| yuwinj |
man, collective term for Aboriginal people of the NSW South Coast |
|
| yuwindja |
Orion's Belt |
|
| yuri- |
hit, kill |
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| yurdubaaga |
erect penis |
|
| yurang |
young man |
|
| yuraga |
sun |
|
| yuna- |
keep |
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| yulu |
finger, fingernail |
|
| yuga |
how, I don't know |
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| yiringga- |
be glad |
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| yirinbul |
wood duck |
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| yirimbaagun |
jew fish |
|
| yiribini |
evening, night |
|
| yiragala |
seal |
|
| yira |
tooth |
|
| yinul |
lining of canoe |
|
| yindiga |
you, singular |
|
| yinal narawan |
flat country |
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| yimar |
female marker used for kangaroo |
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| yilaga- |
rejoice, be happy |
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| yidhungurr |
women that has children |
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| yidhalama- |
hungry |
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| yidbu- |
tired |
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| yiburr |
nut of the burrawang |
|
| yawiya |
myrtle |
|
| yaway |
come here |
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| yawa- |
speak |
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| yarin |
chin |
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| yarangarn |
long |
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| yaranbul |
platypus |
|
| yaran |
beard |
|
| yaraman |
horse |
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| yaradirawal |
the day after the day after tomorrow, in two days time |
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| yangga- |
sing |
|
| yangan |
swim |
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| yandabal |
girl |
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| yana- |
walk |
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| yambagan |
fern tree |
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| yalangbaradha |
five |
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| yagunadha |
right |
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| yabundja- |
cut out, such as making a boomerang |
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| yabuda |
calf of leg |
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| yabu- |
inquire, ask |
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| yabin.gi |
lean, thin, skinny |
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| yabandjaaga- |
make |
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| yaala |
red gum |
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| ya |
and |
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| wurawura |
white |
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| wuraambin |
guard fish |
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| wumura |
spear thrower |
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| wumbalwara |
river oak |
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| wulimbura |
shark |
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| wulaga |
bark |
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| wiling |
lip |
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| wayalad |
black cockatoo |
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| warri |
grey |
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| warrabugan |
whiting |
|
| warnadha |
let go |
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| warlu |
chin |
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| warigamban |
distant |
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| warigala |
mullet |
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| warigal |
wild dog, dingo |
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| wari |
old man |
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| wardaalimala- |
seek |
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| warawandjar |
spread |
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| waranj |
small child, small boy, baby |
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| waranganj |
boomerang |
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| waram |
husband's son, husband's brother's son, wife's sister's son, wife's son |
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| waragadhaan |
deaf |
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| waradaga- |
jump |
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| waraawara |
string fishing line |
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| wara- |
jump |
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| wara |
dead, die |
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| wangganmana |
female marker for animal nouns |
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| wanggan |
Aboriginal women, young women |
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| wanggaali |
kangaroo rat, potoroo |
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| wanggaadi |
Pleiades, seven sister's |
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| wandaya |
bark vessel for carrying water |
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| wanda |
perhaps |
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| wana- |
leave |
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| wambur |
stupid |
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| wambaara |
black duck |
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| walimbura |
shark |
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| walarr |
head |
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| wala- |
run |
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| wagurr |
carpet snake |
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| wagal |
black bream |
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| wadhiin |
Merriman's name meaning "point of land" |
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| wadhangarr |
dog |
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| wadhanagarr wangganmaaru |
female dog, bitch |
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| wadhan |
grass |
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| wadha |
where |
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| wabandi- |
take |
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| waba- |
go |
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| waari |
paddle |
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| waanhal |
ripe |
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| waagura |
crow |
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| waadhu |
skin |
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| nurridj |
umbilical cord |
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| nunggurr |
back of neck |
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| nunganung |
female, marks gender in animals |
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| nunga- |
weep, cry |
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| numbula- |
kiss |
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| nugurr |
nose, beak |
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| njurgun |
bullrush |
