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Folio 45/57-61 XII 2B, 34 From Leaflet No. 6 Blackwood Compare with Baaburgurds, Ngilgis etc. Vocabularies Incorrect

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Man, his relationships, etc.

Baby	noba
Blackfellow	youngar
Children	culang
Father	mam
Man (old)	badditch mulket
Man (young)	kolamatic, malkot ?
Mother	nanjan ?
Sister	jujan
White Man	jirnac
Woman (old)	badditch yorker

Parts and Functions of the Body

Beard	narnack
Blood	nonbo
Bone	quedy
Bowels	gōbal
Breasts	biba
Ear	dwanja
Eat, to	nalgo
Excrement	gua-nah
Eye	myal
Fat	gerang
Foot	jin
Hair of the head	joyine (fur?), chower kata (fur?)
Hand	mara
Head	cata
Leg	mata
Nose	molya
See, to	ginang
Sit, to	nunday
Skin	mob
Sleep	bedjar
Stomach	gobal
Teeth	naulack
Tongue	daline
Walk, to	whatcool

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Animals

Bandicoot	qunadch
Dingo	dwarda
Kangaroo	dag ? = female, woorra? = young, cowart?
Kangaroo Rat	walya
Opossum, Black	nuarra
Opossum, Grey	walya comal
Pig	magaroo

Birds

Bird's egg	norgo, nurikin
Bustard, Wild Turkey	peepiljar
Cockatoo (generic)	monich
Cockatoo, Black, red tail	cunack
Cockatoo, Black, white tail	mulack
Crane, Blue	cail
Crow	wardang
Duck, Grey or black	woonarn
Eagle Hawk	waljah
Emu	wedja
Owl, Common	knowar
Parrot	dowan
Pigeon	watta
Quail	moreitch
Swamp-hen, Coot	queelam
Swan	culjack

Fishes

Crayfish	marreen
Fish (generic)	calgert
Lobster	gonack
Seal	manyin
Shark	keilah
Whale	mamung

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Reptiles

Snake (generic)	wagal (black = norna)
Tortoise	yacking

Insects

Fly (generic)	nord
Mosquito	jinkitch

The Elements, etc.

Blackboy tree	balack
Cold	kneting
Dark	ketalack
Grass	jelpa
Ground (surface of)	budgar
Heat	moonac
Lightning	babill
Moon	meeka
Rain	gaba dapat (waterfall down)
Stone	boya
Sun	narnja
Thunder	mulgar
To-day	yeya
To-morrow	benang
Water	gaba
Wind	marr
Wood	borna
Yesterday	yeyna

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General Vocabulary

Bad	Warra
Big	Goombar
By and by	burdar
Dead	werna
Devil	knolim
Embrace, to	wangan
Food	marine
Four	boola
Good	quabba
Hungry	ulap
Kiss	nynjan
Little	nobadack
Me	ninay
No	youad
One	kayne
Plenty	boolar
See, to	ginang
Sit down, to	nunday
Spear (war)	boarden
Three	mardine
Throwing stick	dowack
Tomahawk	codja
Track (footprint)	jen
Two	cudjal
Wood	borna
Yes	kia
You	yena
Come on	wall cull

Short Sentences

Know, I do not	dwanga burt (hear not)
Natives, Where are the?	youngar wa