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Pika, wouml, bleeding 

 Wadina, circumcision 

 Turta yarni, AUadiganti ?, the slit- 

 ting of the penis 



Various Objects axd Terms. 



Binanni, Yugal, Wadingaii, lieaven 



Yindu, sun 



Piya, moon 



(lililpi, Yinnani, Yuka, star 



The last two names are probably applied 

 to some special star. 



Manda, earth, sand 



Kaitiu, rock 



Wallu, range 



Kandi, flint 



Wannei, chalcedony 



Maddar, ochre 



Kapi, water 



Warru, fire 



Puyu, smoke 



Alte, charcoal (aslies?) 



Wiuda, spear 



Kadji, Kujarra, small spear 



Turtimba, Turti, Kukarungati, the 

 short, slightly - bent throwing- 

 stick which they always carry in 

 the bell for the purpose of throw- 

 ing at the game 



Meru, the spear-throwing lever 



Magulba, the hook of the Meru that 

 fits into the hole of the butt-end 

 of the spear 



Kandi, Kundi, Gundi, the stone 

 fastened at the end of the Meru 

 near the handle, and used for 

 shaving implements into shape 

 Generally a piece of flint. Vide supra. 

 Itidi, the resinous cement to fasten 

 the Kandi with 

 Xanthorrhea gum mixed with sand. 

 Wanuo, stout stick, ivith stone 

 chisel on one end. 

 Used for throwing at game as well as lor 

 working wood. 



Wanna, digging-stick (Yam-stick) 



h Ttk ^°"^ sounds very similar to Wanne, 

 Jr '\"^'''2is a distinction. I have never seen 

 "le blacks use the Wanne for digging pur- 

 poses. The Wanna is carried by everv one, 

 MCI constantly in use for the purpose of 

 "'ffgmg out all sorts of roots or animals. It 

 lb a, stout stick of about an inch in diameter 



pnrt t"™ ''""' *° f'^<' *°<=' long. The one 

 ™'t °' 't IS slantingly tapered from one side, 

 Mm the point rounded and well hardened 

 Ju thehre. 



Wera (small), Yilgalla (large). 



wooden bowl to carry food or 



water in 



The Wcra is also in constant use as a 

 shovel. After the ground has been loosened 

 by the Wanna, the earth is removed by the 

 Wera, and in a remarkably short space of 

 time a depth of several feet may be reached. 

 T have seen a couple of natives go down 

 with these simple tools a depth of over 

 three feet in less than ten minutes, and 

 secure a Myrmecobins fasciatus from its 

 lair. 



Abu, a piece of rock of any forma- 

 tion that may comfortably be 

 held in one or both hands, and 

 which is used for the purpose of 

 grinding acacia and other seeds 

 for food, as well as the pigments 

 _ that are used to paint the body 

 0, yes 



Wila amma, stonrach hungry 

 Chiggen, I have had my share 

 Angu, sleep, to sleep 

 Kuka, eat 



This word I took for a long time for a cor- 

 rupted term for cooking, but now believe it 

 to be a genuine aboriginal expression. 

 Ganba, vomit 

 Palka, strong, feig 



Zoological Oh.iects. 



Wainta, opossum 

 l.)aualpa, small marsupial 



Smaller than a kangaroo rat. 

 Metaka (the long a like in late), 



Largochestes 

 Malla Kulii (ii like in (ierman ue), 



the young of a wallaby sp. (Petro- 



gale lateralis) 

 Wallaveru, Wailiiura, eagle (A. 



audax) 

 Iteranga, hawk 



Maurka, pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) 

 Kurkur, owl 

 Wanna, redbreast (Kphthianura 



tricolor) 

 Wangu, nest 

 Nambu, egg 



Kay unga, flown away, to fly away 

 1 got this word when trying to get the 

 gun to shoot a hawk, and kept a black 

 watching the bird. 



Murlinga, lizard (Hinulia Lesuourii) 

 Jindalpa, frilled lizard (Amphi- 



bolurus barbatus) 

 Makobundi, larva of Cossus sp. 

 Pia, snail shell 



Botanical Ob.hcts. 

 Putta, grass 



