Lord Gifford - Lower Blackwood | W. H. Graham - Kojonup & Eticup Comparisons can be made with Baaburt (Baaburt and Nilgee, Bardil, -Capel, Williams, Vasse, take in these dialects.) |
Aunt | mungart |
Brother | woorda, ngoont |
Child | koolong |
Children | nobaruk, nobaluk, koolongurra, noobelung |
Father | mamman |
Granddaughter | dem |
Man, old young | batteetch, biderr koolambiddee, koolamantee |
Mother | ngank, nungan, 'kun |
Nephew | konk |
Niece | kumbart |
Sister | jookan, jooka |
White Man | jennuk, jenga, nyittung |
White Woman | jennuk yog |
Wife | koort |
Woman | yog; old woman = yog manjung |
Arm | maruk |
Beard | nanga |
Blood | ngoba, ngooboo |
Bone | kweja |
Bowels | narn, gobbel purruk |
Breasts | beebee |
Chest | ngornt |
Cry, to | mērin |
Drink, to | ngunnee, gabbee ngannin |
Ear | dwonga |
Eat, to | ngannin, nalgo, ngoling |
Elbow | ngoy'yung |
Eye | mēl'ga |
Fat | boyn, bwoyn |
Foot | jin, jinna |
Gums | ngolyuk |
Hair | tchow |
Hand | mara |
Head | katta |
Heart | goort |
Hip bone | kwerluk |
Knee | pwonit |
Leg | mata |
Lip | taa |
Mouth | daa, dow? |
Muscle | war'nok |
Navel | |
Nose | moola, moolya |
Rib | ngaril |
Seeing | jinong |
Shoulder | warndurt |
Skin | mobba, mop |
Skull | kaat kwej |
Sleep | beejur |
Teeth | ngolga |
Thirsty | kyp wēning, gab we'ning |
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Throat | wart |
Tongue | da'lyn, merning |
Walk, to | yannin, kardong |
Dingo, female | dwert yaggyn |
Dingo, male | yakkyn, dwodda yakkyn |
Dingo, puppy | nobilung, jennungur |
Kangaroo | yongar |
Opossum | goomal |
Wallaby | walya |
Bald coot, red bill | kweelalung |
Bird (generic) | jert |
Bird's egg | boya, noorga, yookurn |
Bustard, Wild Turkey | meedergoo?, koolanar? |
Cockatoo (generic) | manitch |
Cockatoo, white, Southern variety | manik |
Coot | kweelalung |
Crane, Blue | wyen |
Crow | kwakkum |
Crow, Shrike (Squeaker) | jarl |
Cuckoo | kumbe'gor |
Duck, Grey or black | wanana, wan'ning |
Duck, White Wing | bingelur |
Duck, Wood-duck | yert |
Eagle Hawk | walja, worlik, walot |
Eagle, Little | neean |
Eagle, Wedgetailed | neean |
Eagle, Whistling | neean |
Emu | wē'jee |
Flycatcher | jiddee jiddee |
Hawk, Sparrow | neean |
King-fisher | kanyeenuk |
Parrot | dowern |
Pelican | moo'daling |
Quail | mooreej |
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Robin | minniyet |
Swamp-hen, Coot | kweelalung, kweelam |
Swan | kooljak, barndee |
Crab | per'ran |
Crayfish | per'ran |
Fish (generic) | daaja, wē-bing |
Shark | ky'la |
Frog, little swamp | kal'ying'up |
Snake (generic) | norna |
Tadpole | go'bung |
Ant (sergeant) | keelung |
Bardie (grub) | bert |
Flea | kool |
Fly (generic) | noorta, kwerabunk |
Mosquito | noorkogut, norda, nooat |
Vermin | kool |
Blackboy tree | kwindee |
Bough of a tree | je'duk, dowilgera |
Cave | gond |
Clay, red | weeluk |
Cold | ngittang |
Country (stony) | bwya |
Country (swampy) | beelangup |
Dark | murrerduk, moordang |
Day | beerytch, bē-nung |
Dusk | beeruk |
Fire | kal, kala |
Grass | jelba, jepp |
Grass (young) | jelup, je'up |
Gum | narl |
Heat | moonuk |