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| njunil |
near |
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| njungga- |
cry |
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| njirra |
fish hawk |
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| njirinj |
cutting grass |
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| njinmula- |
pinch |
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| njindiga |
you, second person, singular pronoun |
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| njiinj |
this, here |
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| njariwang |
thunder |
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| njanadha |
there, that |
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| njama- |
give |
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| njaagarn |
sharp, point of blade or knife |
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| nirini- |
come down |
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| niraguwin |
deaf |
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| niluga |
mosquito |
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| nhuruubabaa |
mud |
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| nhaway |
today |
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| nhaga- |
fly |
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| ngurungaru |
day |
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| ngurnda |
black |
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| ngurlwan |
drop, drop of rain |
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| ngurdu ngurdu |
nostril |
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| ngura |
camp, nest, hut |
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| ngundhu- |
drink, suck |
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| ngundaga |
thirsty |
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| ngunarungura- |
jealous |
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| ngumung |
knee |
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| ngumbudhaa- |
like, love |
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| nguma- |
give |
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| ngubulinj |
heat |
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| nginbaga |
I don't know |
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| ngaylugu |
mosquito |
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| ngayaga |
first person, I |
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| ngay |
yes |
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| ngawu |
blood |
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| ngawal |
white cockatoo |
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| ngawa- |
give |
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| ngarVwa- |
rub |
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| ngarribarr |
red bill |
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| ngarri |
leg, shin |
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| ngarrgadhung |
certain |
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| ngArnany |
tongue |
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| ngarawan |
distant sea also east |
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| ngaranggal |
women |
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| ngarang |
light |
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| ngarambilil- |
drop out of hand, scatter |
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| ngarambay |
sorry |
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| ngaral |
black cockatoo |
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| ngaraguli |
name for chippendale in sydney |
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| ngara- |
hear |
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| nganjung |
termite, white ant |
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| nganing |
neck |
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| ngang ngang |
'is that so' |
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| ngang ngang |
'is that so!' |
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| ngandhawar |
mountain ash tree |
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| nganayu |
tooth |
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| ngaminjang |
female breast, breast milk |
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| ngambumaya- |
love, like |
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| ngambaga |
tomahawk |
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| ngamba- |
give |
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| ngamara |
perhaps |
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| ngama- |
give |
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| ngalwa- |
dive |
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| ngalung |
female otgasm |
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| ngalambay |
ripple made by a stone of fish jumping |
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| ngalagang |
wood duck |
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| ngala- |
sit |
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| ngala |
three |
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| ngadu |
thumb |
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| ngadjwanggadha |
'she has the flower' |
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| ngadjungadjung |
wet |
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| ngadjung |
water, fresh water |
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| ngadjili- |
laugh |
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| ngadhandja |
outside |
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| ngadhan |
side |
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| ngadgayang |
'take care' |
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| ngadayi |
lie low |
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| ngabunaa |
female breast |
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| ngabanhungula |
queen bee, literally mother bee |
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| ngabang |
mother |
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| ngaba |
girl before puberty |
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| ngaan |
who |
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| nayuga |
white ants, termites |
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| naya- |
look |
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| nawunari |
melon |
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| nawu |
fish blood |
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| nawi |
sun |
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| nawandalwari |
men, women and children |
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| nawan- |
hot |
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| nawalUng |
enough |
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| nawa |
heat, sun, day |
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| narum |
meat based food |
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| narri |
egg |
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| narambal |
aboriginal woman |
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| naraawanj |
assistant, squire |
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| nanuma- |
