Knaibi ngalya kaddi

Knife bring here.

Bini ngarra

Carry baby across back (or buttocks) jiji anggudharra (anggal = rump ) In arms - ambalana

Munda

Pipeclay - goonarn

Jalura mulgoo gooroo

Gabbi ngalgoo

Kata kooroo murdoo, kooroo bamba - eyes blinded

Gabbija, gabbijarra

Ngarla ngadding bina

Bina bingga, bina biga

Beean (half caste)

Karaara - light coloured moiety, madheri - dark coloured moiety.

Thoonoodha ("th" hard)

Ngoorrgundarri, mulba

Thoonoodha ("th" hard)

Ngoorrgundarri, mulba

Mamoo, ngoora goo.

Ghost or spirit of dead man or sorcerer - miri dhaggul dharra

Yooarni (also "will give")

Yoonganyi, yoongganyi

Goolbija, dharrbain, dharrbongoo.

Bidingga - inside an ant's nest)

Baluna inggain

Ingganyi, guili-guilain

Baluna inggain

Ingganyi, guili-guilain

Push it in - dharbi dhura, oondulain

To push - Oondura, warnerononing

Birini, irini

Scratching eyes with nails : kooroobina birini

Birini, irini

Scratching eyes with nails : kooroobina birini

Naua nagoo, nyua nongga

Can't see - burda nongini

(seeds from husks) - kannin daua

(or white ants from earth) - kannini

Bulja jula jula

Buringwooni - softly

Runggooroonggala, oonggaling mina

Oonggoo ngoorning

Boordooroo

Making string - rungani boordooroo

Juni ra ra ("guts" swell)

Jalboo ta ta = legs swell

Goola goola (a term of reproach)

Goola goolain = rutting

Anggo ngarring, anggoo ngarri.

Ngangana

Munda dhauarnjala.

Munda dhauanjala.

Bidi dhauala.

Gulbanyi

going away - yanning

Ngalli yadding, nyura yal ngali yana

Ngura ngulyanoo wala.

Ngalla dharba, nyoombo.

From Ooldea I come - nyara ngullio yanggundhoo.

Ngallala albin, ngalji anninyi

Ngaldha ngallianning

Waroo kunjani, waroo runggoola

Mirungga runggooni, bun-bun.

("miroo" sawn across dry wood) laljir - wedge

Bun-bun = wood

Balbar = toothless saw for guili guili wedge also

Walja ngal yanning.

(Eaglehawk eater coming.)

Non-marrying classes, father's brother's children or mother's sister's children.

Marrying classes, father's sister's sons and daughters with mother's brother's daughters and sons.

3 generations only in native nomenclature, grandparents, parents and children.

See Ms.

At the Ooldea Camp, 5 boys before initiation were given little girls whose mothers at once became oomain (forbidden). The fathers gave the girls.

Anningurra gave Alli to Ginyin

Wigida gave Jillia to Wonggamurna

Jundabil gave Windilya to Yabbila

Draijanoo gave Wijali or Yarrigalli to Magguin

These are now gura yarra.

Allongana the mother of Jinnadhanoo or Koogea gave her to Dhamboo, Jinnadhanoo's father being dead.

Abharamba (boy) got no little potential wife as he has neither father nor mother.

See Ms.

Nyinjila - forehead band of string with "pink" tails of the dhalgoo ("pinkie")

Annindi - hair ring, several strands, worn round the head by women.

Jibari, mulun - scars on body.

Koondi (club), Kajji (spear), mila (spearthrower), wira (wooden scoop), dhoola (cutting flint).

No shields, no tomahawks.

Brush fences put up near permanent waters.

Spearing and clubbing in hollows in the sandhills.

Fences are called bailgoo warni.

Mulga trees : boggurda, koorrgoo,

Acacia : Thallyura, Ngau-ilya, wardarrga

Mallees : Ngabbari, yagguloo, abbara, bilarn, birarr

Water root mallees : Ngabbari, warilya, kuringana

Abara, idara, species of palm (North)

Jilgala, thorny plant, baldar bulda, reeds

Buya, edible grass, windoolain, edible bean, fruit of buya

Kalgula, widuga, dhoogarn, edible roots and fruits.

