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LANGUi-\GE
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house: ngawoort I kwarnt
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THE HEAD KAA T (see next page)
EYE: miyel
NOSE: moaly / moly
MOUTH: djaa
shoulder: moorlany ny;yarl
elbow: IJ9..QY I
ngoOyoor
wrist: kwoliny
hand: mar \
finger marak
pirika
thumb: ngangka mar ngangk
knee: bonitj
leg: maat
calf muscle: woolitj
hamstring (Achilles
tendon miri
ankle (inside bal kart / bl1ak
MAN NYOONGAR (NYUNGAR)
HAIR of the. HEAD; kaat djoomboor
EAR: dwangk
CHIN: yet I yat
THROAT: wort
shoulder blade djerdini
chest: ngoornt
skin: maap I mop
stomach: kaboorl koboorl
navel: bilY·
back: moordin lower back:
bookal
backside: kwan
hip bone (pel-vis): kwelak·
thigh muscle / femur: lli.j
testicles: YQtj
penis: mert
left hand: mara djoowoorl
right hand: mara ngoornmoorn
heel: mon ankle (outside): darnt
toenailS: ngamari I biri
toes: dJen {Li r; ka
THE HEAD
kaat
. bald head: kaat birlowiny grey-haired: djendalak
brains: doorndakl noorakoort 7 nYOOrndlyak
eyebrow: mimboorn mlmblrnl mlngort ear: dwangk .
cheeks: kalyatl karnak! ngarlak
beard/neck: . ngarnak
chfnJ' jaw: yet/yat
saliva/spit: dely
tooth: ngorlak
throat: wort
tongue: djaaliny
HAIR:
- forehead: baap I yirnoong
eye: m;yel/mel /' --
_ .~......... ~ / cataract: - "-" '-J bamba 1 a /". - 1) face: yll <.. '-- moo 1 ymari
') <:-11 ' mouth I 1 ips: ~""-"'- I ./ djaa
), 10/mouth palate: "'-:"':'1 7 »'!J _ koonyang
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body hair! fur: djoomboor
J.ead hair: kaat djoomboor I kaat djoowiny
pubic hair: nyanyi I djowiny mondar
underarm hair: ngaly djoomboor
eyelashes: miyel djoowiny
moustache: mininy
whiskers: ngarnak I ngarnuk
throat: wort
flesh: (also animal meat): daatj
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underarm sweat: kipilyang
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unmarried girl: boongarn
marriageable girl: manga
mother: ngangk •
father: maam
sweetheart: koordamart
heart: koort
soul: kadjan / koordoormitj
abdomen:' koboorl
'pubic hair: nyany; / djowiny mondar
hip: kooldji
naked: balak / wodJa woorliny
buttock: bay
umbilicus cord:
having sex: moony / moo yang / dwabern / dJoony - dJoony
semen: kwantj / koondjit
pregnant: kooniny-yara J kwoboolool 7 boodjari
womb: doomboo --vagina/vulva: beYirnl1~h"" djabi J dert
blood: !l9.QQ
WOMAN
YOK / YOKA
old woman:- fgbas1i
(And words for body fluids and some sensitive items)
possum fur:headband: koonyi
kangaroo skin cloak:' booka I bwoka,
breast: mimi I maomi / ---n-ini
bii / ~p-m001Y kidney: djoorp
liver: mayoor
carrying dish: mirlkoorn
young child: kooniny
teardrops: melyan
urine: koomp
intestines: barak
anus/dung/faeces: kwan I kwun / -,wonama.-
fat: djeroong / dJlrang
lungs: wal"an / wa yal
nasal discharge: moolyarak
pus (from boi 1 ): koont
,,( from eyes): kooly
wandjberi I warrakoorl
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INSECTS AND THE SPIDER FAMILY
~~ MINGA KAR
--- ANTS: bidit I boololo
. ./1{-J // Argentine ant: boodjiny .
I black stinging ant: kardabardak \ ~ bull ant: kirlar I klrl1rl
~ d~'\-...JiI..- "'lr- little red stlnging ant: kaany ~ 4r meat ant: karirt I min it _~ white ants (termites : wlrt ~' ant hill {termite mound~ ~ widjet I woodiny I mooyalatj ~.:-;:-:~-
. __ ~ . - "r- ;J: FLIES: noort (gen.)' noordoo
boornarr
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kar (gen.) /
trapdoor spider: kar / kararr and black spiders~tc.