throw |
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| nanuma- |
know |
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| nanilu |
musk duck |
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| nangu- |
sleep |
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| nangi- |
sleep |
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| nangga- |
sleep |
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| nangga- |
sit |
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| nangara |
oyster |
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| nandi- |
see |
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| nanbanggara-ga |
lame |
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| nanari |
mother in law |
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| nanangwariganan |
animal |
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| nambadja- |
catch |
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| nala |
sole of foot |
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| nagun |
fresh water |
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| naganung |
liver |
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| nagangba-yamara |
praise |
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| nagang |
good, right, well in health |
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| naga- |
see |
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| nadjuwanj |
sea cockle |
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| nadjung |
father's mother |
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| nadja |
up there |
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| nadba |
knife |
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| nadara |
spindle looking shell |
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| nabanun |
brain |
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| naaraa- |
bind |
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| naaga |
fly |
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| mVyanda |
mother |
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| mVrigalan |
swamp honeysuckle |
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| muyulu |
clever man |
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| mUyinggang |
little |
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| muya muya |
bitter |
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| muudjur |
greedy |
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| muryan |
mist |
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| muruwaranj |
female pubic hair |
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| murungalI |
alive |
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| murungal |
thunder |
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| murungadha |
dirty |
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| murung |
live |
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| murung |
gown |
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| murun |
blow-fly |
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| murumba |
brown snake |
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| muruguru |
pubic hair |
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| muruda |
footprint |
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| muru |
abdomen |
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| murrurn |
bee |
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| murr |
hornet |
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| murr |
tobacco |
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| murnunj |
deaf |
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| murnunggan |
younger sister |
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| murnung gadgari |
ejaculation |
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| murnung |
useless |
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| murnawar |
daughter |
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| murnawal |
five |
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| murli |
sexual desire |
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| muriyira |
whale |
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| murindan |
twenty |
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| muri |
five |
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| murdubura |
blunt |
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| murdjang |
fog |
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| murAwan- |
alive |
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| murang |
grave |
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| murandjanyan |
a person's shadow |
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| muran |
mullet |
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| mural |
noisy |
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| murag |
black |
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| mura |
testicle |
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| munyunga |
eaglehawk |
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| munung |
flank, waist |
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| munru |
star, decoration |
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| munja munja |
red |
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| munhdhul |
clitoris |
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| munggura |
home |
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| mungga |
camp |
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| mungandhawara |
two |
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| mungan |
pumpkin |
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| mungala |
clouds |
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| mundur |
strong |
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| mundur |
heavy |
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| munduba |
tomahawk made from stone |
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| mundu- |
forget |
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| mundu |
bandicoot |
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| mundji |
bum, rump |
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| mundi |
jumper ant and greenheaded ant |
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| mundhul |
labia minora |
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| mundhamundha |
smokes |
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| mundha |
black snake |
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| mundawara |
two |
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| muna |
elbow |
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| mumbunja- |
catch |
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| mumaga |
white man, name of hairy short mythological character |
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| mulidja |
woman with child |
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| mulgun |
nest of the water hen |
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| mulga |
old woman |
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| muladj |
weak, soft |
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| muladha |
old women |
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| mula |
louse |
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| mugu |
