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Mamiiiarup, mau 



Evidently " father of a place," which may 

 imply " the owner of the soil," althoujj^h no 

 land is owned hy individuals, as all is tribal 

 property. The r is interpolated to make 

 the word easier to pronounce, 



Gnungna, black man 

 Genga, white man 

 Yakko, woman 

 Mamma, father 

 Mame, mother 



This word sounds very lilfe that for father, 

 hut is not pronounced with the same em- 

 phasis, wherein the main difference lies, ft 

 is also used as parent in the i,'eneral sense. 

 Gnungan, mother 

 Kardu, wife or sweetheart 



Only applied to white man, but some- 

 times used when speaking about themselves 

 when endeavoring: to explain their relation- 

 ship to the whites. There are no special 

 terms for husband and wife in the black's 

 lanj^uajje. The man speaks of his wife as 

 his woman — Yakka ; .and the woman of her 

 husband as her man— Mannnarup. 

 Kulong, child of either sex 

 Katta, head or hill 

 Chua, hair 



(General term also, as well as the twisted 

 strinf^ made of it. 



Mel, eye, to see, seeing 



Mulya, nose 



Bulbira, piercing of the nose 



Twonga, ear 



I)a, mouth, lips 



Nalgo, teeth, to eat, eating 



Gnaitch marrain nalgo, I, food eaten 



Dallang, tongue 



Gnurnga, beard 



Ward II, throat 



Bugal, back 



Munga, shoulder 



Marra, arm 



^lara gnunga, fingers 



Biri mara, finger-nails 



Marraga, hand and fingers 



Minga, chest 



Gnundu, man's breast 



Bibbi, woman's breast, teats 



Ngambarn, tattoo .scars, tattooing 



Kurt, heart 



Daragarl, lungs 



Chupu, kidney 



Gobbel, stomach, belly 



This word is evidently .adapted from the 

 rumbhn<;f noise in the stomach, of which 

 the l>lacks so frequently are troubled with 

 when they are short of food. 



Murnu, seat 

 Gndlyara, anus 

 Tyundu, Mida, penis 



Vadyu, testicles 



IJjidji, semen 



Dardi, vagina 



Muyong, sexual connection 



Tills word illustrates the motion of this 

 act, and is g^enerally repeated. Example, 

 Gnaitch alii yakko bulla miiyongf ! miiyoni^ ! 

 (I that woman much, &c.). 



(iumbu, urine 



(ififma, excrement 



Bal guana dabbat, the excrement 



left or dropped 

 Daual, thigh 



Daual gidgi, spearing tlie thigh 

 Matta, leg 

 Burnioli, knee 

 Yinna, foot 

 Yinna gnunga, toes 

 ]5iri yinna, toe-nails 

 Gnaitch, I, my, mine, what 



Ex., Gn<aitch yinna, my foot ; Oiiaitch 

 niura kvvilla, what your name ? 



Gninnong, thou, thy, thine 



Generally abbreviated to gnin. 

 Bal, he, she, it, his, &o. 

 Kwabba, good 

 Windu, bad 

 Boyera, wicket 

 (>unno, true 

 Kwibbel, untrue, untruth, to steal, 



doing something unfair 

 Mindich, sick, ill, out of order 

 Kattidjbust twonga mindich, under- 



stanil not, ear sick 



If a black cannot or will not understand. 

 Kattidj, understand 

 Bust, not 



Nalgo min<lich, toothache 

 Wardu mindich, sore throat 

 Gobbel mindich, stomach ache, &o. 

 Dwarda, dog 

 Yokkain, dingo 

 Yauart, large male kangaroo 

 Warru, large female kangaroo 

 Kardok, yearling male kangaroo 

 Kauart, yearling female kangaroo 

 (-inui'iip, young kangaroo in pouch 

 Kupbardong, young kangaroo. 



Kupbardon^ means the youn^, or the 

 younsest, and applies equally to men as 

 well as other beiiitfs. 



Kulong, younger (comparative) 

 Burngup, wallaby 

 Wallin, kangaroo-rat 

 Gumal, (inulbon, opossum 

 Gumal chua, the twisted string 

 made of opossum hair 



Much used, but not prized like the chu» 

 of hiimaii hair. 