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[t·. -~- ..... -. .. . ' J7"~-'- centl pede: kanbarr
great grandfather: mam; ngoorrangdener
RELATIVES
MOORT I NGOONGOOLONG
~~ great grandmother /" ~ 1,,-\ nyidJo
old man: bworan f} old woman: kabarl i
[ father's eldest brother: maaman birditj
, brotherin-law ngooldja / n9001yar
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father'-s sister:
maam YOK
grandparents: dem I moyiran
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Itt I my father X mother mother-s mother's maambart ngangk brother: sister: maam kon9k / djook
kongk
I I I I spouse X me sister brothers: ngoo~ koort ngany brother elder bro.ngoon
sweetheart koordamart
cousin young ·bra: woort ngoorden
r------------ -only child son daughter koonyat nObint gap
2nd e dest child: mardidjit el est girl: 3rd son: kardang kawit smallest Chlld: kOObidia youngest baby son: mar wit /
maawlt young child (~~ kooniny '~:f f2~ ~,::, ~~) .~~~
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PEOPLE . 'NYOONGAR (NYUNGAR) PARLANG
man. name. of SW tribe: Noongar (Nyungar)
woman: yok I yoka
non-Aboriginal: wadjala I nyidiyang
medicine man: mabarn I malka moorditj
God: Maaman y;ra
one's own father maambart
policeman: manatj I yoodila manof importance:
witchdoctor. healer: kabap
the little people: balyat
evil spirit: djanak I djenak
tiny hairy men: mamari
evil Jl mischievous little man: wQordatj wQordatji (plural)
stranger: warn I woona
ghost (also whiteman): moondoong
a devil: moorli moorl1
deceased person: nootj
c-: warda kadak ~,,",,\
the boss: birdiya
old man: bworan featherfoot:
djinakarbi
clever person: dookatj
child,. youth: koorlong
children: koorlongka
baby son: maawit
greedy person: ngambali
thin one: ko rl djoorla
spirit of the dead ...... IIGiIiiOio~~ ;ar=~'-o~.~~~~ie:r fat one: koboorl koort
wern / wirn
dead person's bones: werna djooloor
a poorly person: mandjang/nyornditj
a giant ogre: djimba
a good spirit: djin-djin
a lustful person: mardong
'. a joyial person:
koora wQoriny
a childish man: nop noongar
a child just walking: nap I noba
(This page also includes mythical beings)
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blackboy: balak / balka / bar
blackboy (grasstree): kooroop
paperbark: bibool / yowarl
red mal lee: birdidjit
white mal lee: doorditj
York gum: djaawit
TREES
BOORN
red gum: kardan I koorden / mari
acacia (with editile seeds): koonart
sheoak: kwel
Quandong: kwonding I wang
Christmas tree: moodjar I moondjak
mal lee scrub: moorook white gum: wornt
jam tree: mangart
wattle: kalYang
.shield tree: kardil
forest: djaril-mari
native peach: wongoop
sandplain·tree:
moongarlkoorook
broom bush: barang
mallee roots, nuts:
koodjat
dry tree stump: yinar
sandplain bush:
mindalong
~bullrushes: yandjet
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Head decoration: ( feathers) : bidang I ngower
neck band (possum fur): boo roo I boorooro
cloaks (kangaroo skin)bwok I bwoka I booka I doorloop
kangaroo skin: kwart
carry bag: kaot I kooda I -""'", ....... kaoda-kooaa
knife: darp
shoes. bootS. sandals:
charcoal: kop
gum: min I miyan
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head band (possum fur): koony;
ornament for head or arms {human hair}: woondoo
skewer. dress pin~ birnt
aist band (possum fur): noolbarn.
girdle (human hair): nidjara
rope: madj;
paper: mili-mili
money: boya I boorndoong
(also rock. stones)
djen bwok I
djena bwoka (plural).
DWELLINGS
karlak" karl;l 'home is where the fire is' (karl 'fire i • tcampt.)
a hut on·the shouler of a hill: koongkamaya
camping place: karl '--, karl i 1 / karl eri
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cover: (roof or blan~et): woka
hut: may I maya I maya-maya
our place: ngala maya
shade: malo I norlok I woordak
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heartland: koorda boodjar
house: ngawoort / kwarnt
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FOOD, DRINKS, EXTRAS.
FLESH FOODS
meat: datj I daatj
See under "Snakes", "Lizards and GoannaSn~ "Marsupials 1&2 n
Meats still relished today:
grey kangaroo: yongka
brush wallaby: kwer ( \ ,
See also "Birds", "Fish".
