LANGUAGES OF SOME NATIVE TRIBES. 



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It will be observed that some of the mystic names in the 

 above list are formed from the common, by means of an 

 additional word; thus, bnrnki is added to waku, the com- 

 mon native word for crow, to form the mystic name of that 

 bird. Again, the porcupine is distinguished by the same 

 name as the human scrotum. I have before observed 

 obscenity connected with the porcupine in other tribes. 



The following is a short list of words from the mystic 

 language of the Kamilaroi tribe, which I collected when 

 attending the Bora ceremony held at Tallwood in 1895 1 : — 



English. 



Kamilaroi. 



Mystic. 



Kangaroo 



Bundar 



Ungogirgal 



Opossum 



Mute 



Birredburraburai 



Dog 



Buruma 



Gungumoal 



Eaglehawk 



Thirril 



Dhindhurringa 



Emu 



Dhinoan 



Ungodhulli 



Tree iguana 



Yuruncliali 



Birridhunbillirnga 



Carpet snake 



Yabba 



Milngulli 



Penis 



Dhun 



Dhunburringa 



Testicles 



Buru 



Biirumbunna 



Vulva 



Yangal 



Wungodhe 



Copulation 



Thadha 



Wunggogurrilli 



Anus 



Nyi 



Murumburnge 



Head 



Koga 



Kubbadhirba 



Forehead 



Ngulu 



Ngulumblal 



Hair of head 



Kah 



Budhubudhulnga 



Eye 



Mil 



Millungga 



Nose 



Muru 



Murunggun 



Ear 



Binna 



Binneyulaui 



Mouth 



Ngaih 



Ngaimball umbu 



Thigh 



D hurra 



Gunnimbar 



Foot 



Dhinna 



Gungu 



Teeth 



Yira 



Yirambunna 



Fire 



Wi 



Buddhamur 



Smoke 



Thu 



Thugabil 



1 " The Bora of the Kamilaroi Tribe/' Proc. Roy. Soc, Victoria, Vol. 

 ix., N.S., pp. 137 - 173. 



