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Vocabulary from Albany & Denmark. MSS.
Muning wonga Jäkbǎm ♀ about 70 and now dead. BUMBLEFOOT about 75. also dead.
Äḷe, alǎk | That |
Bǎrnäp | Orphan |
Bēlok, berlgärt | Aukle |
Bīb | Breasts |
Bīr | Nail |
Bälgǎrt | Heel |
Bwönik | Knee |
Bīt, Bīrat | Muscle, sinew |
Navel, river | |
Bīb mǎlya | Nipple of breast., breast nose |
Bā-in | Perspiration |
Bäjök | Smell, to stink |
Bamǎŋain | Smell |
Bīd, Bīt | Vein, sinew |
Bīnjaŋili; bīnjǎgǎr, mial birabirn | To wink |
Boy | Egg (now 'money') |
Bibilyǎŋ, Bibilyëṛǎk | Wild turker |
Bīrungu | Green kingfisher nests insider ground |
Bǎneŋǎr | Species of parrot |
Bilerbǎŋ | Pelican |
Bin-bin | Little birds |
Buriǎk | Quail |
Berdail | Flatfish |
Bwolǎp | Frog (species of) |
Bālǎk | Edible grub of blackboy tree, also blackboy tree. |
Bē-beṛ | Blowfly |
Bwai | Cave rocky shelter |
Bilyǎk | White clar |
Bājǎp, balyǎp | Dew |
Bāt | Grass, (fibrous) |
Bwoŋǎr, bǎŋǎr | Banksia |
Bēnǎŋ | Morning |
Bābil, bāpi | Mudder. |
Bil | River, pools. |
Bujǎr | The earth, surface of ground, country |
Dem Dulgaitch | White man |
Darnl, belok, berlgart | Ankle |
Dwonk | Car |
Dinitch | Rump |
Dēl | To spit del werdiŋ - spitting |
Del werdiŋ | Spitting |
Dauel | Thigh |
Dalgart | Windpipe |
Dāj Dāj | Meat food of all kinds - animals, birds etc. fish |
Dalgait | Native eat |
Dwert | Dog |
Doot Dutin | Puppy |
Dwerdangǎl, dwert bungǎrn | Porpoise |
Dēdan | Species of parrot |
Dauerin | King parrot |
Dongerǎk | Wattle bird |
Dunjar | Species of frog |
Dugoytch | Species of snake |
Durdaij | Mosquito |
Dwail | Fog., f mist |
Dandagǎt, kularǎp | Pleiades |
Derdap, stars Jēndi, Jindǎŋ | Stars |
Dwerdǎk | "Willy willy," hurricane |
Däkaingǎr | To break |
Dulbǎr, dukǎrngǎr | To burn, to make |
Därdāṛ' | Clay, white lime or chalk |
Dändǎngǎr | To climb |
Dauǎk | Club |
Dēnigǎr | To hiae., to conceal |
Dāj mēri | Cooked meat |
Dwonk burt | Deaf |
Dā burt | Dumb |
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Dwonk minditch | Ear ache |
Dāliŋ Kal | Flames |
Dāp | Knife |
Dwordok | Living, alive |
Dukǎrngǎr | To make |
Dāngǎr | To mend |
Dunuk, dǎnuk | Perhaps, 'night be' |
Dānili Jup | To tickle |
Dornt | Yellow, fair in color |
Däbǎkängul | Go quietly |
Durndǎk | Brains |
Donyart | "Twenty eight" parrot |
Dombǎrn | A hole, a hollow place |
Gaiǎŋ | Mother |
Gab | Water |
Gab naniŋ | To drink, (water eat) |
Gobǎl | Bowels, stomach |
Gwelǎk | Hip bone |
Gobǎl gǎtǎk | Pregnant, "stomach having" |
Gwogǎr | Wallaby. Species of |
Gumal | Grey opossum |
Gwerdilyǎŋ | Bell bird |
Gujǎk | Diver |
Gilgil | Sparrow hawk |
Guya | Frog |
Gurǎk Gurīk | Gum |
Gut | Bag of kangaroo skin |
Gumbar | Big, great, large |
Gula ŋunt gur | To fall |
Gert gul | Fast, quick, immediately |
Gunyok | Soft |
Gwâp | Good |
Garǎŋ | Anger, passion |
Gulgur | Quickly |
Gurt gwâb | To rejoice, to be pleased. "heart good" |
Gurt wera | Sad, "heart bad" or "no good" |
Gain | One, alone |
Gij | Spear |