DRINKS: tea, tea '~reaves: mangka honey drink: djilya (honey: ngook), beer: djeyin I kawoon wine: ngarlangl ngQQ.1 kepa I kap whisky (lit. 'fire-water'):
wadjan kep
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vegetable food:.
damper: mereny I mandjarli
flour: djari / djeri
grain: kwolak
Berries, roots# nuts, See under "Trees and Plants". Some berries: mal
kalbari karnak koorak Kwonding I wang
York nut: marda Leaves of wild carrot:
ngoolyirt breast milk: nini I bib~ -~j
. . ~~"3tI(~ eggs: noorook egg yolk: nadjiny tobacco, cigarettes: boolkoo I ngamari
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I ~1PLEMENTS
Wood: boorn stone: boya SPEARS
--light straight spear: boorndoon "STICKSI1 Doorn.
--flint-head spear: djimbarl hitting stick: koondi--t
women's digging stick: wan-.
-single-barb spear: kitj / kitji
throwing stick: dowak-a;::::::;3
--fighting spear: djoona I bangkarl
message stick:boorn
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boomerang: kerl I kayili
-shield: woonda
I~ ~_.---' carrying dish: rnirlkoorn I
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Corroboree: kobori
Dances: kakarook
midar / mirdar (red ochre)
Songs: doodjarak
yewool I y;wool
singing: warangka
Dream I dreaming: koondarm
Corroboree paints:
mardaa
mirdar wilk
Shout.af praise: Woola!
whistle: ~irn (spirit of dead)
whistling: wardiny (
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camp fire: karla
FIRE
KARL
hot: karlang
quartz flint (for fire-lighting): bilying
fire lighting up: karla woorliny burning: naariny
................... -~~:~firewood:
karl boorn
wood, charcoal: kop
boorn I bonao
cooking: dookerniny
Go back to camp: karla koarl. -.
axe: kotj
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Stars: yabinl I dilyern I djinda I dJindoon I djoornt I maldiny
night·time: djadoolook I kedalak Black night: moordang I --~~ . moonawool iny
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billowing clouds: mar; warabiny
thunder: malkar / koondarnangor
lightning: babanginy
cloud: koondart
sun:
rainbow:
dawn: dj;dar
1 i 9 ht of rno rn i n g: . bin a
whirlw;'nd: mo'no~wirli-wirTl
horizon (where the river reaches the sky): .:.:..:..;mo=-=o;..:..:..;;m.=.;::;;..:...~~
miyak I maant I
miki
==-moonfight: mikang
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fog. misty rain: d ---"-"'---"'-
<-:""_ ~~L- shadow: malldji / -~=s ....... malo I norlok
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land breeze: nangkat
wind blowing dust: keniny ~~-- .-' raining heavily:
frost: koorbon --::-?
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sunset": Sunrise: ngangk yira ngangk barloon in
kedala
ngangk ngardak ngangk w;rdiny
Olden times, a long time ago: kwedjan~ I kwidjang .. before~ long ago: koora I kooralong
today~ now: ~ I yeyer
brief time, a moment: dji future time, thereafter: mila
tomorrow~ benang some day, sometime: benang-benang
soon: boordja later on: boorda I boorda-boordak I boorda warang.
always, continually. forever: kalyakool / kalyokooll wardel
That's enough for now! Kenyak yey. Wait! ~alakitj.
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boodjera outdoors: bandak . horizon: moombaka
-==== .~ -~~ - -~ ~ ~ -::...~-"'''''''''' parched ground: D.arli-n§--Ran~e··:~··kada mordo -- ,,~ koolbar .
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sandPl!!JO; kwangkan _ .. -----.:... running water: ___ n_ kepitj
thicket: malak
amar
dust: dooka
swamp country: place: moyootj
heartland~ island: A "-.
koorda boodJor _ cave: ----c ---------,doomboon
~ '--= ' ------_. -sea wat~J: mambakoort I --.---.-~ '--__ ~
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Where? natj? I windja?
West: marawar I yirel South: kongal
a long way off: kadjali
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ahead, in front of: koodjookat
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dookaniny
out,)fr;s: may-may
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going away: wort-koorliny this side of:~
yoorlboorli her~~ this one:
nidja / niny
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Stop! Nganap! Stand clear! kooranyak Return: korl-koorl!
