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Title: From Leaflet 2, New Norcia, Southwestern District

Language: Noongar

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Folio 45/50-56

XII 2B, 33

From Leaflet 2 New Norcia, 82 miles north from Perth. Spanish Benedictines Monastery Founded 1846. Last native of New Norcia died 1913. Compare with Monnop's Vocabulary Incorrect

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Man, his relationships, etc.
Baby chiengallan ?
Blackfellow yungar (2 blacks), gugial yungar
Blackwoman yako (3 blacks mau yungar)
Brother nundun
Child culan
Childrenculanga
Father mamman
Man (young)culanmede (?) (old) pirer ?
Mother nangan
Sister chukun
White Man chiangar or nitin
Wife coro (husband or wife)
Woman, oldcucho (?)
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Parts and Functions of the Body
Beard nanga
Blood nopo
Bone cuegil
Bowels wanda or ninal ?
Breastsbibi or pipi
Drink, to nanin
Ear twonga
Eat, to nanin
Eye miel
Excrementcona
Fat chiran
Finger nail piri
Footcniena
Hair of the headcatagigi ?
Hand mara
Head cata
Legmata
Mouth taa
Nose molia
Skin mapo
Sleep nundin
Stomach bilbirich ?
Teeth nalgo
Thirsty cunera ?
Tongue talang
Urinate, to cumbo
Walk, to yotayota colin
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Animals
Bandicoot kuendy
Dingodura
Kangarooyongar = male, wora = female
Kangaroo Rat cueinde
Opossumcumal (male), cular (female)
Ratcandan
Birds
Bustard, Wild Turkey bibilla
Cockatoo, white, Southern variety manach
Crane, Blue cunchery ?
Crow wara
Duck, Grey or black nunan
Duck, wood ducknagia curo ?
Eagle Hawk walchie
Emu wegie
Owl, Common wowa
Parrot tomalak
Pigeonwota
Quailbury ?
Swamp-hen, Coot nallan
Swan male or culgia
Eggnurgu
Fishes
Crayfish chielgui ?
Fish (generic) web
Reptiles
Snake (generic) wokal
Tortoise, land buye
Insects
Fly (generic) nuru
Mosquito chinkich
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The Elements, etc.
Blackboy treebalga
Cold nitin (see also white man)
Country (swampy or boggy)bagiar nono bula
Dark marat
Day pirak
Fire cala
Grass kialba ?
Ground (surface of) bugiar
Heat munak
Hill cata
Light talap ?
Moon meke
Night moran
Rain gabi or capi yacan
River bilo or bilo darach
Sand cuencan
Sandplain cuencan
Star tondor ?
Stone poia
Sun nanga
Thunder malgar
To-day yeye
To-morrow benan
Water gabi or capi
Windmar
Yesterday yena
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General vocabulary
Badwindan
Bark, used for food vessels, and for making hutsyalo
Big cumbar
By and bybura
Camp, native balgar; hut = maia
Devil chienga or chinga
Embrace, to wangan
Five nan bual pakan bual carkein ?
Food maran
Four nan gugial pakan gugial ?
Friend babin
Good guaba
Hungry pandan
Kiss, a male ?
Little poton
Me nana
No yuad
One kein
Plenty bulaa
See, to kienanindi ?
Shield unda
Sit down, to ninin
Smoke, of fires keri
Spear (fishing)margar guichi
Spear (stone) (war)boral guichi
Stop! nanap
Sulky (cross) caran (not sulky) caran yuad
Sweet nowl nowl ?
Three mau
Throwing board miro
Throwing stickdowak
Tomahawk cokio ?
Track (footprint) chienatalanan?
Two gugial
Wood pono (jarrah tree), chiarall
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Yes caia
You nunda
Short Sentences
Come here nunda yual coli
Come onyual col
Go away chio nunda woto culi
Know, I do not nagia catagi but
White man's house, Where is the? winchal chiangar? or nitin maya
Where are the blacks? winchial yungar ninuart

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