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Ngoonjeeja of Morarie and Nygeergarlee of Nannine |
| Aunt | Marrajee |
| Baby | Joonja murda |
| Blackfellow | Yammajee |
| Blackwoman | Murndee, wandee |
| Boy | Moordin |
| Brother | Booa |
| Brother-in-law | Ngabbaree, mardoongoojoo (Tuckanarra term) |
| Daughter-in-law | Ngarraia |
| Father | Mammadhoo |
| Father-in-law | Kambarnoo, kumbarnoo |
| Grandfather | Kammee |
| Grandmother | Kundharree |
| Husband | Mardungoo |
| Man | Yammajee |
| Mother | Yaagoo |
| Mother-in-law | Marrajee, wabbee |
| Niece | Ngarraia |
| Orphan | Kamboorda |
| Sister | Dhoordoo |
| Sister-in-law | Ngabba, mungajoo (Tuckanarra term) |
| Son | Kadha |
| Uncle | Kambarnoodha |
| Virgin | Mardung goodoo |
| White man, woman | Moondoongoo |
| Widow, widower | Mardung goodoo |
| Wife | Mardung |
| Woman | Wandee |
| Ankle | Burlba |
| Arm (lower) | Marnoong dhoola |
| Arm (upper) | Kaadee |
| Back | Jeedee |
| Beard | Ngarngoor |
| Blood | Yalgoo |
| Bone | Yeega |
| Breast, breasts | Beebee |
| Calf of Leg | Thurda, jurda |
| Cheek | Ngangoo |
| Chest | Mimboordoo |
| Chin | Ngangoor |
| Cry, to | Ngoola, ngooloonga |
| Drink, to | Babba ngarnagoo |
| Ear | Goolga (eegil = orifice) |
| Eat, to | Ngarnagoo |
| Elbow | Ngoorngoo |
| Eyebrow, eyelash, eyelid | Nyimminjee |
| Eye | Gooroo |
| Fat | Yarnda |
| Finger | Murra |
| Finger nail | Meendee |
| Foot | Jinna |
| Hair | Gooloowel |
| Hand | Murra |
| Head | Mogga |
| Heart | Goordoodoo |
| Heel | Dhoongool |
| Hip bone | Yangarl |
| Kidney | Barnda |
| Knee | Karburda, moordee |
| Leg | Mamboo |
| Lip | Eera |
| Liver | Beejern |
| Lung | Koorurdoo, yarral |
| Moustache | Ngarngoor |
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| Muscle | Marnoon, weejee |
| Nape of the neck | Nanga, nyanga |
| Navel | |
| Nose | Moolya |
| Nostril | Eegil, moolyadha |
| Palm of the hand | Warree |
| Perspiration, perspire | Welwil |
| Rib | Bimbil |
| Rump | Nyoondee |
| Seeing | Nannagoo, nyanna nooloo |
| Shoulder | Mingoo |
| Skin | Warraga, warndoo |
| Sleep | Ngarreegoo, ngarreenyoo, noobar |
| Smell, to | Barndilgoo |
| Sneeze, to | Jeerin ngaioo, jeeree bulgoo |
| Sole of the foot | Warree |
| Speak, to | Wonga |
| Spit, to | Weergee |
| Tears | Nyooril |
| Teeth | Wilga |
| Temple | Ngalgoora, ngower-ngower |
| Thigh | Thoonda |
| Throat | Boggart, boggarl, wongar-wongar |
| Tongue | Dharlin, jallin |
| Walk, to | Yannagoo |
| Wink, to | Nyimminjee |
| Animal (generic) | Kooga |
| Ant-eater | Jingoomurra |
| Bandicoot | Bardaree |
| Cat, native | Windaroo |
| Dingo | Dhoodhoo, wangoo |
| Kangaroo, generic | Marloo, beegoorda |
| Kangaroo, brush | Kadhaweree |
| Kangaroo Rat | Boggool dharra |
| Kangaroo, young, in pouch | Kolo-in |
| Mouse | Namba |
| Opossum | waioorda |
| Bald coot, red bill | Jannindee |
| Bird (generic) | Nyingaree |
| Bird's egg | Ngarroowa, koondil |
| Bustard, Wild Turkey | Bardoora |
| Cockatoo (generic) | Beearrgoo |
| Cockatoo, Leadbeater's Pink | Boolee |
| Crow | Kaagoo, nyooa-nyooa |
| Duck | Bannajee, ngarrawa, joordeegoo |
| Eagle Hawk | Warrida |
| Emu | Yalleebee, kallaia |
| Flycatcher (Wagtail) | Jindee-jindee |
| Magpie | Koorbardoo, koorbaro-in |
| Mopoke | Weeloo, jeewee |
| Owl | Jooee |
| Parrot | Dhalga dhalga |
| Pelican | Kallarbee |
| Pigeon | Manbee |