water |
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| mugu |
blunt as in tools |
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| mugaram |
lobster |
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| mudmudgang |
dove |
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| mudhuga- |
make something |
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| mubura- |
die |
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| mirriwarr |
sky |
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| mirrirr |
sky |
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| mirribi |
thunder |
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| mirraguyung |
nothing |
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| mirra marr |
'bramble with red berries' |
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| mirra |
no |
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| mirnung |
semen |
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| mirirwal |
god, spirit |
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| miriri |
sky |
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| miringama |
south wind |
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| mirigang |
dog |
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| miridjiga |
long nosed bandicoot |
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| mirdandhagu |
only once |
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| mirangang |
a little bit |
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| mirang |
blowfly and common fly |
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| miramirang |
first |
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| mirabula |
eight |
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| minyungguru |
shag |
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| minmirgun |
eyebrow |
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| minjanggundu |
why? |
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| minja |
what |
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| mingarang |
how many times? |
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| mingang |
what?. also 'i don't know' |
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| minga- |
sleep |
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| minga |
mother |
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| mindjigari |
sky |
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| minda |
mother |
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| mina- |
hold |
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| mina |
finger |
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| mina |
fish |
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| mimba- |
kiss |
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| milumba |
sparkle, shine |
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| milidhu |
boomerang shield |
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| mili |
eye when shut |
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| milang |
labia minora |
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| miingga |
grasstree |
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| miigurn |
clitoris |
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| mii |
eye |
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| migurara |
sea anenome |
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| migamara |
wife |
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| migalal |
'the stone woman' |
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| miga |
aboriginal woman |
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| midura |
sky |
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| midjang |
younger sister |
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| midhunga |
once |
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| midhung |
one |
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| midhangal |
one |
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| midhang |
one |
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| midhan |
today |
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| midhagani |
quoll |
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| middjari |
'wink the eye' |
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| midbawanj |
blind |
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| midbambu |
eyelid |
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| midangari |
one |
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| midandhali |
one |
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| midandhal |
one |
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| midala |
jewfish |
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| mayinga |
younger brother |
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| mayin |
cold |
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| mayi- |
sit, stay, live |
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| mayi |
eyebrow |
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| mayarmVga |
fly |
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| mayanda |
mother |
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| mayan |
camp |
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| mayamba |
wattle |
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| mayagang |
war spear |
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| mayada |
younger brother |
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| mayaaga |
younger brother |
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| maya- |
be, stay, sit |
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| mawaradj |
squeaking tree |
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| mawa |
blackfella, black man |
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| maruran |
pubic hair |
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| marumbra |
limpet shell |
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| maruga- |
live |
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| marriya |
emu |
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| marrarr |
spider |
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| marraa |
tail |
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| marra |
fish |
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| marra |
mullet |
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| marni |
meat |
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| marlugudhaaga |
sexual desire |
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| marli |
black guard |
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| mariyang |
emu |
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| marin |
sister in law and country inhabited by them - extends to gippsland |
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| maridha |
fish hawk |
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| marida |
one |
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| marga |
shield |
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| marawuri |
rock horn shell, 'rocher trompe acquille' |
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| marawaylang |
little |
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| marangga |
charcoal, ashes |
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| marang |