Gij māngǎr | Hunting spear |
Gij burdon | War spear |
Gij donǎngǎr miran gwerdigǎr | To throw a spear |
Gobǎl gumbar | To swell |
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Gwâb mitch | Very good |
Gwabaduk yinok | Very good you (are) |
Gwajǎnŋt gul | Go before me |
Gij-el-wondongǎr | Spear some fish |
Gen ben | All the family |
Guya | Frog |
Guya | Frog |
Ibal, yibal | Today |
Juk | Sister |
Jen | Foot |
Jen kwej | Instep |
Jup | Kidney |
Jinǎŋ, jinaŋur | See, seeing |
Jen nar | Sole of the foot |
Jen bǎroŋ | Toe |
Jen bīr | Toe nail |
Jert, jerd | Bird |
Jerd mai | Birds nest |
Jäḅǎrn, jerlok | Squeaker crow |
Jëpiŋ | Curlew |
Jiti jidi | Wagtail |
Jorside | Fish hawk |
Jiuk | White winged kingfisher, nests in trees |
Jirn | Woodpecker |
Jalyep | Species of parrot |
Jundulǎr | Flounder |
Jindu | Sun |
Jorǎŋ | Species of lizard |
Janǎk, jenǎk | Spirit, ghost |
Jeril | Mahogany tree, jarrah |
Jindi, jindǎŋ | Stars |
Jātch, jindu, ŋaŋk | Sun |
Jan | Down, short hair, fur |
Jeladǎk, manjǎŋ | Greyheaded, old |
Jit | Itch |
Ji | Look out! a warning, (contracted from Jinǎŋ-Jinǎŋ - ) |
Jëran | To tear |
Jeran werdagan | Tearing |
Jakǎt, jubok | Edible roots |
Jirǎŋ | Fat |
Jalgai | Crayfish |
Jung | Cobbler fish |
Janǎk | Ghost, spirit |
Kuloŋ | Child, son |
Kuliŋ | Last or youngest brother or sister |
Kwerǎrt | Oldest sister |
Kulyinǎŋ | Second youngest brother |
Kardiet | Third youngest sister |
Kuliŋǎrt | Last or youngest |
Konk | Mothers brother |
Kord | Husband or wife |
Kambǎrt | Brothers daughter(♀ sp) |
Kuŋ, kurdik | Back |
Kwej, kwetch | Bone, shin |
Kāt | Head |
Kurd, kurt, gurt | Heart |
Kwǎrak | Muscle |
Kāt kwej | Skull |
Kāpǎp | Temple |
Kaiǎŋ, gaiǎŋ | Mother |
Kwent | Bandicoot |
Karigǎr | Sparrow Hawk |
Kwâr, kwârl | Brush Kangaroo |
Käṛäk | Black cockatoo, red tail |
Kombigor | Owl |
Kurbardi, kutǎngǎrn | Magpie |
Kondǎŋ | Mopoke |
Kojadǎk | Schnapper (koja-native axe - the head of the schnapper bears some resemblance to a koja) |
Keyǎŋan | Frog - species of |
Kardar | Lizard |
Kobǎŋ, Katiŋ | Lizard |
Kwont | Snake |
Kworlok | Scorpion (?) |
Kilǎŋ | Sea turtle |
Kwâlok | Ant |
Kirdera, kirdal | Sergeant Ant |
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Kul | Louse, flea |
Kaṛ | Spider |
Kǎta kǎtǎk | Afternoon |
Kānjin | Yellow clay |
Kal mitch | Cone of banksia, fire stick |
Kāt | Hilly country, mountain, hill |
Kāte yǎk | Dark |
Koramǎk | Evening |
Kānup | Feather |
Kāl | Fire |
Kwonert | Gum & seed of Jamwood tree |
Kojǎp, biuk | Resin from blackboy tree |
Kuläṛǎp | Pleiades |
Kwel | Sheoak, name |
Köṛan | Red flowering shrub |
Kaṛbǎrt | Ti-tree |
Kǎtagain | Yesterday |
Kau-gǎr | To amuse |
Kārǎŋ gǎtǎk | To be Angry |
Kanipǎr | To go astray |
Kāta bǎrnitch | Bald, head bare |
Kor͡bilya Kulgur | Behind go |
Kwâjǎŋat | Before, in front |
Kôp | Black, charcoal |
Kāl bobǎngǎr | Fire blow |
Kail, kaila | Boomerang |
Kor gulgul | Call him back, again come come |
Kaia, ko | Yes, certainly |
Kāl dukǎrngǎr | To cauterize a wound |
