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John G. Dodd Of Police Station, of Kookynie Menzies Magisterial District

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Man, his relationships, etc.

Aunt	cadia
Baby	gnoonari
Blackfellow	nathalla
Blackwoman	catha
Boy	catha
Brother	cootalli
Brother-in-law	thamoli
Child	gnoonari
Daughter	catha
Daughter-in-law	gnoonari
Father	mamalli
Father-in-law	cameroo
Girl	catha
Granddaughter	caballi
Grandfather	mamalli
Grandmother	caballi
Grandson	thamoli
Husband	mindoo
Man	pundoo
Mother	yagooli
Mother-in-law	woomari
Nephew	thamoli
Niece	caballi
Orphan	binny
Sister	malangoo
Sister-in-law	madoongoo
Son	catha
Son-in-law	bathalla
Uncle	camaloo
Virgin	munjull (munjull)
White Man	mahgood; white woman = mahgood mindoo
Widow	paddagaddy; widower = marady
Wife	madoong
Woman	pundoo

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Parts and Functions of the Body

Ankle	palbar
Arm (left)	koorby (yargoo)
Arm (lower)	melah (or meelah)
Arm (right)	koorby (gnoonan)
Arm (upper)	maring
Back	weedabie
Back-bone	moorthoorie
Beard	nangoorie
Blood	cooyool
Bone	targa
Bowels	nalcarry (nalaarry)
Breast (left)	conther-conther (yargoo)
Breast (right)	mimmie (gnoonan)
Breasts	cootoda
Breath	gnan-thoo
Breathe, to	gnan-thoo
Calf of Leg	wattchu, wattchu
Cheek	noko
Chest	kinby
Chin	marody
Coition	moonalgoo
Copulate, to	moonalgoo
Cry, to	youla
Drink, to	gnalgoogoo
Ear	koorann
Eat, to	kooga
Elbow	koorkoon
Eyeball	cooroo
Eyebrow	gnenbin
Eyelash	gnenbin
Eyelid	boardie
Eye	daydoe
Face	catta
Fat	canby
Fatigue	bega
Feeling	kallun
Finger	mara
Finger joint	targa
Finger nail	melgie
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Foot (left)	ginna (yargoo)
Foot (right)	ginna (gnoonan)
Forehead	nalla
Frowning	toodah
Generative Organ (female)	coona
Gums	talla
Hair	cata-beidy
Hand	mara
Hand (left)	mara yargoo
Hand (right)	mara gnoonan)
Head	gnally gnally
Hearing	kooranthalla
Heart	cootata
Heel	bulbar
Heel (left)	bulbar yargoo
Heel (right)	bulbar gnoonan
Hip bone	yangall
Instep	marabine
Jaw, lower	targa kadidi
Jaw, upper	yerga-yerga
Kidney	mindilly
Knee	thobur
Kneecap	tharalah
Leg (left)	nundoon yargoo
Leg (right)	nundoon gnoonan
Legs	maudie
Lip, lower	tha
Lip, upper	tha gnooldoo
Liver	nulgarrie
Lung	yaroola
Moustache	monie
Mouth	tha waila
Mouth, roof of	gnarna
Muscle	meelah
Nape of the neck	watchu
Navel	pandanga
Neck	coiyu
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Nipple of breast	mimmie moola
Nose	moolah
Nostril	moolah wain
Palm of the hand	mara gnaning
Penis	weeloo
Perspiration	coolgarrie
Perspire	coolgarrie
Pregnant	woolanda
Rib	kinbil
Rump	mana
Seeing	yeekoo
Semen	wanjoola
Shin	garba-garba
Shoulder	mungoo
Sinew	marbine
Skeleton	kinbil, targa
Skin	wandoo
Skull	karra thandie
Sleep	kungoon
Smell, to	pandilla
Sneeze, to	noogie-wanie
Sole of the foot	moogalla
Speak, to	peddagin
Spit, to	tumbuda-wanning
Stink, to	unah
Stomach	thonie-tane
Taste, to	pandilla
Tears	miljan
Teeth	kadidi
Temple	gnully-gnully
Thigh	meelah
Thirsty	numban
Throat	laylee
Thumb	yagooli
Toe	yagooli
Toenail	bilbur
Tongue	meedang
Look	nowa
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Urinate, to	koomboo
Vein	marbine-kooyula
Walk, to	bakala
Windpipe	gnandoo
Wink, to	koora-nimbarra
Womb	wyajilla
Wrinkle	thoolie
Wrist	palga
Yawn, to	wangagoo