ground, sandhill, sand |
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| marandi |
bring |
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| maramun |
hand |
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| maramal |
hand, finger |
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| maraganjgang |
baby |
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| maraba |
kangaroo |
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| mara- |
run |
|
| mara |
gastropod mollusc |
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| manung |
darkness |
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| manjamanja |
red |
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| manja |
hut |
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| maningang |
curlew |
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| mani |
mother |
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| mangUru |
cloud |
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| manggVna |
canoe |
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| mangga |
fern |
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| mangara |
bad |
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| mAngan |
pumpkin |
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| manga |
hut |
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| manduga |
maggot |
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| mandidja |
meat |
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| mandi- |
take |
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| mandha |
jaw |
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| mandarlu |
boil |
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| manda |
wedding |
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| manawal |
ten |
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| manarima |
'wild black' |
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| manalinga |
four |
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| mana |
hand |
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| man- |
catch |
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| mamingang |
'native grape' |
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| mambi |
eel |
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| mamang |
mother, mother's sister, father's brother's wife |
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| mamaadju |
today |
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| mamaadja |
cherry tree |
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| mama |
elder sister |
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| malyan |
eaglehawk |
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| mali |
why |
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| mali |
coitus |
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| malarawara |
blind |
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| malangan |
young woman |
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| malamalang |
pleiades, star formation |
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| malamala |
star |
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| maguringVri |
winkle, gives out a purple dye |
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| magandawara |
two |
|
| magadhung |
sleepy lizard |
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| maga |
carpet snake |
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| maga |
heel of foot |
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| madjura |
bush |
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| madjawidj |
death adder |
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| madjawa |
pipis, sunset shell |
|
| madjari |
canoe |
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| madjan |
foreskin |
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| mAdjaguragung |
a little |
|
| madhawarn |
swamp mahogany |
|
| madhang |
strong |
|
| madhang |
shadow of tree or man |
|
| madha |
because |
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| madbu |
string bag, net bag |
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| madayi |
oyster |
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| madaga |
mountain |
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| mabumban |
near, closer |
|
| mabara |
eye |
|
| maari |
five |
|
| maaran |
seagull |
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| ma |
fish |
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| ma |
and, because |
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| gwiyirrwurrwurr |
curlew |
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| gwiyaala |
stingaree |
|
| gwag |
'look out' |
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| gVran |
wing |
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| gVraanda |
cigarette, tea leaf |
|
| guyudu |
cold |
|
| guyiliyila |
feather |
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| guyayundu |
southerly, from any specific spot |
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| guyari |
native companion |
|
| guyangal |
southerner, south-belonging |
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| guya |
south |
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| guwinma- |
twist |
|
| guwinjma- |
twist something |
|
| guwinj |
spirit of the dead |
|
| guwami |
'stay here' |
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| guwama |
neck |
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| guwalawaru |
leg, calf |
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| guundi |
hut |
|
| gurVma |
camp |
|
| guruwa |
waves |
|
| gururu |
female marker for animal nouns |
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| gurungu |
comb shell |
|
| gurungadj |
mythological character, large aquatic monster |
|
| gurun |
necklace |
|
| gurumbuwa |
skink, lizard |
|
| gurugundha- |
fear something |
|
| gurugama |
west wind |
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| gurubangamba- |
courageous, not be afraid |
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| gurubang |
stone |
|
| guruba- |
be afraid |
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| guru |
neck |
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| gurrugurri |
onion |
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| gurnung |
bad |
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| gUrnumgali |
|
|
| gurnumbungay |
badly |
|
| gurngamba- |
sorry, regretful |
|
| gurndiira |
ironbark |
|
| gurnayanung |
wrong |
|
| gurnamunya |
wrong |
|
| gurlanj |
locust |
|
| guriwal |
name of camp at la perouse, pigeon |
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| gUrinjang |
'i'll get warm' |
|
| gurimbaga |
magpie |
|
| guridja |
honeysuckle on beach |
|
| guri |
ear |
|
| gurgun |
bowels |
|
| gurgul |
bloodwood |
|
| gurgang |
bronze winged pigeon |
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| gurdgard |
big frog |
|
| gurbungama |
ribs of canoe |
|
| gurayang |
string |
|
| gurawari |
white swan |
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| gurawara |
possum |
|
| gurArr |
grasstree |
|
| gurarayga |
slate crane |
|
| gurara |
wrasse, fish |
|
| guranjang |
fat |
|
| guranguran |
lightning |
|
| gurandjir |
large mussel |
|
| guragurr |
short nosed bandicoot |
|
| guragura |
quick |
|
| guragala- |
carry on back |
|
| guradhu |