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Red kangaroo:
marl 00
Native cat: djurditj
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MARSUPIALS
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djudiny
Grey kangaroo: yongka
Brush-tail wallaby:
kwer I kWQora
Kangaroo rats:
Long-tail: bankot
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... \.J ... 4'· ;?:" '" , rabbit bcindicoot, bilby
djalkat / dalkitj
possums (male): kelang
( f ema 1 e ): koorna 1
echidna: nyingarn
banded
ringtail possum:
ngwayir
wallaby. short-tailed
pademelon. Quokka:
kwoka I kwokurr
short-nosed bandicoot: kwenda /
kwernt / ~..:....:....;:;
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LIZARDS and GOANNAS
Frilled dragon~~~w lizard: Bearded ·dragon: kalari badart
Mountain or thorny devil: Blue-tongued skink: wa
Some small lizardi: djidong barrl-barri wandi-wandi
Race-horse goanna: kardar
yoorlart
Gecko: bibdjool
Lace monitor: manarr Black goanna:
yongki I yoondarn
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/t1A. ~, ;. v-. ) (.... ~ Death adder: kwont ~
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Water snake: madjit
Black-headed red snake~ marnngany-marnngany
Dugi tes: dobi tj I kabart~~~r:::fl1~
A poisonous snake:
Black snake: noorn
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Diamond head: kir
Another type: moyoop
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BIRDS Arranged alphabetically.
"Sel·lbird K, Plover or Dotterell (qv): dirl-dirl
(See also under Wader.) bird (generally or specifically): djert Bustard l the wild Turkey: koarli Butcherbird: wardawort
Cockatoo, Black: manatj (also 'policeman')! ngoorlak Ingoolya " Red-tailed: yiibi I karak I ngoorla n White-tailed: ngoolyarak I ngoolyarnak
Cormorant, ? Little .black Shag: koordjokit n Great (Black Shag): kart-kart n Pied: kakak
Crane, Blue Heron: kanyar Crow, Raven: ward~ng I waroong Cuckoo, parasitic (Probably the Golden Bronze): waaly I djilybar Curlew and Swan: wirloo I wirlo "Death Bird" or "Devil Bird" (probably the Night Hawk): nyoorlam,
(said to be a 'female. ghost' ), kwardilyang and a mythical bird wirnamitj said ·to be a giant bird whose tracks only may be seen today_
Dotterel, Red-kneed: dirl-dirl Ducks (generally): yerderap .• 81 ack: ngwonan / yet / yerderap
n Mountain: ny;marak I yimeruk Eagle: walitj I warlitj Eaglehawk: koordoop I yelta Emu: wetj I wedjeroop, Flycatcher~ The Restless; also Scissors Grinder and Willy-wagtail:
djidi-djidi I djirring-djirrin9 Galah. Pink and Grey: djakal-ngakal
·Gull, ?ilver: djeringkarra Hawk, Brown; Chickenhawk: karrkany . Hawk~ Night (maybe a Night jar): nyoorlam (Its call: nyoo-nyoo) Kingfisher: kwiwok Kookaburra: kaa-kaa I kooka-kooka Lorikeet, Purple-cro~ned: kawoor
" Grass Parrot: bilobiridi I kawar
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Magpie: koolbardi I koorrabert Mallee fowl: ngawoo Miner/Mynar, Yellow-throated: biyooro / byooro I baly MODoke: nyawoQ-nyawoo I worap Mudlark: koolyabarak I dilaboort Owl, Brown: wiroo " White-fa~ed: nyiwaloong " Barn: yoowintj n Night: yartj " Tawny Frogmouth: djoowi I kombany " Spotted:· minar / munar
Pigeon, Bronzewing: nembing I marnbi Plover or Dotterel1: dirl-dirl
Also called Wader: kil-kil I dilabert Parakeet (see al·so Lorikeet): kaw~rt / kanor Parrot, Smoker: koora I kooran
.. Small Purple (Lorikeet): kaawar II
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Twenty-eight: doornart I dwarnart King: deldi-deldi I dely;p Rosella: bardinar
Pelican: bilarbong "Police Bird" (See "Death Bird", "Devil Bird") kwartilyang Quail, Stubble: boorlam Robin., Red: dermokal itj ... SCissors Grinder (See also Willy Wagtail): wirring I djid;-djidi Shag (See Cornorant) Silvereye: doolor Swallow, Golden (Australian Bee-eater): birrongawoo
" Mountain or DuskyWood: kayibort II Welcome: moorningwilboor
Swan, Black: maali (Also called the same as Curlew): wil~r
Tawny Frogmouth (Owl): djoow; I kambany Turkey, Wild (Bustard): koorl; "Wader" (Probably the Dotterel): dirl-dirl Wattlebird: dongkarak .Willy Wagtail (Restless Flycatcher): djidi-djidi I
djirring-djirring
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FISHES
DJIlDJIT
shark: kwila dolphin: kwilena
bream: barndi I djilba
snapper: yolka
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mirdarang I kwoola
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cobbler: nyola
flathead: nolka
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