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Animals

Animal (generic)	gnooloo (any wild animal)
Ant-eater (Marsupial)	needy-woona
Bandicoot	marraroo
Bat	moonja
Bull	kaloo
Calf	thaboon
Cat, domestic	thoothangara
Cat, native	gnooloo (wild fellow)
cow	wangoo
Dingo, female	yaggoo
Dingo, male	willoo
Dingo, puppy	thaboon
Dog, female	poonan
Dog, male	willoo
Dog, puppy	thaboon
Dormouse	yalda
Flying fox (bat)	moonja
Goat	wangoo
Hedgehog	thilgomada
Horse	wangoo
Kangaroo, generic	malloo
Kangaroo, blue	kanalla
Kangaroo, brush	yowada
Kangaroo Rat	towal
Kangaroo, Red	kanalla
Kangaroo, Rock	tobil
Kangaroo, Silver Grey	knetty-woona
Kangaroo, young, in pouch	thaboon
Mouse (generic)	luloo
Mouse, house	minia
Mouse, pouched	yagooli
Opossum, Black	kinnika
Opossum, Grey	wyadoo
Opossum, Ring-tailed	wyadoo-wail
Pig	thilgomada
Rat (generic)	budalthoo
Rat, House	budalthoo
Rat, Water	budalthoo
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Sheep	kookinjerry
Wallaby, Banded	weira
Wallaby (generic)	tobal
Wallaby, Rock	tobal
Wallaby, Speckled-hair	caltheroo

Birds

Bell-bird	pun-pun
Bird (generic)	nan-yin
Bird's egg	tither-murra
Birds' Nest	thar-binther
Bustard, Wild Turkey	gnan-a-die
Butcher bird	wada-wada
Chicken	tha-boon
Cock	mama
Cockatoo (generic)	catta-ganna
Cockatoo, Black, red tail	wi-rone
Cockatoo, Black, white tail	thooralan
Cockatoo, Galah, grey and pink	be-ar-goo
Cockatoo, white, Northern	thargoo-thargoo
Crane, Blue	parraga
Creeper, Black-backed	nathan-del
Crow	carn-ga
Crow, Shrike (Squeaker)	gun-dara
Dove, barred shoulders, blue eyes	wirathoo
Dove, little	coon-coon
Dove, Tranquil, red eye	caly-tara
Duck (generic)	coory-garra
Duck, Grey or black	thoo-rim-bil
Duck, Musk	coon-arra-boo
Duck, White Wing	car-bang-a-doo
Eagle	walla-war-oo
Eagle Hawk	car-gee
Eagle, Little	pan-ing-dun-ing
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Eagle, Wedge-tail	wan-gun-gie
Eagle, Whistling	dil-dil
Emu	kal-air
Falcon, Black-headed	thandoo
Falcon, Brown Hawk	tagoo-tagoo
Finch, Spotted	ped-ing
Flycatcher	thal-gal-oo
Flycatcher (Wagtail)	wad-un-gy
Hawk, Sparrow	wir-athoo
Ibis, straw-necked	gurra-loo
King-fisher	te-oo
Lark	tooda-berry
Magpie	pe-lal
Mopoke	goon-goon
Native Companion	tul-tin-murra
Owl, Lesser Masked	torre
Owl, Marbled	chuey
Parrakeet	churang-churang
Parrot	pil-by-he
parrot, blue bellied, Red-cap	wir-on
Parrot, King, yellow-cheeked	plin-ga
Parrot, Red-breasted Rosella	cow-arra
Parrot, Small Ground	plinga
Parrot, Twenty-eight	pil-by-he
Pigeon, Blue	mor-ga
Pigeon, Bronzewing	caly-tara
Robin	gnudygnudy
Shag	wal-i-tha
Swamp-hen, Coot	caly-tara
Teal	peed-ing

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Reptiles

Frog, edible	mar-gan
Frog (generic)	mar-gan
Frog, large green	peti-tharie
Iguana (generic)	car-ba-dy
Iguana, long-tailed	popan-maroo
Iguana, stump-tailed	wadthoon
Lizard (generic)	murra-muda
Lizard, Horned (York Devil)	ming-arri
Lizard, large black	tel-unga
Scorpion	moor-a-ding
Sea-snake	thelah
Snake (generic)	lay-ro
Tadpole	nemoo-nemoo
Tortoise	bil-paloo

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Insects

Ant (common small)	ming-ga
Ant (generic)	ming-ga
Ant's nest	wal-gia-wal-gia
Ant (sergeant)	tchudding-tchudding
Ant (white)	yun-o-mada
Bardie (grub)	lon-ky
Beetle (generic)	noon-ah
Blowfly	car-ilga
Butterfly	mo-lay
Caterpillar	toora-biddy
Centipede	can-bal-ga
Cricket	gerin
Dragonfly	tind-ya
Flea	coora-coora
Fly (generic)	coora-coora
Grasshopper	mala-mala
Grub	tharey-tharey
Hornet	coon-ma
Housefly	ming-un-ia
Louse	winga
Mosquito	biddy-biddy
Moth	min-jindy
Praying Mantis	goong-an-dill
Sandfly	gnoo-bong-a-ba
Scorpion	moora-ding
Silverfish	cara
Spider (generic)	carra
Vermin	wal-gi
Worm	wan-dal-biddy

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The Elements, etc.