brolga, native companion |
|
| guradhawag |
brolga, native companion |
|
| gurad |
ground |
|
| gurabungari- |
frighten |
|
| gurabung |
stone |
|
| gurabarr |
white box |
|
| guraban |
koala |
|
| guraamanj |
land yam |
|
| guraaman |
kurrajong, Illawarra flame tree |
|
| gununggwirr |
echidna |
|
| gunungama |
Alpha Orionis, Betelgeuse |
|
| gunun |
sleep |
|
| gunU |
blind |
|
| gunjung |
black swan |
|
| guning |
faeces, shit |
|
| guni |
faeces, anus, bowels |
|
| gungurun |
cone shell |
|
| gungguru |
helmet shell |
|
| gunggal |
louse |
|
| gungara |
possum |
|
| gungalin |
myrtle |
|
| gungal |
fish hook |
|
| gungaba- |
fall |
|
| gunga |
large lizard |
|
| gunduwulawala |
trees, collectively |
|
| gundu |
forehead |
|
| gundu |
tree or wood |
|
| gundjiran |
Sirius, brightest star in the sky |
|
| gundji |
camp, hut |
|
| gundjama- |
sick, sore-be |
|
| gundjaa |
enough |
|
| gundja- |
roast |
|
| gundja |
a sore |
|
| gundhagundha |
clear, sparkling |
|
| gunda- |
taste |
|
| gunarug |
wood duck |
|
| gunamaragang |
little |
|
| gunama |
snow, cold west wind |
|
| gunaguni |
starfish |
|
| gunaamVldjan |
'legendary apeman', mythological character |
|
| guna |
duck |
|
| gumirr |
hole |
|
| gumira |
hole |
|
| gumburruuga |
male possum |
|
| gumbiira |
spear, also reed |
|
| gumbari |
shadow of tree |
|
| gumbaraga |
teal duck |
|
| gumbanj |
browband |
|
| gumbal |
strong |
|
| gumbaawar |
koala |
|
| gumari |
wind |
|
| guluru |
leg |
|
| gulungulu |
thumb |
|
| gulung |
wombat |
|
| gulga |
scrotum, testicles |
|
| gulanang |
glands of penis |
|
| gulan gulan |
crooked |
|
| gulamana |
'take this' |
|
| gulagang |
short |
|
| guladbunga- |
break |
|
| gula- |
kill, spear |
|
| gugunyaaru |
kookaburra |
|
| gugug |
kookaburra |
|
| gugu |
shoulder |
|
| gugiwan |
cripple |
|
| gugawulali |
bum, rump |
|
| gugawal |
wood |
|
| gugaragan |
honeyeater |
|
| gugara |
kookaburra |
|
| gudumang |
turtle |
|
| gudjayirr |
child |
|
| gudjAru |
club |
|
| gudjarr |
lagoon |
|
| gudjanga |
child |
|
| gudjagang |
little boy, also listed as either sex |
|
| gudja |
unripe |
|
| gubidjayanga |
little toe |
|
| gubidja |
small, little |
|
| gubi |
small guard fish |
|
| gubar |
red ochre |
|
| gubaa |
stringybark |
|
| girambu |
tree leaf |
|
| gimbanya |
blackfella man |
|
| gilwa |
darkness |
|
| giliyila |
breast |
|
| gibugiburr |
'the good spirit' |
|
| gayung |
sea |
|
| gaygun |
arm |
|
| gayanwi- |
grow, literally 'big become' |
|
| gayangundu |
log |
|
| gayang |
big |
|
| gayan |
'very top peak of the dromederry' |
|
| gawur |
calm sea |
|
| gawundhana |
flying fox |
|
| gaway |
by and by, soon |
|
| gawaning |
neck |
|
| gawanggal |
honey |
|
| gawang |
mother's sister's husband |
|
| gawan |
young woman |
|
| gawan |
devil, evil spirit |
|
| gawalgang |
male (animals but not birds) |
|
| gawagawara |
whitefella, white man |
|
| gawa- |
talk |
|
| garwa- |
scratch |
|
| garuwundu |
northerly. 'from any specified spot' |
|
| garungguba |
pelican |
|
| garungali |
(hook blady stuff) in fence at la perouse |
|
| garunga- |
hold |
|
| garun |
back of neck |
|
| garumbunga |
easy |
|
| garul |
arm |
|
| garugang |
magpie |
|
| garuga- |
call for |
|
| garudhan |
greedy |
|
| garu |
north |
|
| garu |
nasal mucous |
|
| garrurr |
bull ant |
|
| garru |
cloud |
|
| garri |
navel |
|
| garraywaa |
milky way |
|
| garragalambiwan |
empty |
|
| garragadj |
slow |
|
| garnina |
skin |
|
| garnina |
bad |
|
| garn.ga |
old women |
|
| gariyan |
nits from louse |
|
| garinhung |
bee |
|
| garingal midhayal |
six |
|
| garilwa |
koala |
|
| gariga |
hut |
|
| garidja |
canoe |
|
| garidba- |
lift |
|
| gariba |
flat tailed mullet |
|
| gari |
leg |
|
| gari |
snake |
|
| garganga- |
hold |
|
| garga |
sky |
|
| gardira- |
rend, tear |
|
| garaywal |
swift (bird) |
|
| garawur |
bull ants, red and black ones |
|
| garawra |
wound, sore |
|
| garawan |
stingray |
|
| garawad |
fish spear |
|
| garanu |
up river |
|
| garanjyal |
five |
|
| gAranji |
young |
|
| garanji |
cabbage |
|
| garanggaridj |
smoke |
|
| garangganj |
behind |
|
| garanggaba |
pelican |
|
| garanganj |
hand |
|
| garanganganj |
knife made from shell or stone |
|
| garangali |
frog found in jervis bay |
|
| garangadada |
flying fox |
|
| garanga- |
steal |
|
| garanga- |
plunder |
|
| garamunda |
flying fox |
|
| garalu |
monkey |
|
| garal |
fog |
|
| garagara |
bird |
|
| garaba- |
dance |
|
| garaangalirr |
turn away |
|
| gara- |
tell |
|
| ganyi |
fire |
|
| ganundhu- |
taste |
|
| ganman.gang |
'small island near entrance of lake illawarra' |
|
| ganjii |
bag |
|
| ganina |
bad |
|
| ganimang |
kangaroo |
|
| ganida |
bark |
|
| gani |
wood |
|
| gangwari |
dog, wild as well as tame |
|
| ganguru |
kangaroo |
|
| gangung |
sleepy |
|
| ganggulwara |
crooked |
|
| ganggul |
flank |
|
| gangganung |
intestines |
|
| gangari |
dog |
|
| gandidjaalinba |
sexual intercourse |
|
| gandi |
camp |
|
| ganbil |
mussel |
|
| ganbi |
fire, firewood |
|
| ganbayan |
much |
|
| ganaya- |
ask |
|
| ganaya |
ripe |
|
| ganawu |
devil, evil spirit |
|
| ganandhimila- |
learn |
|
| ganama- |
burn, cook |
|
| ganagubadh |
echidna |
|
| gana |
good |
|
| gamung |
talk |
|
| gamingal |
'girl burnt to death' |
|
| gamimag |
'reeds at back' |
|
| gami |
mouth, throat |
|
| gambuladja- |
break |
|
| gambugalag |
bullock |
|
| gambi |
fire |
|
| gambanj |
silver bream |
|
| gambambara |
spring, season |
|
| gambadja- |
fight, kill |
|
| gambaambi |
'a little fish that lived in schools that could not be netted close to the shore when a particular flower opens' |
|
| gambaabulanj |
'this is a flower that when it opens, a particular fish can be caught' |
|
| gamba |
marrow |
|
| gamara |
old man |
|
| gama |
sleep |
|
| gama |
jagged spear |
|
| galwal |
'death of a black getting honey' |
|
| galuraga |
clam |
|
| galungara |
lillypilly |
|
| galu |
crane, slate coloured |
|
| galnurr |
sea |
|
| galngurrawangwai |
rough sea |
|
| galiyadba |
few |
|
| galiya |
cut |
|
| galinjandjudjuniga |
pinch |
|
| gali- |
dance |
|
| galgunda |
fish |
|
| galgal |
smallpox |
|
| galawa- |
climb, go up, ascend |
|
| galarrba |
three |
|
| galangaridj |
smoke |
|
| galang galang |
large locust |
|
| galaabawan |
weak |
|
| galaa |
summer, warm |
|
| gala |
vulva, vagina |
|
| gagurr |
hole, also gully |
|
| gagayiri |
hungry |
|
| gadyimbar |
red gum |
|
| gadjigung |
armpit |
|
| gadjagadja |
armpit |
|
| gadhungal |
sea belonging from 'twofold bay to sydney and furtherwards, includes 90 mile beach to the south' |
|
| gadhu |
rough sea |
|
| gadhaga |
head |
|
| gadhaba- |
cough |
|
| gadha |
deep |
|
| gadandjan |
red headed parrot |
|
| gadagadabalin |
masturbation |
|
| gabura |
placename for liverpool |
|
| gabugubal |
youth, boy uninitiated |
|
| gabudbandhaninga- |
thirsty |
|
| gabu |
'a suitable man to marry' |
|
| gabu |
'a man courting one's sister' |
|
| gabril |
pig face |
|
| gabi |
scrub |
|
| gAban |
a suitable woman to marry |
|
| gaban |
birds egg |
|
| gabamanga |
my head |
|
| gabagubal |
boy |
|
| gabadidj |
pipe clay |
|
| gabada |
moon |
|
| gababa |
devil |
|
| gabaanu |
head, egg |
|
| gaariin |
late |
|
| gaanga |
Women that has lost at least one of her children |
|
| gaandi |
tobacco, money, smoke |
|
| gaanda |
smoke |
|
| gaamara |
black snake |
|
| gaaga |
yamstick |
|
| duruuwa |
smoke |
|
| durun.gadja |
three |
|
| durun |
'south side of gap, woman was born there' |
