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Yalgu, blood 

 Kordilari, circumcision 

 Onar, slit of the penis 

 Pika, wound 



Various Objects and Tkrms. 

 Kaianyu, sun 

 Banna, earth 

 Babba, water 

 Babba wanyi, rainwater tumble 



down 

 Wanyi, tumble down 

 Kulba, spear 

 Biakka, Cacatua los 

 Wulliui, pigeon (Ocypliaps lophotes) 

 Maka, horn 



Dyilgaru, Hakea Preissii 



Ulurbi, Hakea sp. 



Meru, spear- thrower 



Kaudi, the sharp piece of stone 



fastened at the end of the Meru 

 Parru, the cement to fasten the 



stone 



Kesiii of XanthoiTliea mixed witli saiic! 

 and dust. 



Pimbu, the hook of the INIeru 



Galga, barb of spear 



^ ei, head of sjjear 



'SA ardu, native M-illow (Pittosporum 



phillyroides) 

 Burdfirk, Acacia sclerosperma 

 Dunna dunna, Plagianthus Elderi 



Descriptive Vocabulaby of some of the Wokds ix usf of 

 Aborigines living round the south-western coast of Wfstffn 

 Australia, mainly obtained tJirough the assistance of C A 

 -raterson, Esq., at Perth. 



Mamma guarna, the almighty 



Verb, father of all. Mamma implies 

 something- high, lofty, or sublime. E.x., 

 Kotta mamma, a high hill, mountain. 

 Kotta also implies alwais something eleva- 

 ted, head, hill. A j'.ative if asked whether 

 « was true what he has stated will answer, 

 Bunna, true. If the (luestion is repeated, 

 as if his word was doubted, he would proba- 

 bly say, Kummijie, veri- true (often con- 

 ti-aoted to Kum). If still doubted, he will 

 solemnly say, Mamma kallidi, father under- 

 stands. 



Jingi, or Jinki, the evil spirit or 

 fear-inspiring being, something 

 akin to our devil 



When cattle were first introduced the 

 natu'es called them .Jingiringi, from the 

 great fear these horned beasts inspired 

 them with. This word is now corrupted 

 uito Yongerunga. 



Budyara, ground, earth, sand, land 

 Up, place 



Used as an affix. All names of places to 

 Che south of I'erth end in the syllable of uy 

 !.,,'?;■ Tuijarra should be written Piniar- 

 f«P, Mandurah be Mandurup, &c. In the 

 Las-tern districts, as far inland as Beverly, 

 3, perhaps further, the ending ain (often 

 X?A ™^' "* equivalent to wp of the southern 

 =^»a coastal tribes. If a black were asked, 

 X„V,"i',P "■*"° budyara? (What place vour 

 ground .' I Where do you come from ?1 ), his 

 answer would be Daldalup, Daldal place, or 

 wnatever other up he might come from. 

 VV ulnar, sea 

 Barabal, estuary 

 Jtelu, river 

 Gnunga, sun, star 



natvl"^ -"I "l^'e'^se"! 'V "^ sun." If a 

 natue wishes to say two days, he says, 



Kuyal gnmiga (two suns). The time of the 



rta.y he describes by the position of the sum. 



It he, therefore, makes an appointment he 



will i)oint in the direction ivhere the sun 



will be at the time, and expresses himself 



thus, Gnnnga alii gnaitch vul (Sun there I 



come). The blacks liave" a correct know- 



ledge of the cardinal points of the heavens. 



Yiral, North 



Euyal, South 



Gungal, East 



Wurdal, West 



Mikki, moon 



Marr, clouds, -vvind, hea^■cn 



Muko, rain 



Gabbi, water 



Karla, fire 



Munark, heat, hot 



Munark kabullara, very hot 



Bulla means many or a lot, and the pre- 

 nx and affix seems to be joined to tlie w-ord 

 to give it more emphasis. 

 Kurrajil, cold 



The r's are much rolled in this word im- 

 plying the derivation of it from shive'riii"- 

 and chattering of the teeth. 

 Buyi, stone. 



Biinnu, tree, also a stick, or wood 

 Kibera, ship 



Maorain, food as a general term 

 r>adger, flesh food, including fish 



food — special term 



A black asking for food, says Gnun 

 marram gnaitch gnung (You food me give) 

 If bread is offered, and he wants meat he 

 says, Gnaitch dadger yulup (I flesh hungry). 

 Maia, native hut 



Applied to house (:) 