Afternoon	carra-goo
Atmosphere	unah
Blackboy tree	yappoo
Bough of a tree	booronga
Bush (the wild country)	boodah
Cave	goon-dan-ja
Chasm	can-ing-thara
Clay	than-gooli
Clay, red	than-gooli
Clay, white	than-gooli
Cloud	bu-gal-goo
Cloudy	thoon-gal
Cold	yelda
Comet	waalle
Country (burnt)	mee-nah
Country (desert)	taally
Country (hilly)	po-dy
Country (open)	pind-tha
Country (stony)	poory-warra
Creek	waan
Crystal (rock)	ber-ring
Dark	too-gal
Darkness	too-gal
Dawn	young-ul
Day	pal-goo
Daylight	biddy-biddy
Days	pal-gal-loo
Dew	yalda
Drizzle, to	thung-en
Dusk	mung-adoo
Dust	barna
Duststorm	ural-ara
Earth, the	barna
Echo	my-ull
Evening	carrathoo
Feather	moola-pindary
Fire	waroo
Floods	booy-ull
Flowers	bidel-bidel
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Fog	thung-en
Foliage	gno-do
Forenoon	yung-un
Frost	yerril-bee
Fruit	war-ru-ye
Gorge	yabboo
Granite	pooy-a-warra
Grass	minna
Grass (tall)	coora-goora
Grass (young)	cnay-ray
Ground (surface of)	thil-ga
Gum	paroo
Gum tree	goly
Heat	malla
Hill	yappoo
Hillock	bijoo
Hole	barna-gawan
Hollow place	coolga
In the open air	wilja
Ironstone	malga
Lake	nappa-roo
Land	cool-ga
Leaf (shrub or tree)	min-daroo
Light	pilgare
Lightning	walboo
Meteor	warroo
Midday	palgoo
Midnight	toogal
Milky Way	wail
Mist	thungen
Month	cootha
Moon	calga
Moonlight	warroo
Moon, waning	mulla
Moon, waxing	thaboo
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Morning	yung-un
Mountain	berring
Mountainous Country	yillie
Mud	nobil
Mulga	yelda
Mushroom	coa
Night	thookal
Noon	palgoo
Nuts, edible	moolthoo
Peach, native	walgoo
Pear, native	kalgoola
Plain	nabaroo
Pool	gabby-piloo
Precipice	yil-erry
Quartz	yera-tha
Rain	tootha
Rain (heavy)	eina
Rainbow	euro
Rays of the sun	wilyalla
Resin (blackboy)	par-oo
River	wargy-wargy
Road	thooruno
Rock	pooya-warra
Rockhole	coo-roo
Root, of tree	ee-warra
Running water	wok-a-ley
Sand	barna
Sandalwood tree	warril
Sandhill	wan-garry
Sandplain	barna
Scrub, the	margoo
Sea	watha
Sea-shell	caral
Seeds, of plants	minna
Shade	wilga
Sheaoak	peroga
Shower, a	cabarry
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Shrub	tilgarra
Sky	toonchal
Southern cross	can-joo
Spinifex	buda
Spinifex gum	para
Spinifex thread	carbarra
Star	wail
Starlight	toogal
Stone	yabboo
Sun	gindoo
Sunbeam	wadarry
Sunlight	piljer
Sunrise	youngan
Sunset	mungadoo
Thorn	thilga
Thunder	tooba-warra
Thunderstorm	eina (big rain)
To-day	coowarry
To-morrow	youngun, gnal-a galthoo
Track	cinna-wanal
Tree	yanda
Tree, Bark of	legarr
Tree, Gum of	tody
Tree, Trunk of	butch-a-buddy
Twilight	mung-a-doo
Valley	waan
Vegetable food	pinda
Vegetables	gnoola-gnoola
Vegetation	mepar
Venus	coon-coon
Water	gabby
Water (deep)	yelaare
Water (fresh)	ul-alla
Water (running)	par-gar-roo
Water (salt)	car-rie
Water (shallow)	pil-loo
Waterfall	paddagaddy
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Waterhole	thona
Weather (cold)	yalda
Weather (hot)	pooya-looroo
Weather (wet)	wanda
Well	toonoo
Whirlwind	you-ral-a-ra
Willy willy	pery-ya
Wind (East)	yalda
Wind (light)	waloo
Wind (North)	pooya-looroo
Wind (South)	pery-lung-oo
Wind (strong)	eina-mannoo
Wind (West)	wad-an-ey
Wooded country	mandarry
Yam	malada
Yesterday	you-lul