| Swan | Weree and kooroloo |
| Fish (generic) | Ingandhooa |
| Frog | Jeeda murda, jeeramurda |
| Iguana, green | Gooyal, jeelawarra |
| Iguana, long-tailed | Bangarra, bongarra |
| Iguana, stump-tailed | Yoorndarn |
| Lizard (generic) | Windilya, goora ngoroo |
| Scorpion | Mardonga = quiet |
| Snake (sea-snake) | Koojeeda, mooguree, milyoora, mobburn, boolee |
| Snake | Joordeegoo, jeedow, ngowara, jabbee - jabbeea, yardoo |
| Ant | Minga |
| Ant (sergeant) | Konda kondara, yalgara, |
| Ant (white) | Weeda weeda |
| Bardie (a grub) | Joola bardee, mangoora yinnee, yalloor bardee (gum tree grub) |
| Flea | Kooloo |
| Fly (generic) | Warraree; goonma = March fly |
| Grub | Ngoorgo bardee (ground grubs) |
| Mosquito | Nyoornee |
| Spider | Karra woola |
| Afternoon | Ngoorow |
| Atmosphere | Weenjoo |
| Clay, red | Thooarree |
| Clay, white | Yoweree |
| Cloud, cloudy | Mandurda |
| Cold | Moordee |
| Country (open) | Yalga |
| Dark, darkness | Moonganga |
| Earth, the | Barna |
| Fire | Kala |
| Frost | Janda ? |
| Grass | Boolga |
| Gum | Barroo, goolgal; gum from another district = wardal booga |
| Hill, hillock | Marda, murda, yanda murda |
| Hole | Waagoo |
| Lightning | Goondhara |
| Manna | Thoordooroo |
| Moon | Weelarra |
| Moon, waning | Weelarra munga |
| Moon, waxing | Buggan min |
| Mushroom | Dharran |
| Night | Moonganga |
| Pleiades | Mooroowa |
| Resin (blackboy) | Barroo |
| River | Weela, yaanoo (big river) |
| Rock | Kaiarra |
| Sand | Barna |
| Sandalwood tree | Walgoo |
| Scrub, the | Joombin |
| Sea | Ngoolba |
| Seeds, of plants | Warrain |
| Shade | Meenda |
| Spinifex | Boorna |
| Star | Mooroowa |
| Stone | Murda; stone in weapon = kandee |
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| Summer | Indariga; Eendariga |
| Sun | Karrongoo |
| Sunrise | Buggala ngabboo |
| Sunset | Eedingana |
| Thunder, thunderstorm | Goomarda |
| To-day | Dhooinga |
| To-morrow | Moongal |
| Tree | Weenda |
| Tree, Bark of | Meewara, bingara |
| Water | Babba, weela |
| Whirlwind | Meerara |
| Willy willy | Weenjoo boordooroo |
| Wind | Weenjoo |
| Yesterday | Warboo karrongoo |
| Abduct, to | Jeeda, ngoorijee |
| Abscond, to | Jeendee yanna |
| Abundance | Yailba |
| Adultery | Ngoorloo, wamba ganganoo = taking another |
| Afraid | Ngooloo |
| Aged | Weenja |
| Anger, to be angry | Badha, ngardee badha |
| Another | Womba, wamba |
| Arise, to | Boggan |
| Ashes | Gooba |
| Ask, to | Wonga |
| Assault, to | Goondhel binninoo, binyanoo |
| Go astray, to | Goolgurdainya |
| Back, to go | Mallagoo yanma |
| Bad | Walyee |
| Bag | Waga, walga |
| Bald | Beed'n |
| Bandy legged | Ngardura |
| Barb of a spear | Barrgoo |
| Bark (used for food vessels) | Yaaloo |
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| Battle | Barna mainya binyai injoo |
| Beg, to | Wonga |
| Below | Ngurdeearra |
| Belt | Neega, nanba |
| Big | Boordooroo |
| Bite, to | Badha nanno |
| Black | Weree |
| Blind | Goomaroo |
| Blow with the mouth, to | Boodhoo nannoo |
| Blunt | Bulgara, boondhoo; mulgara; boondhoo |
| Board, for throwing spear | Meeroo |
| Bony | Warnee-warnee |
| Boomerang | Walan'noo |
| Call, to | A-ee |
| Camp, native | Dharndhee, darndee |
| Carry, to, on the shoulders | Wardoongoo, koolgoongan |
| Change, to | Eenyain |
| Charcoal | Yeergaro |
| Charm, to (by a spell) | Mobburn |
| Choke, to | Baalin yooloo |
