandnu; wirongarra; kurrguling |
| Owlet-nightjar | Jurr-jurr |
| Parrot | Bādl-bādl; bulail-bulail; jurin-jurin |
| Pigeon | Wâtu-wâtu; murnbila |
| Plover | Kalla-jirr-jirr; kalla-jiri-jiri |
| Robin | Nyunggun; waru wardadha; jumbin-jumbin |
| Shag | Bunggala (southern term); bunggala |
| Swallow | Gūngilga (southern term) |
| Shrike, Thrush | Kunggara (?); wirdidarda |
| Spotted chestnut ground thrush | = mēl’ga |
| Wattle Bird | Ngā’gul |
| Wing | Kalbi; feathers - ngarrga |
| Wren, Blue | Miril-yiril-yiri |
| Wren (female) | Minning-minning |
| Ngabbobea | part of Canis major (? tail)- Eucla area. |
| Mammaingurra (fathers) | Orion - Eucla area |
| Kara (spider) | Tigil |
| Thani (pubic tassel) | ;kala (ai) nambu (penis) - Orion’s sword belt, Eucla district. |
| Yaggaingurra (a lot of women, mothers) | the Pleiades - Eucla area |
| Nan’gabbirla | Aldebaran (connected with yaggaingurra) Eucla area |
| Warrmula (slippered men - murderers) | Pisces, Eucla area |
| Kammingammin | (species of fish?) Eucla area |
| Kaanga | (crow) - Coronal - Central Australia |
| Yanjungurra | (Antares and part of Scorpio) Eucla area |
| Waru burdara | (fire) |
| kungga | (woman) |
| yirgabi | (boy’s blood relations at his initiation), Central Aus. (Both Eucla and Central Aus. forbid boys to look at Scorpio.) |
| Kallaia | (emu) - Dark spot in Milky Way - Central Aus. |
| Yinma | (sacred long board - shadow of board only, Dark Spot in Milky Way)- Eucla area. |
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| Munnarn’s yuara (Munnarn’s “road”) | Part of Serpens - Eucla. |
| Jiringa | (woman with navel, breasts and head) - Proserpino, Eucla |
| Baduwudha kurda (brother), | Rigil |
| Waldajudi | - >Magellan’s Clouds (Wirongu wongga) |
| Dhugurr linjiri | the cold country (Heaven) - where the Andirngiri group (dead) go. It is west. |
| Kanggarara | the hot country (Heaven), where the dead go - Wirongu wongga group. |
| Kūr’barū | - near Burna (the lizard); magpie, southern stars - S. E. of Orion. |
| Kambugudha | oldest sister (Aldebaran) of mamu kūngara (Pleiades). |
| Kangga wibu | the wall or pole by which the Wirongu dead went to Kanggarara. |
| Babba | dog - Achernar |
| Jurr-jurr | (owlet nightjar) Canopus. |
| Kangga wia | (crow’s mother), Aquila. |
| Kanga wandi | (children) Delphinus. |
| Gibbera | (turkey) Vega. |
| Burna | (lizard) - may be the horns of the Bull Pointers |
| Dhūrdin | (i.e. Tub) |
| Walja jina | (eagle’s foot) - Southern Cross. |
| Ant (common, black) | >minga; wiba |
| Ant (generic) | minga |
| Ant's nest | minga bidu; minga kardal |
| Ant (sergeant) | bilgur-bilgur |
| Bardi (grubs) | Maw’gu; biabirdi; lungi |
| Beetle (generic) | mī’rin |
| Beetle (different species) : | ngardala būlbūl (tunnelling beetle); būrldarl (also a tunnelling species); jiriring; boggurda (sp. of mulga); mirin; nganila (sp. of mulga); ilgawarra (sp. of acacia); miring barra birdi (large grub); wanburin (native hop); miring; gildi-gildi (beetle from ?); (Grubs of most of these are eaten); gumbarumbera (large flat-backed beetle) also called gumburi-gumburi. Exudes skunk-like liquid when touched - gumbur = urine. |
| Blowfly | Būlbūlēri; bubuleri- kardilga |
| Blue bush | būndara |
| Butterfly | Binda-binda |
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| Caterpillar | Win’ga; string of caterpillars - warrarda; “green dancing” that feed on mulga or gall apple ; wiru-wiru. |
| Dragon fly | Wanburing |
| Flea | Būn-būn; kulu (this term has a wide range and is in S.W. of W.A. dialects.) |
| Fly | Umbera; um’berang’ga; būn-būn-ga (N.) |
| Grasshopper | Jindilga |
| Honey ant (Melaphagus inflatus) | thala; būrūra |
| Hornet (small black) | il-il |
| Horsefly | Umbera |
| Louse | Jidu; jidu jurdain (plenty lice) |
| Mosquito | Mila; unba; gūlga gū’yulga |
| Moth | Miring barlan-barlan (sp. of beetle or moth) |
| Praying Mantis | Wirda būnggū-būnggū |
| Scorpion | Bidi gaddali |
| Silverfish | Wirbilga |
| Spider's web | ūn’yi |
| Spider | won’ga; imbu; kara (S.) |
| Vermin | Ji’du |
| Worm | Babbarga; kardilga |
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