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General Vocabulary

Abduct, to	gnul-or-ing
Abscond, to	bug-alla
Absent	nin-an-ing
Abundance	eina
Abuse, to	wanga-toota
Accident	cata-cad-ing
Accompany, to	yam-atti
Accuse, to	para
Across	toopandooroo
Adorned	walga
Adultery	moonal
Afraid	gnooloo
After	malar
Again	eina-nagoo
Aged	pa-woo
Ago	gnan-mine-joo
Agree, to	wanga
Aim, to	gno-di-gin
Alarm	pil-jer
Alive	wanga
All	weelara
Alone	malla-malla
Also	an-yammer
Always	weer-alba
Ambush	coo-yun
Am I?	apoo-gal-goo
Amuse, to	yig-arri
Among	cootoo
And	moonang
Anger	tooda
Angry, to be	tooda
Another	coothoo
Anxious	bo-eul
Any	wanga
Approach, to	gnamoo
Are	You-ar
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Arise, to	bakalla
Ascend, to	taljalgoo
Ashes	paala
Ask, to	tham-a-lala
Assault, to	bung-oo
Go astray, to	wom-bar-oo
At once	nal-gar
Avoid, to	wanna-wanna
Away	gna-tharri
Back, to go	gna-barri
Back, to bring	nalla-gal-goo
Bad	mee-noo
Bag	wandoo
Bag in which child is carried	tha-bal-gin
Bag, to carry in a	eil-an
Bald	berga
Bandy legged	co-well
Barb of a spear	gnal-ara
Bare	pody
Bark, as a dog, to	palgure
Bark (used for food vessels)	tan-ning-oo
Bark (used for making huts)	gnoora
Bathe, to	pody
Battle	tooda
Bear children, to	too-ni-thara
Beat, to	bung-oo
Beautiful	ullara
Before	carathoo
Beg, to	wanga
Behaviour	thamie
Behind	mullar
Belch, to	ginny-murra
Bellow, to	gnarla
Below	way-a-caddy
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Belt	nanba
Betray, to	week-a-roo
Beware!	bak-a-loo
Big	wan-a-dy
Birth	wong-all
Bite, to	tooda
Bitter	waldy
Black	maroo
Blanket	wandoo
Bleed, to	coo-a-yoo
Blind	munjull
Blow, as the wind, to	poan
Blow with the mouth, to	poan
Blue	poo-ya-lara
Blunt	nunjoo
Board, for throwing spear	may-roo
Boast, to	gno-kun
Body	pundoo
Body (dead)	padda-gaddy
Boggy ground	man-thoon
Bony	mee-noo
Boomerang	wal-al-oo
Boots (European)	ginna-buga
Born	wong-all
Both of us	tock-a-ta
Brand (fire)	lay-gar
Brave	gnooloo
Break, to	cadda
Breath	gnan-thoo
Breathe, to	gnan-thoo
Bring me	marra
Bring, to	gny-ung-a
Brown	pil-ga
Bruised	puldungi
Bundle	tan-ning-oo
Burn	camba
Burn, to	camba
Burnt	wany-wandy
Bury, to	war-room
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Bush	poey
Bush walk	bag-al-goo
By and by	gna-a-bal-goo
Call him back	we-car-ren
Call, to	meer-a
Camp, native	nan-ga
Camp, white man's	gnoo-ra
Cannibal	coo-ga
Cannibalism	coo-ga
Care, to take	yon-an
Careful	be-athie
Carry, to on the shoulder	tall-el
Cart	yanda
Cataract (film over eye)	pe-ga
Cauterize, to (a wound)	cam-ba
Champion	tham-o-ley
Change, to	young-oo
Charcoal	pai-la
Cheat, to	waldy
Chew, to	pega
Choke, to	yong-un-juna
Circle	pala
Circular	pala
Circumcision	wan-doo
Clasp, to	man-goo-wan
Clean	ul-alla
Clear away, to	tool-dalla
Climb, to	cattoo-wil-di-gilla
Cloak, to	gnoo-bal-goo
Close (near)	toon-jal
Close, to (stop up a hole)	thoo-dull
Clothe, to	mana-thoo-cathala
Club	gundy
Coat, a	wan-doo
Cold, a	peeka
Cold, to be	yalda
Collect, to	bed-el-bed-el
