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The stressed or accented syllable is indicated by the sign 

 ] placed before it, but in order to avoid the neces- 

 sity of accenting every word, it must be understood 

 that all words which have no mark of stress are 

 accented on the first syllable, whether they contain 

 two or more syllables. 



Letters and single words in the phonetic alphabet 

 occurring in the ordinary text are placed within 

 square brackets. 



Vocabulary of the Wirongu Language 

 [wi : ror/u wj^gitj. 

 alindjira, north, 

 a^gari, eye-brow, 

 baba, native dog. 



bala, ba'lardu, he she. bala 77a rbi, he is lying down, 

 bal'djindjir, coachwhip bird, 

 balgarda, seal, 

 bandji warlbu, ribs, 

 bani uldi, come here ! 

 bardjarda, native cat. 

 barna, long-tailed iguana, 

 baru, animal food, 

 barnbarn bu:lala, bell bird, 

 barnda (banda), stone. 

 bi:larl, pied bell magpie, 

 bilda, hip; also opossum, 

 bildabi (contraction of bilda gabi, opossum water), name 



of a waterhole in the Wookata district. 

 bi:na, ear. 

 bi:ra, moon, month, 

 bi : ri, fingernail. 

 bi:ria, heat (of sun). 

 bi : ri?7 warlba, sandhill, 

 birli, water-bearing roots of mallee. 

 bi : ru bi:run, sacred kingfisher (this is also a sacred bird 



with the aborigines), 

 bogun bogun, bell bird. 

 bu:ka (bu:ga), stinking, 

 burkabi (contraction of bu : ka gabi, stinking water), 



name of settlement (Bookabie), about 26 miles from 



Fowler Bay. 

 bu:kati, boot (from the English word). 

 bu:lgara, sandalwood tree, 

 bu:ndi, species of Acacia. 

 bu:ndja, mouse, 

 bundjin, white-shafted fantail. 