|
| durudal |
chorals |
|
| duraya |
river |
|
| dunggul |
heel |
|
| dungga- |
cry like a child, weep |
|
| dundhun |
firestick |
|
| duna |
stone |
|
| duduwa |
thrush |
|
| duda |
mosquito |
|
| djVriinjdja |
head band |
|
| djurugun |
sharp |
|
| djurang |
angry |
|
| djunidjunudj |
night owl, ground owl |
|
| djungur |
urine |
|
| djungga |
octopus |
|
| djundung- |
laugh |
|
| djundula |
black goanna |
|
| djulugun |
small lizard |
|
| djugurawa |
kingfisher |
|
| djirward |
quick |
|
| djirnganggali |
sneeze |
|
| djirindjiring |
east wind |
|
| djiriilbun |
toad fish |
|
| djiriibawal djiriibawal |
four |
|
| djiriba |
two |
|
| djirawara |
tree leaves |
|
| djirawalang |
shooting star, 'that star will make boys' bottoms swell and sore |
|
| djirar |
head hair, fur |
|
| djirar |
hair |
|
| djiranggan |
'glow after dark, dusk and dawn' |
|
| djirangara |
tree fern |
|
| djirang |
tree leaf |
|
| djiran.gala |
non-aboriginal man, whitefella |
|
| djiramanj |
female child |
|
| djirabirin |
small locust |
|
| djirabard |
water dragon, water goanna |
|
| djirabar |
gun |
|
| djiraama |
paddle |
|
| djiraali |
blood |
|
| djira- |
tell |
|
| djira |
brush turkey |
|
| djinug |
echidna |
|
| djinjama- |
make, complete, produce or build something |
|
| djingiya |
dew |
|
| djinggi |
star |
|
| djindjingara |
stars |
|
| djindjinarang |
star |
|
| djindjimbur |
spark |
|
| djindjiladji |
there |
|
| djindawa |
wife |
|
| djindamung |
chop, chip |
|
| djindala |
tree goanna |
|
| djinama- |
make |
|
| djinalibura |
far |
|
| djinadha |
yonder, further away, over there |
|
| djinaabli |
blanket |
|
| djina |
smell, (reference to smelly feet) |
|
| djina |
foot |
|
| djimbayirung |
bald headed |
|
| djimbay |
thirsty |
|
| djilwir |
grasshopper |
|
| djilingari |
centipede |
|
| djilinadjan |
pain, sorrow |
|
| djilignji |
candle |
|
| djilibarri |
'avenge' |
|
| djilawaray |
grey |
|
| djilawarawara |
white |
|
| djilawa |
urine |
|
| djilag |
grey gum |
|
| djiin.ga |
sweet |
|
| djiibarra |
small mullet |
|
| djidma- |
jump |
|
| djidjuyaa |
kangaroo |
|
| djidjir |
dry |
|
| djidbalang |
sweet |
|
| djibVr |
kidney |
|
| djibir |
dew |
|
| djibang |
'greetings' |
|
| djibamung |
spit |
|
| djawur |
head hair |
|
| djawula |
lyrebird |
|
| djawinga- |
frighten |
|
| djawa- |
run |
|
| djarungali |
frog |
|
| djarraranj |
sharp, sharp edge, blade |
|
| djardu |
afraid |
|
| djarang yirriwalan |
blackfish |
|
| djarambu- |
be quiet |
|
| djarambaadhi |
plain spear |
|
| djaraagar |
jew lizard |
|
| djanma- |
hunt |
|
| djangayiri |
silent |
|
| djanbigara |
molusc |
|
| djanbabu- |
be silent |
|
| djanba |
slow |
|
| djanagubadj |
echidna |
|
| djambi |
brother in law |
|
| djambag |
sheep |
|
| djamalung |
platypus |
|
| djamaga |
good |
|
| djama- |
talk |
|
| djalgal |
'stealing white mans corn' |
|
| djal |
buble shell, helix shell |
|
| djagula |
lyrebird |
|
| djagarnanj |
boy |
|
| djag |
arm |
|
| djadjunghalay |
moonrise |
|
| djadjungala |
month roughly, referring to a moon cycle |
|
| djadjung |
moon |
|
| djadjanyiribalay |
moonset |
|
| djadjang |
elder brother |
|
| djadjamung |
ask, beg |
|
| djadja |
brother |
|
| djabur |
calf of leg |
|
| djabag |
throw the fishing line |
|
| djabadj |
black duck, totem of the Yuin people. King Merriman's (Elder's) name |
|
| djaadjurna |
throwing stick |
|
| djaadjawan |
sand |
|
| dirindhara |
person scarred with 'birin' |
|
| diranagala |
sneeze |
|
| diradharal |
onion |
|
| dildilyan |
shrimp |
|
| dil dil |
open |
|
| di |
sea |
|
| dhuula |
fish hook |
|
| dhurliing |
elbow |
|
| dhuril |
crab |
|
| dhuri- |
grow |
|
| dhurarA |
enemy, hostile |
|
| dhurangawara |
three |
|
| dhuramarila |
spear |
|
| dhuradhural |
echidna's quills |
|
| dhura- |
sting, stab |
|
| dhunggul |
vagina |
|
| dhunga |
bark |
|
| dhundala |
hail |
|
| dhunbunyil |
shallow |
|
| dhunbanga- |
lose |
|
| dhumbama- |
observe |
|
| dhumbaa |
charcoal |
|
| dhumal |
shrub |
|
| dhugan |
camp, hut, home |
|
| dhuduga- |
touch |
|
| dhudbandhul |
full |
|
| dhawara |
moon, night |
|
| dhawamalanj |
many |
|
| dhawad |
bad |
|
| dhawa |
ten |
|
| dharrawa |
cabbage tree |
|
| dharraani |
spotted gum |
|
| dharra |
man |
|
| dharing- |
stand |
|
| dhari- |
stand |
|
| dharburang |
dark night |
|
| dharayanj bamayli |
'swap sisters' |
|
| dharangiwili |
spotted gum |
|
| dharanggan |
second cousin |
|
| dharandhurung |
always |
|
| dharambang |
ring tailed possum |
|
| dharamanga |
hole cut into tree |
|
| dharaganja- |
cut things like trees |
|
| dharagangang |
creek |
|
| dharagang |
river, large creek |
|
| dharadbu- |
go through |
|
| dhara |
thigh |
|
| dhanjma |
eat |
|
| dhanj |
fish |
|
| dhanggan |
long handled spear |
|
| dhangga- |
hang up |
|
| dhangang |
vegetable food |
|
| dhangandaar |
come this way! |
|
| dhanga |
non-meat based food or bread |
|
| dhandu |
jew lizard |
|
| dhandhay |
waist |
|
| dhanbu |
country |
|
| dhanama |
wife |
|
| dhanadha |
sole of foot |
|
| dhana- |
eat |
|
| dhambang |
hat |
|
| dhamba- |
spread |
|
| dhalugawal |
day before yesterday |
|
| dhaluga |
yesterday |
|
| dhall |
dog |
|
| dhalimarra |
husband |
|
| dhalga |
ground |
|
| dhalanj |
tongue |
|
| dhala |
man |
|
| dhala |
blue |
|
| dhagayil |
no, nothing, "I don't know" |
|
| dhagarr |
cold |
|
| dhagalang |
frost, cold |
|
| dhagala |
flathead |
|
| dhagala |
snow |
|
| dhagadj |
frost |
|
| dhadjili |
a few days ago, or weeks ago |
|
| dhadjilam |
day before yesterday |
|
| dhadjan wari |
a long while ago, long ago |
|
| dhadjan galawalgangga |
in the coming year |
|
| dhadjan barinung |
feww days or weeks ahead |
|
| dhadjam |
soon, translated as 'bye and bye' |
|
| dhadha |
elder brother, father's brother's son, mother's sister's son. |
|
| dhabunga- |
lose |
|
| dhaawarri |
porpoise |
|
| dhaaligir |
toy canoe |
|
| dhaaga |
mouth |
|
| dhaadjularan |
angry |
|
| dhaadjar |
centipede |
|
| dawura |
trochet shell |
|
| dawung |
arm |
|
| dawa- |
run |
|
| darunda |
ribbed broadsided shell |
|
| daruna |
bird |
|
| dariyal |
candle |
|
| darin |
arm |
|
| dargali |
time |
|
| darawan |
toothed fish |
|
| daranman |
flowers |
|
| darandang |
tea |
|
| darami |
eyebrow |
|
| daral |
grub |
|
| darad |
eyelash |
|
| dangi dangi |
melon |
|
| dangarun |
'man ate too much' |
|
| dandala |
small |
|
| dambaralang |
flowers |
|
| dalgun |
four |
|
| dalarr |
dog |
|
| dalangun |
native cherry |
|
| dala |
circle or blue |
|
| dagun |
potato |
|
| daduwarr |
hard |
|
| dadha |
clothes |
|
| dabin |
ashes |
|
| dabil |
ashes |
|
| dabi |
small lagoon |
|
| daarlawan |
great shark |
|
| cold |
guyudu |
|
| climb |
bawinya- |
|
| byuwan |
fat |
|
| bVringal |
veins |
|
| bVrilanga |
vagina |
|
| bVribra |
five |
|
| buyu |
shin, bone |
|
| buyi |
quick, make haste |
|
| buwindja- |
remember |
|
| buwarla |
teatree |
|
| buwandayu |
oak |
|
| buwandaya |
perch |
|
| buung |
anus |
|
| buumbayuurdin |
sodomy |
|
| buubundhaaga |
lump on the ground |
|
| burunga- |
shake |
|
| burung |
vagina |
|
| burunburun |
bird's down (feathers) |
|
| buruna |
field |
|
| burumayal |
bream |
|
| buru |
kangaroo |
|
| burrburran |
quail |
|
| burra |
stone, semen |
|
| burnung |
large, tall |
|
| burndawari |
erect penis |
|
| burndagumirrnu |
meatus urinarius, orifice of the urethra in the male body, penis hole |
|
| burnda |
penis |
|
| burnaaga |
goanna |
|
| burlgunj |
