46 AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. 



Parputeen ... ... ... ... Full 



Yeetpuyeetch kamaraung 



. . . Breathless 



Marrokeear tung an . 





... Broken teeth 



Purtkserae ... 





... Knock dirt off tree 



Gnaknii neear 





... Stutter 



Koronn 





. . . Feather 



Kuulem karrank 





. . . Wattle bloom 



Peertob ... 





... Lake 



Piik kuiiruuk 





. . . Water weed 



Tumbuum ... 





... Native daisy 



Moyuup 





. . . Flower (with edible root) 



Nullor 





. . . Drosera 



Peekim 





. . . Flower of the yam 



Mundamin... 





. . . Snap with mouth 



Muinpa apuumeen . 





. . . Kneading 



Kummorntok 





. . . Name of bird 



Weeitcho tseiinyaar . 





. . . Plaj-f ul leaves 



Tuppuun ... 





... Water lily 



Names of women, without theii 



meanings : — 



Meen baabumeen Kuulandarr 



NiiTtemeetch kuuronong Buung'guEe 



Wiitpurneen Yatneetch pilteniung 



Poatpoteen Yillin tuupeheaar 



Puunameen Kuumameen 



Luppirnin nullohneung Kunningjuung 



Yenkombeen Morprsewimgnong 



Luupir pumeen Peeka 



Yaabuur 



The distinction of gender between these proper names, though not recog- 



nizable by the white man, is discerned at once by the aborigines. 



Besides proper names, some men are nicknamed after peculiarities in their 



persons, or habits, such as — 



Kuunjeetch ... ... ... Blind 



Kiiammimg ... ... ... One eye 