Ibi-ibi - milk bush. Arrau-in - edible plant

Minjingga - honey flower, Linki, ngalda, fruit of "bara" tree

Thanmurda ("th" hard), durdu, bulara, burnburn, all names for "bastard" plum.

Munyuin, small scented flower bush.

Inggiri, jirira, jira, prickly acacia

Wongoonoo and oomboo, seeds

Kurli, llgawara, jinning, yiwarda-yiwurda

Mourdoo - sheoak. Wilbala - titree

Bilarl - yellow flower, Boondara, blue bush

Guraara, gurdel gurdel, kardaia

Of totems sometimes, more often the coroborees are travelling dances and ceremonies from places far north, Northeast and Northwest and going back again to the place of their starting, but taking so many years that to a new generation the dances are new again.

Yauala, Wanjiwanji, Moolunggoo, Bija-bija, Kundagurdi, names of different corroborees.

There is apparently no exact land boundary here amongst the Central Australians, but the waterholes of a group belong to that group only and if a permanent water (such as Ooldea) is on the territory of that group, in times of drought or when invited other friendly groups may come and drink the water, but payment is exacted.

Number at present (1920) 120 (Ooldea), but all associated groups. All Ooldea natives are dead.

Mandhingga (vegetable)

Moonjoorn (vegetable)

Widiga, a root, sort of truffle. Too much of it makes them thin, goomba.

Dharrulga, "apples" (mulga), ngauala murun, fruit.

Bundi, grubs

Jilbi or ngalda, seeds, Injiri, roots, jilga, vegetable

These are Gungunya's dhoogoorr (totems)

Wongunu - seed,

Jiljaribi, bellbird's food

Oondoondoo, boolara, flower of thalyooroo.

Thandaling - emu and human food

Oonmurda, arrauin, food plants

Walduri (sp. of acacia) or any dried wood.

Sawing method. A meela (spearthrower) sawn across some dry wood soon creates a smoke.

Laljir - wedge in wood for sawing method

Mungain mungain - sawing

Burnburn - wood (quandong)

upright method walarr

No. All evil spirits, mamoo, etc.

Spirits of dead natives, some dead natives, not all, are taken up by Magellan's Clouds, which are two brothers called Badoowudha or Murgaroo, one of whom is right-handed (the larger cloud) and the other left-handed. The Wililambi group are all now in Magellan's Clouds.

Yes, but not a very comprehensive one.

During any special ceremonies, such as initiation, there is a special gesture language, also in connection with treachery towards members of another group, there are special gestures relative to the killing of one of the group.

Jindoo (sun) days or anggo (sleeps)

Bira (moon) months

Nyin-nga, biring (cold time, winter time) also "ice"

Oonoorn, kombaring (summer, hot time)

Wailguri

Jinabula or Ilyarri

Lundadhana gabbi

Mundurrnga

Kurbaru nr. burna, like a magpie

Kambugudha

Aldebaran

oldest sister of

Mamu kunggara (Pleiades)

all women

Nyirunya (man)

Taurus

Gibbera (turkey), Vega in Lyra

Kaanga -wia, Aquila kaanga wandi Delphinus

Koongara may be seen in the morning

Kallia killed Ngabbula

Karrbiji and Ngabbula are allinjerra

Wanton women killed and eaten in Inyaurija's country. They do not let the eaters see the cooking.

Dhalgu ninjala - marsupial tail decoration on tani - pubic tassel, also walba walba - penis tassel.

From Mabba to Jaleri water and then cut across to Būn'yerū where there is boori (gold).

Inyaaudha pierced Dhambu's nose.

nyeringga 1st

ulberu 2nd stage

wonggarr 3rd, blood drinking etc.

also kandireri

At Magguin or Jiljina & Nyabbinya or Jinabula's initiation, Ooldea, May, 1920.

