THE THURRAWAL LANGUAGE. 



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Quail, moumbi 

 Eaglehawk, burumurring 

 Emu, mariang 

 Common magpie, karuk 

 Black magpie, wibbung 

 Black duck, yurungai 

 Mopoke, binnit 

 Night owl, budhawa 

 Bronze wing pigeon, kutging 

 Lark, murrajulbi 

 Rosella parrot, bunduluk 

 Blue Mountain parrot, warin 

 Greenleek parrot, kuma 

 Parrakeet, jirrang 

 Common hawk, kutthawai 

 King-fisher, jirramba 

 Pee-wee, birrerik 

 Plover, burranjarung 

 • Crane, durali 

 White cockatoo, kirrawe 



Fishes. 

 Perch, wuggara 

 Sprat, kumbara 

 Eel, burra 

 Gudgeon, duru 

 Turtle, kutukulung 

 Muscle, juggung 



Reptiles. 

 Iguana, wirriga 

 Water lizard, bidjiwong 

 Sleepy lizard, muggadung 

 Small lizard, bunburra 

 Black snake, jirrabity 

 Frog, kung-gung 

 Brown snake, murragauan 



Insects. 



Large locust, bulla 

 , Small locust, jirrabirrin 



Blow fly, marang 



Louse, bundyu 



Nit of louse, jagara 

 . Jumper ant, juljul 



Bull-dog ant (red), kut-mut 



Bull-dog ant (black), wuggajin 

 ... Centipede, jingring 



Mosquito, dyura 

 Scorpion, dundi 

 Green-head ant, kunuma 



Trees and Plants. 

 Any leaning tree, bulbi 

 Any dead tree, kwibul 

 Any hollow tree, birreko 

 Ti-tree, (soft bark), budjor 

 Ti-tree (prickly), bunya 

 Apple-tree, bunda 

 Stringybark, buran 

 Wattle, wattungulle 

 Ironbark (broad leaf), dirrabari 

 ,, (narrow leaf), muggargru 

 Cherry tree, kwigan 

 Gum-tree, yarra 

 Jeebung, mambara 

 Corkwood, kulgargru 

 Bullrushes, baraba 

 Yam, midiii 



Weapons, etc. 

 Tomahawk, mogo 

 Koolamin, kungun 

 Yamstick, kunni 

 Spear, of wood, kummai 

 Spear, reed, wari 

 Spear-thrower, womra 

 Spear-shield, hilamong 

 Waddy-shield, millathunth 

 Club with knob, kuburra 

 Club, plain, bundi 

 Boomerang, bumarail 

 Net bag, juguma 



Adjectives. 

 Alive, muthung 

 Dead, baletti 

 Large, mari 

 Small, ngurrang 

 Tall or long, kurare 

 Low or short, munal 

 Good, ngubaty 

 Bad, kuraji 

 Thirsty, durral 

 Red, jarri 

 White, burrakutti 