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Colour	yuka-bil-bar
Come in, to	gnal-a-balla
Commence, to	pal-a-warra
Conceal, to	pea-thin
Concealed	mool-a-dah
Confuse, to	nang-oo
Confused	nang-oo
Conquer, to	woggan
Conqueror	woggan
Construct, to	wee-larra
Continually	yak-a-goo
Convalescent	yoo-la-la
Cook, to	cam-ban
Cooked	wan-gah
Cooked meat	wan-gah
Cool	yalda
Copper	yil-gal
Corroboree	tul-goo
Couple	loo-joo
Courage	pania
Covered	pally-pallila
Covered up, to leave	gnoo-loo
Crack in the skin	can-ba
Crawl, to	coota-roo-roo
Creep (to creep on game)	thoota-thoota
Crime	yalar
Crippled	peeka
Crooked	coora-kalee
Cruel	thoora-mudda
Climb	wil-diddy
Cry, to	yoo-lah ; cry out, to = meer-ah
Cunning	yoo-lal-la
Cure, to	wan-gan
Cut, to, with a knife	moon-il-goo
Camp	mo-bahey
Damper	mahee
Dance	can-dul-goo
Dance, to	nam-by
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Dead	padda-gaddy
Deaf	yoo-doo
Death	padda-gaddy
Decay, to	yoonan
Decayed	yoonan
Deceit	won-doo-my-an
Deceive	wath-alla
Deep	canning-thara
Dense scrub	thil-ga
Dense, stupid	waloo-mundoo
Depart, to	too-ta-goo-dy
Destroy, to	pung-goo-go
Devil	maggoon
Die, to	padda-gaddy
Different	yong-arra
Dig, to	thowan
Direct (in a straight line)	too-pan-dora
Dirty	walthy
Disappoint, to	poo-ding-gnooring
Disguise, to	cooth-unga-wan
Disgust, to	wal-dy
Displease, to	nooda-choota
Distance	gnu-tharie
Distend, to	wan-addy
Disturb, to	walthing-gooding
Divided	marragadda
Divide, to, amongst several persons	lal-air-boo
Do that!	nuda-nada
Dog's tail head-dress	nundie
Down (below)	wya-gaddy
Down (short hair)	pin-dar
Drag along, to	yil-lan
Dread, to	gnoo-loo
Dream	thoo-gure
Dried, parched ground	lil-lal
Dried up	pin-dun
Drink	gabby-gnalla
Drink, to	gnal-goo-goo
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Drip, to	coot-aroo
Drive, to	co-lul-la
Drown, to	power-in
Drunk	wil-dura
Dry	pin-doon
Dry, withered, applied to leaves	no-bil
Dumb	merang-paro
Dying	padda-gaddy-oo-peeka
Earache	calla-galla
Early	biddy-biddy
East	yen-dary
Echo	myun mya-la-la
Edge of a knife	yary-than-oo
Effaced	pin-doon-par-illa
Effects	tab-al-yil-doo
Egg-shell	tiley
Eight	weelara-mangoor
Embrace, to	man-won-an
Empty	catta-garra
Enclose, to	gnam-oo
Encourage, to	thina-thin-ing
Enemy	gnoo-loo
Energy	mal-bag-al-goo
Enough	wee-lara
Erect	too-pan-doo-roo
Evil	tooda-mada
Evil spirit	mag-oon
Examine, to	thin-ga
Exchange	yi-tharri
Excrescence	mal-thare
Expose, to	man-gary
Faint, to	you-lal-a
Fair	pil-gar
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Fall, to	coota-goody
Family or tribe	maradie (Kookynie tribe)
Far away	thargan
Fast	tim-bul
Fear	gnooling- gnooling
Fear, to	gnooling- gnooling
Feast	cooga
Feed, to	mya-yunga
Fetch, to	mang-nelaba
Few	cock-era-cock-era
Find	thow-elboo-man-oo
Finish, to	gnalla-yumun
Fire-stick	war-roo
Firm	coothing
Five	we-lara
Fixed	nal-ara
Flame	boo-yoo
Flat	coo-yull
Flat, to lie	we-thara
Flee, to	annul-uring
Flesh (of animals)	coo-ga-nal-gar-oo
Flour	maney-nun-ma
Food	lal-lil
Forbid, to	wo-a-thil