Kandireri the man who has brought the stone (kandi) to circumcise the boy. Būn'yerū - the "operating" flint, a dark flint.

(Side) Ngal'ya rūrūnya = a woman's name

Jinnunga ngalli argarding = Jinnunga brought it.

Red and other beans attached to strands of hair over the forehead of women and girls, either with gum or a hole may be pierced by a hard thorn or the hole is burned thro.

Gunanguru - ordure of carpet snake which had been vanquished by Milbarli and Yungga and Kallaia? Now white stone near Wandunya gabbi.

Yulurijja waddi were at Boonja gabbi, Jajjila and Dhambu's father's gabbi, but it was not a permanent water.

Baru or Barunya, waterhole about 10 miles N.W. of Ooldea.

2 pointed sticks, markings on.

Dhalbuna, ina gudharra, burduru woninggi of milbarli (long tailed iguana) markings, also milbarli nyungga.

Anggalmurdu is ngalda dhugurr.

Waddi kujubaga = living with wrong man man another

kuri yarriring = straight marriage husband straight one

Terms applied to first aeroplane over Ooldea (1/12/20) by cannibal tribes from Ranges : mungardu; ilgarera kadju.

Indu = fur; wia wiru = spindle; wia wiru yarri = cross tree on spindle; būrdūrū = indu made into string.

gula gula = wanting a husband - a term of reproach.

gula gulain = rutting.

Mundurrnga is ilga.

Bubunya is malu or marlu dhugurr

Jinabula is malu

Kalliji is malu

Dhalgu is malu

Ununa and Kulardunya are maalu gabbi.

Wailburdu and bugurdi - chignon of boys after initiation.

Ngana kuargu - bushes

Miri dhagguldharra (dead or a name?)

Yanggunjarra going

Bijjinjarra going

Yagganguri Koogoodharra going

names of local groups in Ranges area.

Yulurijja are at Bunja gabbi. (This is Djajjila and Dhambu's gabbi.) Mala (sp. of wallaby) brought gabbi to Bunja and Milbarli and Yungga and Mida, helped Mala (who are ngurgandarra (mates) - banded iguana and long tailed iguana). They killed the ganba (big snake) that prevented the nungga from getting Bunja gabbi.

Nyugani Banggala and Guyani all eastern group.

Buninji Allurijja wongga near Ngallea and Badu.

Yaldadhaddagulu larger wooden mallee pod which ripens into honey flower.

eelga, maalu, wailburdi

Inyaauji, informant

Tails (lilgu) attached to beard, beard tied and string attached to back of hair. When string and tails loosened rain comes.

Idulda R.H.

Kadura R.H.

Bunyeri (where gold is?)

Mabba

Bia R.H. or Bira

Boardi R.H.

Barana Soak

Ooldea Soak

and from Ooldea west and N.W.

Minnundu, well

Waldarjirra, bina swamp

Gūlabi - little bil katta (well?)

Gurundunya, big nunga camp by R.H.

Thaggalardu katta (well)

Warraji katta

Yulain, dhugurr little babies sit down here. R.H. big. a bird (diadi) put them there. Karriurgas little girl baby wilgiai come out of Yulani gabbi & a mingari came with her. The first name was Boongala

Nyidana R.H.

Yulain koggarara from Nyidana.

Bunja ? gabbi to ganba and then Nyidain and Inijuru and then to Wandunya. Other words almost indistinguishable.

Jujuna gave me small piece opal.

Wirdinya, three old men belonging to Ooldea Water, long time dead.

Manjinya

Ngilgari

Jijari wongga east of Arrunda.

Wailguri's wongga, Naua wongga at Loondadhana gabbi.

Marburning's father's waters were Kallain and Wandunya.

Not to be mentioned to women. Find out story.

irrgabi - dhugurr

imalong a dhugurr

Dilu-unya

Dilu-lu

Nyugaling

Nyiruna

Balyari

uncle at Tarcoola a bald old man