Kāngār | Corroboree |
Kujal | A pair, two |
Kǎtitch bǎrt | Cannot hear, or understand |
Karagǎla | Deaf |
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Kwīnyak | To, dream |
Koytch, kwoytch | Enough |
Kaiali | East |
Karǎngul | Enemy |
Kala burn | Firewood |
Kubǎŋ, Kālip | Friend |
Kurditch | Grave |
Koj | Native axe |
Kǎtikǎr | To hear |
Konda bwonǎp | Heavy |
Kāragǎtǎk | To Kill |
Kǎtik, kǎtikǎr | To know, to hear, to listen, to understand |
Kauain, kauin, kauagǎr | To laugh, to smile |
Kwēji | Lean, thin, bony |
Kurā' | A long time ago |
Kāt wuri | Long hair |
Kulagǎra, kait-jenǎŋ | Look out |
Kurert | Short |
Kurderǎk | To like, to love |
Kọr guliŋ Kor guliŋ, kor gul | To return, to come back |
Kujin ŋangǎr | To shake, to shiver |
Kwerak | Sinews of kangaroo tail |
Kaṛ mai | Spider's web |
Kungar, bān | Sweat |
Kaipul wabi | To swoon, to faint, to become giddy |
Kwerditchīt gǎr | To throw |
Kweja wej | Ugly, "bones of emu" |
Kal gu kaloŋ | Make a fire |
Nurt | Smell |
Nurǎk | Egg |
Nurd | Fly |
Nēnim | Leech |
Nyurdǎŋ | Rainbow |
Nulbǎrn | Hair belt |
Nint | Tail |
Nulyinǎk | Hair stick |
Nēpan | Half, a small piece |
Ni | Here |
Näḅin | To Smear |
Nyēgǎp | This |
Nyāla bugǎlgul mondok | To Wander off the track |
Nyindǎk, nutǎk | You |
Nyinǎŋ | Yours |
Nunoŋ | Yours. nunoŋ kord wa? your wife, where? |
Nā | What, what is it? |
Nurǎk | You two |
Nanǎk | Neck |
Nyamarǎk | Species of duck |
Nyindan kulgǎr | Sunrise |
Nyīǎngǎr | To Change |
Nyungǎr | Divided |
Nungar | Blackfellow, man |
Nāgul | Little, "poor fellow" |
Nyirǎŋ | To Scratch |
Obijer | Name given to women at Yardi dance ceremony |
Pelok | Ankle |
Tā | Mouth |
Tutulǎr | Small black ant |
Tuj-ber | Leaf of shrub or tree |
Täṃar | Species of Wallaby |
Tār | Barb of a spear |
Tāliŋ | Tongue |
Tāliŋ, dāliŋ | Flame (tongue of fire) |
Tambail | Species of Frog |
Yēt | Lower & upper Jaw |
Ya-itch, Dauel | Thigh |
Yojadǎk, yojadǎŋ | Young Kangaroo in pouch |
Yongerbǎrt | Species of fish |
Yarn Yam | Big frog |
Yarn | What, why |
Yagaloŋ | Species of Frog |
Yäkain, yägain | Turtle |
Yuerns, yondǎrn | Two & species of iguana |
Yugura | Spiders, (species of) |
Yāl, yālyǎk | Open sandy country, clay, sand |
Yāji | Sandy ground |
Yīda bǎngǎr | Lightning |
Yāwin | Moon |
Wulganǎŋ | Rainbow |
Yögǎrt | Sun |
Yorl | Titree |
Yurbarl | Bark of tree |
Yībal | Today |
Wurditch | Wind |
Wât kuligǎr | To abscond, to run away |
Wâm | Another |
Yēra gul | Get up, to arise |
Yuäl gul | Come in, Come here |
Yaueragǎr, yauagǎr | Drunk, giddy |
Yuat | No, never |
Yīn, yǎŋ | Fresh, new |
Wâpa, wâb, wâp wǎr | A Game, playing |
Yoŋa | To Give |
Yuäl yoŋ | Give it to me, here give it |
Yu͡lǎp | Hungry |
Yīripǎr, yīrabili | Jealous |
Yinok | You |
Yäbäru Yäbärw | North |
Yara guling | To run |
Yuroŋin | To shake |
Yulyar | Ugly |
Yuŋngar | Native |
Yulyulǎp bardi; yu-ij | Very slow |
Yin ŋǎrdi | Stay here |
Yardi | A Corroboree (name of) |
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