| Climb, to | Kalbungannoo |
| Close (near) | Koola |
| Club | Koondee, club with fling |
| Coat | Weeardoo, bargoo (or) barlgoo |
| Cook, to | Bowelgoo |
| Cooked meat | Oolbalgoo |
| Corroboree | Ngoordeenyoo |
| Couple | Koodharra |
| Covered | Barreenannoo - woman covered up during certain corroborees |
| Coward | Ngooloo imina |
| Dig, to | Baianannoo |
| Dog's tail head-dress | Nyoorndee, dhoodhoo nyoorndee |
| Down (short hair) | Yeendoo |
| Dream | Yarloo |
| Drunk | Ngaia ngaia nyooloo |
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| Dry, withered, applied to leaves | Beedeedee (dry wood); green wood = marrool winda |
| East | Koggara; E.N.E. = Beedungoo, N.E. = Wardal Boggoomaia N.N.E. = Wanmala |
| Evil spirit | Moondungoo, jangara, jingee, dhangara |
| Exchange | Eenyainyoo |
| Fall, to | Jeeboo (Tuckanarra word) |
| Far away | Warda, wurda |
| Fillet for the head | Dhoodhee |
| Food (forbidden) | Woordaba karreea |
| Fresh (lately made) | Kambara |
| Friend, friendly | Yoongara, babbinyoo |
| Frightened | Ngooloo |
| Game, a | Beeanyoo |
| Game (animals) | Kooga |
| Get up, to | Bokkan |
| Girdle of opossum hair | Nanba |
| Give, to | Yoongadha |
| Go away, to | Wajjeeba, kandeeba, yanma |
| Go, to | Yanma |
| Good | Barndee |
| Good, no | Walyee |
| Grave | Waggoo |
| Grease, to | Kargar nanyoo |
| Great | Boordooroo |
| Greyheaded | Weenja, winja |
| Half caste | Bilyinnee |
| Hair stick | Beendee beendee |
| Hammer (native) | Yarreewarra |
| Handsome | Kambarra |
| Harm | Dhanma |
| Here | Nyanna gooee, nunna |
| Him | Balla arbai |
| Honey | Weerda weerda, womma |
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| Hop, to | Wabburna ngannoo |
| House | Dharndee |
| Humpbacked | Boo aanyoo |
| Hungry | Narroon |
| Husband | Mardungoo |
| I | Ngadha |
| Ill (sick) | Balinyoo |
| Jail | Boondhoo murnoo |
| Jeslous, jealousy | Binyaigoo, meelangoo |
| Kick | Jindee boordoo nyanoo |
| Kiss | Boondhalgoo |
| Kneel | Moordee |
| Knife | Maiaba |
| Knock, to (down) | Yaadinganna |
| Laugh, laughter | Dhoorninyoo |
| Lazy | Mullar mullar |
| Lean (thin) | Warnee warnee |
| Lie (to lie down) | Noobar, nyoobar |
| Lie (to tell a lie) | Weerdee, thallai barndee |
| Listen to me | Nganna meera ngaia |
| Little | Dhoondha murda |
| Long (tall) | Yornda, weedarra |
| Long ago | Weejeree-weejeree |
| Long hair | Weedarra |
| Look, to (to see) | Nyinnagoo |
| Lose, to; lost | Bombarra ngaanoo |
| Lying (down) | Ngarreenyoo |
| Me | Ngadha |
| Meat | Kooga |
| Mend, to | Waggalgoo |
| Message sticks | Bambooroo, winda, garral garral |
| Mia (native hut) | Dharndhee |
| Milk | Beebee |
| Mine (my own) | Ngannadhoongoo |
| Monster (fabulous) | Milyoora |
| My | Ngannadhoo |
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| Naked | Boolgoo |
| Name | Yinnee |
| Near | Ngoogoo eeda |
| No | Wajjee |
| North | Yabbaroogurra; N.W. = ingarda, N.W. yabbaroo, N.N.W = jargoordee |
| Nose-piercing | Moolya eedee |
| Nose stick | Marloo |
| Now (at once) | Boogallee |
| Old | Weenja |
| One | Koodeea |
| Open, opening | Boggalgoon |
| Pain | Beega |
| Pair | Koodharra |
| Path (track) | Jinna wandaroo |
| Pearl-shell | Weera weera |
| Peeled Stick (hair ornament) | Laaroo |
| Pick up, to | Manma manma |
| Pinch, to | Mindeejilgoo |
| Pinion (wing) | Windaieda, nalbee |