dirty, like water |
|
| burdulu- |
kick |
|
| burdula |
bandicoot |
|
| burda |
arc shell |
|
| buray |
night |
|
| burawul |
quail |
|
| burawara |
black |
|
| burarr |
night |
|
| burara |
morning star |
|
| burang |
stinking, bad smell |
|
| buran |
cave |
|
| burabura |
evening |
|
| buraali- |
answer |
|
| buraagawalin |
day after tomorrow |
|
| buraadja |
tomorrow |
|
| bura |
rock, stone |
|
| bungumirr |
edible grub in grass tree |
|
| bunggu |
sugarglider |
|
| bungala |
swamp yam |
|
| bundjala- |
think |
|
| bundja- |
remember |
|
| bundhi |
club |
|
| bundha- |
bite |
|
| bunda- |
cut, chop |
|
| bunda |
apple tree |
|
| bunda |
thigh |
|
| bunda |
cigarette |
|
| bunbun |
tree bark |
|
| bunbari |
small boy |
|
| bunbarang |
common grey lizard |
|
| bunbal |
waddy, stick, general term for tree, wood. |
|
| bunaan |
corroboree, initiation ritual |
|
| bun.garri |
hill |
|
| bun.gali |
coolamon |
|
| bumulaga |
morning |
|
| bumbayang |
bower bird |
|
| bumbal |
wood |
|
| bumawa |
thunder |
|
| bumara |
mountain |
|
| bulwal |
strong |
|
| buluwundu |
|
|
| bulumu- |
wash |
|
| bulma- |
fight, strike, beat, hit |
|
| buliin |
bad |
|
| bulday |
grandfather |
|
| bulbul |
corn, maize |
|
| bulbul |
corn |
|
| bulawa |
pademelon |
|
| bularru |
twice |
|
| bularra midhang |
three |
|
| bularr bularr |
four |
|
| bularr |
two |
|
| bulara |
tomorrow |
|
| bulagarula |
two |
|
| bula bula midha |
five |
|
| bula |
labia majora |
|
| buguri |
ring-tailed possum |
|
| bugiya |
yesterday |
|
| bugaali |
ring-tailed possum |
|
| budjari |
good |
|
| budjanggal |
belonging to bird, translated as 'totem' |
|
| budjan |
bird, generic term |
|
| bubul |
sore |
|
| bubugurning |
death adder |
|
| bubarang |
mountain, single hill |
|
| bubandhan |
round |
|
| biyin |
mountain dove |
|
| biyay |
bag |
|
| biyawurr |
water rat |
|
| biyawuli |
abalone |
|
| biyanji |
father |
|
| biyanhung |
male, used for animals |
|
| biyangwa |
male, used for animals |
|
| biyanggan |
old man |
|
| biyan |
beautiful |
|
| biwaawa |
cold east wind |
|
| biryuula |
spear made from reed |
|
| birung |
mist |
|
| birudjara |
boy |
|
| birruwa |
crayfish |
|
| birriiwa |
hunting spear |
|
| birribanj |
emu |
|
| birrangal |
veins |
|
| birragundhang |
brown snake |
|
| birrabirra |
light weight |
|
| birra |
cheek |
|
| biringal |
after a feast of kangaroo |
|
| biring |
something used for scarring |
|
| birimbanjung |
half |
|
| birimbamin |
translated as 'fisherman jack', most likely a fish. |
|
| biriin |
sleeping lizard, shingleback |
|
| biridj |
sick |
|
| birdhuulay |
bandicoot |
|
| biraya |
war spear |
|
| biranung |
fingernail, toenail, claw, fingers |
|
| biraga yuludha |
big toe |
|
| biraga |
large, big |
|
| biraawara |
shag |
|
| binyaaru |
cormorant |
|
| binUna |
spurwinged plover |
|
| binin.gala |
light |
|
| binhung |
ribs |
|
| bingal |
chest, human and animal |
|
| binga- |
throw |
|
| bindjirangdjirang |
plover |
|
| bindji |
stomach |
|
| bindjaringaring |
plover |
|
| bindilang |
generous |
|
| bindi- |
give |
|
| bindhiwindang |
pregnant |
|
| bindhi |
stomach |
|
| bindaragurang |
large mussel |
|
| bimbaya |
shield for spears |
|
| bimbala |
mud cockle |
|
| bimba- |
blow and/or suck |
|
| bilyaguwin |
kill |
|
| bilwurr |
flat |
|
| bilima |
turtle |
|
| bili |
bum |
|
| bilali |
wide |
|
| bila |
casuarina, shrub |
|
| bila |
forest oak |
|
| biinda |
rise |
|
| biidja |
blanket |
|
| bigarung |
vomit |
|
| bidjaya |
old man |
|
| bidhura |
common |
|
| bidhudhu |
wattle |
|
| bidhu |
mountain, high range |
|
| bidhaygal |
pelican |
|
| bidhanga |
oyster |
|
| bidhaba- |
hang up |
|
| bidha- |
cover, hide with/under something |
|
| bidarr |
tea |
|
| biburnungga |
brown hawk |
|
| biburdugang |
large brown hawk |
|
| bibindan |
climbing a tree with a boomerang |
|
| bayunga |
grandmother, mother's mother. |
|
| baying |
father |
|
| bayiil |
man |
|
| bayi- |
strike, beat, hit, kill |
|
| bayangwa |
male marker for some animals |
|
| bawul |
molusc |
|
| bawarr |
wattle, species unknown. |
|
| bawanyu |
translated as 'picture', procise definition unclear. |
|
| bawa- |
fall down |
|
| baruwalwa |
one who knows everything, name of Aboriginal. |
|
| baru |
tired |
|
| baru |
between, in the midst. |
|
| barrVga |
blue headed parrot, possibly crimson rosella |
|
| barrunda |
male koala |
|
| barrumbarra |
peppermint |
|
| barriya |
bream |
|
| barriwarri |
morning |
|
| barrin |
marking the people, painting or scarring |
|
| barrigawanj |
salmon |
|
| barribarri |
whale |
|
| barrang |
edible grub in wattle tree |
|
| barramarra |
swamp mahogany |
|
| barrabarrag |
mud |
|
| barraaran |
snapper |
|
| barraar |
scrub |
|
| barra barra |
sea |
|
| barra |
shark |
|
| barra |
eel |
|
| barr |
bite |
|
| barmagan |
log |
|
| barliin |
fresh water |
|
| barlga |
back. behind |
|
| barlaa |
short |
|
| bariyu |
tomorrow |
|
| bariwariganyan |
echo |
|
| bariwalganga |
some time |
|
| barinhung |
day after tomorrow |
|
| barimu- |
cover |
|
| barima |
ironbark |
|
| bariganung |
back-bone |
|
| bari |
dhaawa second person singular |
|
| bari |
bream |
|
| bardju- |
swim |
|
| barawili |
small mussel |
|
| barara |
orion's belt |
|
| baranggal |
clitoris |
|
| baranga |
big boat, island |
|
| baran barin |
shells |
|
| baramarang |
plentyful, many |
|
| baraang |
rug |
|
| baraal |
rock wallaby |
|
| banjgira |
hut |
|
| banjgaladha |
fornicator |
|
| banja |
sea-urchin |
|
| banhung |
male, used to identify sex in birds only. |
|
| bangurd |
water hen |
|
| bangli |
cup |
|
| banggV |
abdomen |
|
| bangguri |
mountain |
|
| banggu |
sugarglider, flying squirrel |
|
| banggawu |
burrawang, plant of the macrozamia genus. |
|
| banggang |
old man |
|
| banggaada |
wombat |
|
| bangawu |
lizard |
|
| bangal |
clear |
|
| bangadjan |
stick used for killing people. |
|
| banga- |
paddle |
|
| bandjiwug |
shoe |
|
| bandi |
eel |
|
| banbalwaran |
placename for cooks river bridge and thereabouts |
|
| banabi |
name for Wall Street to Waterworks. |
|
| bana |
rain |
|
| ban.garang |
name for bunnarong |
|
| ban |
white |
|
| bambur |
grass, name for bambora |
|
| bambi |
large eel |
|
| bambara |
venereal |
|
| baliya |
north east wind |
|
| balirr |
dust |
|
| balindjang |
salt water |
|
| balimarr |
three |
|
| bali- |
die |
|
| balawarri |
big hill, or range of hills |
|
| balawagu- |
go along, side of hill |
|
| balarang |
shallow |
|
| balan |
young man |
|
| balambanj |
browband |
|
| baladjarang |
shine |
|
| bala |
near, something in the near future, by and by. |
|
| bagaranj |
sun, heat |
|
| baganyung |
skin, foreskin |
|
| bagang |
lean |
|
| bagan |
earth, ground |
|
| bagal |
splinter |
|
| baga- |
sit |
|
| badV |
cry |
|
| badjga |
get up |
|
| badiya- |
touch |
|
| badhawal |
Fighting boomerang, fighting hook |
|
| badhal |
camp, hut |
|
| badhaba- |
hang up |
|
| badhaalima |
wallaby or pademelon |
|
| badha- |
hide |
|
| badha- |
bite |
|
| baday |
waterhole, creek |
|
| bada |
creek |
|
| babaga- |
bite |
|
| babadhal |
geebung |
|
| baba |
stingray |
|
| baawiri |
son in law |
|
| baanga |
father |
|
| baan baan |
beach tea tree |
|
| baambVli |
camp, windbreak |
|
| baagawalung |
brave, courageous |
|
| baagabu |
me |
|
| baaga |
father |
|
| baadja |
True Valley (place name) |
|
| baabirr |
honeysuckle |
|
| baaba |
father |
|
| and |
ba |
|
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