kabi, water. 



kaka, head : kaka kancli, a black head of hair ; kaka 



tjilbi, a grey (old man's) head, 

 kalabudn, given as the name of a rockhole at Cape 



Thevenard. 

 kalbi, a leaf. 



kalda, the stumpy-tailed or sleeping lizard, 

 kandja, hair, 

 kanti, the thigh. 

 kara, a soak, pool ( ? = "kala" in "kalabudn''. kara 



minada was given as "Murat Bay," and is probably 



some spot in the neighbourhood, 

 karba (garba), house, 

 kari, just now ( ?) : tjesi da:lin kari uldin, the "Jessie 



Darling" (steamer) is just coming in (to the jetty). 



Schurmann gives "kari" as meaning "gradually, by 



and by" in Parnkalla. 

 karo, teatree (Melaleuca parrifora) . 

 kola, fire. 

 ku:ba, whitefellow, European. Schurmann gives "kupa" 



as meaning "dead" in Parnkalla, so perhaps we have 



here the same idea as is expressed in the Adelaide 



language, namely, that the white men are "revenants" 



— returned or reincarnated black men. 

 kuda, cannot : minja wanji 'kuda 'war/gan, the little 



girl (baby) can't speak. 

 ku:kata, wild blacks of the northern deserts, 

 kulgu, upper arm. 

 ku:ma, one. 



kumba, Solarium coactiliferum. 

 kurnan, elbow. 



kunbudn, Westringia Dampieri (a small shrub). 

 kundada, to strike, kill: pa/u kundada r/agu telga, I 



would like to kill and eat a sheep, 

 kundruba, kunjuba, kun'juraba, all given as the real 



native name of Koonibba [ku'nibs] Mission Station, 

 kurgadi, jump down ! 

 ku : tara (gudara), two: ku : nan ku:tara, two elbows; 



ku-tara mara, two hands. 

 na^Ua (na?/ga), man, blackfellow. 

 njinan, sitting, staying : r/adu njinan, I will stay (b3 T -me 



staying), 

 nu : ni, thou : nu : ni winda, go thou ! (imperative) : nu : ni 



win maldulu, you are going to-morrow, 

 nuujugu, your : nunjugu karba, your house. 

 nu:ri, you (plural), 

 ma, food. 



