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wala, cross: wala mu nardu, very cross. 



walba, wind: walba mu'nardu wo-qgana wiljudu, a strong 

 wind blowing yesterday. 



walbala, a stranger. 



walbelbi, Tetragonia implexicoma (a climbing shrub). 



walur/u, quick: walu^u nidi, come quick! 



wanda (banda), a stone. 



wanpri, Ritraria Schrcebtri (a shrub with edible berries). 



wanji, female: wanji njildi ulan, the (girl) babv cries. 



wa^ga (wo^ga), talking: (of dogs) barking: (of the wind) 

 blowing: na^ka way/ga, blackfellows' talk: 7?adu 

 wa?7gan wiru?/a, I speak Wirrung : kudu wa?7gari, 

 they talk all day ; papa war/ga, the dog barks. 



wara, at once: 7?adu wara 'uldin, I am coming at once. 



warbal njurgada, an old woman. 



waru, kangaroo. 



wi : 9 (wi:9), mother. 



wi : Qua (wi9na), woman. 



wilbara, probably means any kind of vehicle, from Eng- 

 lish "wheelbarrow'' : wilbara uldin, the train is 

 coming : minJ9 wilbara, a wheelbarrow. 



wilbila, given as the equivalent of ku : ba : a white man. 



wilelbi, pigface (Mesembryanthemum cequilatercde), also 

 given as wildalbi. 



wilka, dog, domesticated dog. 



wima, a lot, many: wima jumbgra, many flies. 



win, going : jana win (ryadu win), I am going : winda, go ! 



wini, leg. 



wira, sky, heaven : wira kabi, rain. 



wirur/. the language of the natives near Denial Bav ; 

 wiruT/ wa^ga, to speak Wirrung. 



womboda, girl. 



wona, s^a, Narrinyeri. 



This is well-trodden ground, the Narrinyeri language 

 having been investigated at different times bv two mission- 

 aries, (5) one of whom (Mr. Taplin) had the advantage of 

 living for years as head of the Point Macleay Mission Station. 

 My vocabulary, obtained in 1892 from a native called 

 Karammi, shows considerable dialectic variation from what 

 may be called "standard Narrinyeri," as established by Mr. 



(3) "The Grammar of the language of the Narrinyeri Tribe 

 (and vocabulary) in 'The Folklore, Manners, Customs, and 

 Languages of the South Australian Aborigines." " Edited by 

 the la.te Rev. G. Taplin. Adelaide, 1879. 



"Vocabulary of the language spoken by the . . . tribes 

 in the vicinity of Encounter Bav, preceded by a grammar." 

 H. A. E. Mever. Adelaide. 1848. ' 



