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bindi'iianto (lit., white man's kangaroo), horse; also 

 bindara nantu. 



bindjanidia, making ; kaZa rjattu bindjanidja, I am making 

 a fire; ka/a bindjaru ! make a fire!; buju bindjaru ! 

 make a smoke ! These imperatives are in the 

 singular; if addressed to several persons the phrase 

 would be: ka^a (buju) bindjanidja! 



bidia, eldest son in a family. Mrs. Newchurch gave me 

 the following words, which are often applied as 

 names to the children, and retained by them 

 through life : bidia, first son ; gadidu, first 

 daughter; waria, second son; waridu, second 

 daughter; munaija, third son; munadu, third 

 daughter; mi/aija, fourth son; mi/adu, fourth 

 daughter; wa^^wia, fifth son; waT^udu, fifth daughter. 

 T. and S. give ''munaitya" as the name of the 4th 

 son, and ''munato" of the 4th daughter; ''midlaitya" 

 and "midlato" as the 5th son and daughter in the 

 Adelaide language. 



biryku, given as "rat" and said to = wara. T. and S. 

 give ''pingko" in the Adelaide language as ''a small 

 animal with a white tail which burrows in the earth" 

 — probably a bandicoot. 



bira, moon. 



budjaka, stumpy-tailed lizard ( = marawa^i). 



budna, chest (of body). 



buju, smoke. 



buZai, two; buZai nippu, two blackfellows. 



buZi, star. 



bundunja;, deaf adder. 



bu^gwidja, striking, hitting. 



burka, grey head, old man. 



burkiana, the country around Point Pearce Mission 

 Station, so-called from the number of ''oil-bushes"). 



burko, the oil-bush (Geijera 'parviflora). 



da.var8i (daihava,), mouth. 



<^a^pa ftsilipsi), lip. 



dalti, ear; rZa^ti danpa, deaf. 



(hamuli, grandfather (mother's father). 



dartu C^artu), hill. 



didn7;i, elbow. 



di:ja, teeth, set of teeth, a single tooth being y^urku. 



dintu, sun ( = tindo). 



dir;jara, young man. 



dudnja, sweetheart. 



gamidi, grandmother (mother's mother). 



gardinja, fine, handsome; gardinja marygara, a fine girl. 



