44 AUSTRALIAN ABORIGIXES. 



NAMES OF MEN. 



The following are the names of men 



with their meanings : — 



Kaawim kuunawam 





... ' Hissing swan ' 



(Chief of the Kirrffi wnurong — 



' blood-lip 



— tribe, named after the noise the swans 



made w 



'hen he robbed their nests.) | 



Wombeet tuulawarn . . . 





... ' Rotten spear ' 



(From the old 



decayed spears his father carried. ) ] 



Gnuurnecheean 





. . . Hunting bag 



Puunmuttal 





. . . Bite meat 



Weerat kuyuut 



... 



. . . Eel spear 



Pundeet puulotong . . . 





. . . Dragger out of fat 



Teel meetch willa neung 





. . . Untied eel spear 



Wittin yuurong 





. . . Strips of skin 



Yambeetch ... 





... Swamp weed 



Laaweet tarnas 





. . . You eat my food 



Wuromkil wum-ong . . . 





. . . Long lip 



Pui-teetch wirrang ween 



• . * 



. . . Fight with fire-stick 



Wol muutang 





. . . Lightwood tree 



Gnunnahiniitch 





... Bat 



Peaalkoee ... 





... Redgum tree 



Wuruum kuurwhin . . . 



. . . 



. . . Long grass burning 



Wuuro killink 



. . . 



... Long waterhole 



Num-tekel wing 





... Deaf 



Muurose wuulok 





. . . Seed of long grass 



Tiyeer bariin 





... Spear knee 



Puimmimg... 



... 



... Swamp — local name 



Puunbat 





... Local name 



MaiTohmuuk 



. . . 



. . . Swamp — local name 



Puulepeetch 



... 



... Bald head 



Tuulirn beem 



. • . 



... Redhead 



Naaweetch... 





... Swamp water 



Tumeetch puuruutch 





. . . Calves with large veins 



WarrowiLl ... 





. . . Swamp — local name 



Wombeetch puyuun . . . 



... 



. . . Decayed kangaroo 



Wullae merrii 



... 



. . . Stony 