| Play, to; playing | Beeanoo |
| Plenty | Yalba, yailba |
| Plume, a | Boogurdee |
| Pole (rod or stick) | Wanna (woman's stick) |
| Pound, to (to beat up) | Koondingoo, kandhoo dhoo nannoo |
| Powerful | Mardoo |
| Quick, quickly | Ngardee, boogarnin nyinna = you go quickly |
| Quiet, quietly | Meenyan |
| Quiver, to | Nambeea |
| Red | Dhooarree |
| Refuse, to | Wajjee |
| Relate, to; related, to be | |
| Relation, a | Yoongara |
| Rob, to; robber | Beenya, dhabboo |
| Rub, to | Karga nyalloo |
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| Salt | Dhorla |
| Scar | Yabba, jowl |
| Scrape, to; scratch, to | Mindee jaingoo |
| See | Nyimmungai |
| Sharpen, to | Dharanoo moornanoo |
| She | Balo |
| Shield | Oornda, yarra |
| Short | Mudhara |
| Sick (ill) | Beega |
| Sinews of kangaroo's tail | Marboo, weejeree |
| Single | Koodeea |
| Sit down, to | Nyinna ronga, nyinnarongoo |
| Slow. slowly | Monga |
| Smoke, of fires | Badhar nannoo |
| Soft | Meelya |
| South | Meenungoo |
| Spear (generic term) | Koolba, gooilba, kandee (flint headed) |
| Spear (hunting) | Bilbagooroo (barbed) |
| Spear (war) | Wanna birndee (barbless) |
| Spin, to (weave) | Yooallanga, kooral billanga |
| Split, to | Yaargoonan |
| Squeeze, to | Nyoorgoo nannoo, kandher nannoo |
| Stalking game | Oora, ngoora |
| Stranger | Woodharnoo |
| Strangle, to | Neegandhalgoo, nangagarra gulgoo |
| Sulky (cross) | Badha |
| Summer | Eendanga |
| Swell, to | Buldara buldara, barldoo-barldoo |
| Tattoo, to; tattooing | Yabba |
| Tear, to | Yaargoonan |
| Tell me | Wonga |
| Tell, to | Wonga |
| There | Balla, bala, bala gurdee |
| This way | Koola; that way = jeeringarra |
| Three | Mangoor |
| Throw, to; throwing | Thagga boordamin |
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| Throwing board | Meeroo |
| Tickle, to; ticklish | Geedee geedilgoo |
| Tie, to | Kandha biddanannoo |
| Track (footprint) | Jinna wandaroo |
| Two | Koodharra |
| Ugly | Naangoo wenda |
| Uncooked meat | Dhoonba dhoonin |
| Vessels (bark, etc) | Thagga |
| Wait | Woorda woorda |
| West | Weeloo; N.W. = yabbaroo, ingarda, N.N.W. = jargoordee |
| What | Yaaee, naa, now (what for?) |
| Where | Thalla, dhalla |
| Whistle | Oorin malgo |
| Who | Ai, a'ee |
| Wicked | Walyee |
| Wild native | Woodharnoo |
| Winter | Moordinya |
| Witchcraft | Mabburn |
| Wood | Winda |
| Yam-stick | Wanna |
| Yes | Gooa |
| You | Nyinda |
| Your, yours | Nyindongoo |
| Yongurldha Kadha Kai Warrain Kooga Yongurldha | Come over dinner of vegetables & meat is ready. |
| Yoongadha | give me |
| Goonin | poor fellow |
| Yoongarra | relations |
| Ngannadhoo yamaji | my own people |
| Yardee yooal goat | sawing method of making fire. |
| Wardal boorga boorga | gum from another district |
| Narroon nooa | I will make fire |
| Belbagooroo | barbed spear for hunting kangaroo |
| Wanna bindee | barbless spear for fighting |
| Jinna wandoo | murderers Slippers |
| Jeerungarrua | that way |
| Koola - | This way. |
| Kooloo warra babbinyu | the dog is your "friend" |
| Ai! nganna meerangaia | Listen to 'it' |
| Nyinnarongoo | sitdown. |
| Woorda-woorda! | wait a bit |
| Nyinningai woothangoo | see the stranger |
| Woorda Thannajea | Coming by & by |
| Yaadingannee | to knock down |
| 1. Hairdressing, various modes of? | Wanninga, head dress like chignon, Yeelbar, spider-webbed mask. |
