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Pheasant Boan Boan 



Swallow Bullen Bullen 



Feathers Boona 



Miscellaneous. 



Sound heard at a distance, Curra, as for instance, " la 

 Walloogo Ourra Ooobarool," I hear the sound of his 

 tomahawk in the Gidyah tree. 



Where Yungadee 



Flood Wirran 



Fear Bunga 



Frightened Bungine 



Enough Punda 



Pull Away Booria 



That will do Unoo 



Alas (in sorrow) Pegooroo 



Alas (in pity) Yakii 



Wonderful Yakie 



Close up Yarro 



Longway Cowrie 



Honey Carba 



I go to catch fish la Goyogo 



Flower Munga 



Fruit (wild currant sweet) Boorum 



Possum cloak Combo 



Waterlily root (used for food) Dooey or Cooney 



Waterlilyseed(used for bread) Pundy 



Yam Coothia 



Smoke Tugar 



Tail Boongha 



Tree Tular 



To Lie (untruth) Mootheroo 



You are a liar Iuder Mootheroobur*a 



Wind Ebara 



Yard (enclosure) Warra Warra 



Grass Mooloo or Bogan 



