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Title: 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.)

Language: Noongar

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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.)
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Man, his relationships, etc.
Aunt mungart
Brother woorda, ngoont
Child koolong
Childrennobaruk, nobaluk, koolongurra, noobelung
Father mamman
Granddaughter dem
Man, old youngbatteetch, 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
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Parts and Functions of the Body
Armmaruk
Beard nanga
Blood ngoba, ngooboo
Bone kweja
Bowels narn, gobbel purruk
Breastsbeebee
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
Footjin, jinna
Gums ngolyuk
Hair tchow
Hand mara
Head katta
Heart goort
Hip bone kwerluk
Knee pwonit
Legmata
Liptaa
Mouth daa, dow?
Muscle war'nok
Navel beelya
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
Animals
Dingo, female dwert yaggyn
Dingo, male yakkyn, dwodda yakkyn
Dingo, puppy nobilung, jennungur
Kangarooyongar
Opossumgoomal
Wallabywalya
Birds
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
Cuckookumbe'gor
Duck, Grey or black wanana, wan'ning
Duck, White Wing bingelur
Duck, Wood-duckyert
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
Quailmooreej
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Robin minniyet
Swamp-hen, Coot kweelalung, kweelam
Swan kooljak, barndee
Fishes
Crab per'ran
Crayfish per'ran
Fish (generic) daaja, wē-bing
Shark ky'la
Reptiles
Frog, little swampkal'ying'up
Snake (generic) norna
Tadpole go'bung
Insects
Ant (sergeant) keelung
Bardie (grub)bert
Flea kool
Fly (generic) noorta, kwerabunk
Mosquito noorkogut, norda, nooat
Verminkool
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The Elements, etc.
Blackboy treekwindee
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
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General Vocabulary
Abscond, to berang gool
Aged weend, jerdal
Alive dorduk
Ashes dabba kal
Assault, tobom gwerdij
At oncemoordee oop
Awkwardyang burrong'in
Badwokkyn, windong
Bark (used for making huts) boota, yoobil?
Big borong?
Black moorn
Blue yeeruk
Boomerang kēl, ky'lee
By and byboorda, meela
Camp, native kaal, kont, kala, beem
Carry, toburrong
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 colourtornt, 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
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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, thisballee
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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