Hill | katta warr, moolan, kaat |
Leaf (shrub or tree) | mank |
Light | ben'nak |
Moon | meeka, meekee |
Night | kid'dal, nwan'dabung |
Rain | kyp tubbut, gab |
Root, of tree | bēn |
Rush (a fibre) | baata |
Scrub, the | beerdameetch |
Shade | woorduk |
Sky | murnok kwej |
Star | jindee, jindong |
Stone | bwy, boya |
Sun | nganga, tchetch ? |
Thunder | bin'darree, don'gara |
To-day | woolalung, kwejan, yē'ya |
To-morrow | bē-nang, wooloolan |
Water | gabba, kyp |
Waterfall | yaat |
Whirlwind | meeruk |
Wind (North) | weerit |
Yesterday | enya, yenya, koram |
Abscond, to | berang gool |
Aged | weend, jerdal |
Alive | dorduk |
Ashes | dabba kal |
Assault, to | bom gwerdij |
At once | moordee oop |
Awkward | yang burrong'in |
Bad | wokkyn, windong |
Bark (used for making huts) | boota, yoobil? |
Big | borong? |
Black | moorn |
Blue | yeeruk |
Boomerang | kēl, ky'lee |
By and by | boorda, meela |
Camp, native | kaal, kont, kala, beem |
Carry, to | burrong |
Cinder | kal bid'elgur |
Circumcision | bwuggert bōrn, kara bōrn |
Club | weeroo |
Commence, to | burdalan |
Cook, to | dookurn |
Cry, to | wal wank |
Dead | we'na, we'nee |
Devil | nyorleem |
Dumb | my'burt |
Dying | goort goorert |
Exchange | kēl boonarruk |
Fall, to | koolamurnt |
Far away | kujja, woorar |
Fire-stick | boorn |
Food | marryn |
Food (forbidden) | wooluk |
Ghost | kayn, weern, noytch, kaana, jennuk |
Good | gwabba |
Good, no | warra |
Grease, to | jeerungal naab |
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Gum, edible | kwonnert |
Hammer (native) | koja |
Hop, to | burdong gen |
Hungry | yoolup wēngur |
I | ngyja, nganee |
Ill (sick) | mindee yeerung |
Improper | mooj, werra |
Injure, to | bun'gert |
Itch | nyeerohg |
Jump, to | yora gool burdong |
Kiss, a | boyn-yedding |
Kiss, to | boyn-yedding |
Lean (thin) | yaaling burt (no flesh) |
Leap, to | yora gool burdong |
Lift up, to | burrong yeerabin |
Light in colour | tornt, ngangal burra |
Line (a straight mark) | weerart, ngoorert |
Little | bottyn, nop, kwerrurt |
Message | wank |
Milk | beebee kwer, pip |
Mimic, to | bom eejan |
Motherless | ngang burt |
No | yooadda, yooad |
North | yabaroo, weel, jeering |
Nose-piercing | moolyurt |
Offended | boogur |
Old | bateetch, weend |
One | ken |
Paint, to | weelok |
Powerful | goombar mert |
Prickles | beeramitch |
Proud | katta wangeen |
Provisions | marryn, daaj |
Putrid | noort, werra |
Quick | gert gert |
Quickly | gert gert |
Rot, to | noort |
Run, to | yarra kool |
Sick (ill) | mindeetch |
Sing, to | kē'turding |
Small | kwoorert |
Smoke, of fires | booyoo, pooee mit |
Spear (generic term) | geej, geejee |
Spring (native well) | moolyeet |
Stop! | na'nup |
Sweet | ngok, mangyt |
That, this | ballee |
Three | mardyn, merting |
Throwing board | meero |
Tomahawk | koja, kooja |
Track (footprint) | jin peen |
Vessels (bark, etc) | boort |
White | dardar |
Who | neen |
Witchcraft | mulgar, boylya |
Wood | poorn |
Yellow | kanjin |
Yes | kya, ko'a |
You | ngoonok, nyinok, nyinna |
Young (of animals) | nganeep |
Your | noonok |
Yours | noonok |
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