| 2. Names of weapons, implements, and domestic utensils in district? |
Wanna birndee, barbless spear for fighting, etc. Kaandee, flint headed spear Gooilba, spear, goolba Bilbagooroo, barbed hunting spear Walannoo, kailee Yarreewarra, native hammer Koorndee, club Oornda, yarra, shield |
| 3. Game traps, other methods of capture, etc.? |
Waggoo, pits for emu and kangaroo (Yaalee beeree) Nyingarree boonan or mangin = poison plant Ngarragurra - wood. |
| 4. Native names of trees, shrubs, plants, etc. in district? | Kooraara, winda (clubs), koordoogoo (spears), kooraara (meeroo and wallanoo) |
| 5. Corroborees, etc.? | Momma |
| 6. Native names of tribes in district? | Yabbaroo gurra and Yabbaroo. |
| 7. Do the tribes meet at any distant places for exchange or barter? | Eenyainyoo - changing. At Yalgowooroo and Dhonga or Donga pool, where plenty maaloo are, at a spring (beemarra). |
| 8. Native foods in district? | Koldhoa, koolyoo, ngowala,bilbela (carrot), jee (turnip). |
| 9. Is cannibalism known to exist in district? | Yes. |
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| 10. What woods are used in making fire by friction? |
Walgoo winda Beerdeedee winda, dry wood Marrool goodoo wajjee, no green wood Sawing method. |
| 11. Method of obtaining water from trees, roots, etc.? | Yarra, like a mulga. |
| 12. Native belief in ghosts, or a future state?? | Moondoongoo, dhongara, jingee. |
| Ngoongooja f & Nyeergarlee f of Oorulbunya & Yoolohara N.W. of Nannine | |
| Come back here. | Yannajee mullagoo |
| "all right" | Eeja |
| I (being Boorong) call Karriera boy Wabbee, he calls me Wabbee | |
| Now! | what for! |
| What? | Naa yaaee |
| There, far away. | Ballagooree Womba. |
| sp. of sandalwood. | Walgoo. |
| Cook them. | Bowelgooloo |
| Ground grubs. | Ngoorga bardee |
| plenty Kangaroo on the plain | Yalba goombai minnoo |
| gum tree grub. | Yalloor bardee |
| green wood. | Marrool winda |
| dry sandalwood | Beedeedee Walgoo |
| club with flint | Weeardoo & bargoo |
| which way (have) you been. | Yoom gunnee yinna munna |
| Where (have) you been | Dhalla nyinna munna |
| gum from champion Bay. used in attaching flint heads to clubs. | Barroo. |
| N.E. | Boggoomaia |
| N.N.E. | Wanmala |
| E. | Kaggara |
| E.N.E. | Beedungoo |
| N.E. | Wardal |
| N. | Yabbaraogurra. |
| N.W. | Yabbaroo |
| N.W. | Ingarda |
| W.N.W. | Jargoordee |
| W. | Weeloo |
| South | Meenungoo |
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| 2) Contd Marginal notes. Ngoonjooja & Nyeergarlee. N.W. of Nannine. | |
| Tuckanarra group are Wanmala & Boggoomaia. | |
| Lake Way. | Koggara |
| Peak Hill | Beedungoo |
| Meekatharra Beedungoo. | |
| Nannine. "little bit" Wanmala. | |
| Near | Gabbanintha. not Yaggaton (?) Weeloo & Meeannigoo |
| "Norwest" are the ingardo | |
| Morarie Yabbaroo & Yabbaroogurra. | |
| Eedeelyee, is Wanmala ("little bit") but also | |
| ("little bit") | Meenung |
| "Momma" Corroboree Song | |
| I | Bajjal Kallee cebinaa reree Marroolela yandoo abbarna Koojee Koojie Yandoo lela, meebarna |
| II | Boogan booga anjinaa Yandeegaa rala wa Karree booroo albenaa Karree booroo anjinaa |
| III | (Nyeejan ningoo's song.) |
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Marrungaa Kooree Warrangaa laa Kandinaa Kooree Kandinaa Wallee Kanee Kandinaa. |
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