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Aboriginal doctor, clever man
wiringin
Aboriginal man
giwiirr
Aboriginal man; Aboriginal person
dhayn
Aboriginal man: initiated man; important man; Aboriginal man
yuurray
Aboriginal person; Aboriginal man
mari
Aboriginal woman
yinarr
Aboriginal woman, married woman
wirringgaa
above
ngarribaagili
absolutely, too right
giirruu
accent: pronunciation, accent; tune, intonation
dhaalan
across: crosswise, across; non-marriageable (woman)
nganbirr
Adam's apple, throat; passage, cattle race
wun.guwi
adder: death adder
mundharr
,
murrubi
affectionate: little
-ili
afraid, frightened
garigari
,
giyal
,
gun.gun
afterbirth
wangali
afterwards
buwabiila
again
yaluu
again: first again
milanburr
alas!: poor (helpless), pitiful; silly; alas!, oh dear!
ngarragaa
alcohol: white; clear alcohol
balaa
alcohol: white; clear alcohol; methylated spirits
banggabaa
alert, watchful
milgumilgu
alive
murrun
all
-aaba-li
,
ganu
all day, on-going, habitual
-ngaya-li
all over the place
wiyalwiyal
all over the place: untidy, all over the place
dhurradhurraa
all possible
-luu
all right
ngaayay
all right: good, well; all right, correctly; well (healthy)
gaba
all right: okay! all right!
ngaayaybaay
all; whole; everything
ganungawu
all: consume all (of the food or drink)
gurra-li
all: everything, all
gurrugurru
almost, nearly
ngaliman
alone
biyaduul
alone, friendless; unique
mamaldhalibaa
alone, only one
milanduul
also, too
-bula
alternative name
bilaan
always
dhugay
,
yaliwunga
ancestors
maran
ancestral eagle man
Maliyangarr
and
gaalanha
and, another
ngaragay
,
ngayagay
angophora (apple tree)
bulamin
angry
yiili
angry person
yiiliyiiliyan
angry; savage
yiiliyanbaa
angry: annoy, make someone angry
yiili burranba-li
animal: meat; meat (totem); animal
dhii
animals: ground-dwelling animals
dhaymaadhi
ankle
baranggal
,
ngawurr
annoy, make someone angry
yiili burranba-li
another, other
murrunbaa
another: and, another
ngaragay
,
ngayagay
answer
gara-li
,
gaya-li
ant (any, black); shrimp
giidjaa
ant nest: male echidna; echidna ant sack; ant nest
gadhuu
ant: black ant
dhuwiyuwiy
ant: bull ant
burudha
,
buyuga
,
gabiyan
ant: common ant
ganal
ant: greenhead ant
bayaarr
,
muwan
ant: jumper ant
milbaawaay
,
milbarawaay
ant: meat ant
buurrngan
ant: small brown ant
wamuwaa
ant: sugar ant
barrawaraay
ant: type of ant
gaalan
ant: white ant, termite
baamagaaliyan
anus
nyii
apple tree: angophora
bulamin
apple tree: emu apple tree, gruie
guri
,
guwi
arched: bent over; arched, bowed
dhuli
area: clear area, camp area
maraay
arm; wing; branch
bungun
armband
bununggaa
armlet: woman's armlet
gumil
armpit
gidjigidji
,
yuuwirr
around a fire: close to a fire, around a fire
guwiinbarraan
around: right around
yalagidhaay
around: turn around, revolve; turn into, transform; tangle up
gayarra-y
ashes
girran
ask for
miinba-y
ask; beg
dhaya-li
astonished: be astonished
yuulbaarra-y
at somewhere
minyaayawaa
at that time, then
yalagiirrmawu
at: to/at/on me
nganunda
at: where at?
minyaaya
attack
buwawa-li
aunt (father's sister)
gamiyan
,
giluu
aunt (mother's older sister)
burrul ngambaa
aunt (mother's younger sister)
dhugaaga ngambaa
aunt: mother-in-law (husband's mother); aunt (any), aunt (man's father's sister)
walgan
aunt: mother; aunt (mother's sister)
gunii
,
ngambaa
aunt: mother; aunt (mother's sister); female
gunidjarr
Australasian grebe, diver (bird)
dhiinbin
Australasian shoveler duck; whistling duck
dhibayuu
Australian bustard: plains turkey, Australian bustard
gumbulgaban
Australian kestrel, nankeen kestrel
wala
Australian raven: crow, Australian raven
waan
avoid
biyuugu yanaa-y
awake: wake up, awake
dhirra-li
axe handle
birra
axe mark
baayl
axe-face spirit
Nguluyuundu
axe: stone axe, tomahawk
birran.gaa
,
gambu
axe: stone axe, tomahawk; axe
yuundu
Babarra: brown and yellow snake; Babarra
babarra
babbler: grey-crowned babbler
dhadhalurraa
baby
birraliidjuul
,
gaaynggal
,
wamban
baby: child; baby
birralii
baby: cry-baby; cranky
yumbu
baby: spoilt child, cry-baby
yungiirr
bachelor: one male emu; bachelor
ganduwi
bachelor's camp
wiidhaga
back
-uwi
,
-uwi-y
back (body part)
bawa
back log
wiigun
back of knee
gayarr
back of neck
nhan
back: behind, back
ngaya
back: bring back, take back
gaaguwi-y
back: come back, go back, return
dharrawuluwi-y
back: go home, go back
yanaawuwi-y
back: put back, return
yuwanma-li
backbone, spine
guriya
,
guuyaa
backwards
miirrmiirr
bad mood
gagil guuyay
bad spirit
bagii
bad-weather camp
dhirrinbaa
bad, no good; Coghill
gagil
badly, carelessly, not right
gamil maaru
,
waal maayu
bag; pouch (kangaroo)
man.garr
bag: clever man's bag; spirit holder
bundurr
bag: net bag; fish net; goanna eggs
gulay
bag: tea bag
dhii man.garr
bag: water bag
galinmay
,
miidja
bag: woven bag
waygal
baked soil
barrin
bald
wagibaa dhaygal
bald head
biirra gawugaa
ball, ball game; testicles, balls
burugalaa
,
buugalaa
Ballone: great egret; Ballone (place and river)
baluun
balls: testicles, balls
bugalaa
,
buru
,
buu
banana
bundul
banana: native banana
gaagulu
banana: native banana yam
biyarrbirr
,
giban
banded plover
bundabul
bandicoot: golden bandicoot
barrawan
bandicoot: western barred bandicoot
guru
,
guyu
bandy bandy snake
dhuyubagan
bandy legged
buyu wayawaya
Bangate: black-tailed native hen; Bangate
baan.giirr
bank: river bank
baga
bank: sloping river bank
wanba
bank: steep bank
ngandirr
,
nganggil
bare: dry, empty, bare; thirsty; Pallal
balal
bark
gula-li
bark canoe
bunduurraa
bark container
gumbilgal
bark discs: game with discs and spears; bark discs
wanggalay
bark hut; tin canoe
dhaadharr
bark sheet
dhayaarr
bark throwing stick: club; bark throwing stick
wagarraa
bark: burial bark; coffin
nhiirruu
bark: dog bark
waalwaal
bark: flaking bark
dharraa
bark: kurrajong bark
giyawaan
,
muramin
bark: large bark vessel
yabil
bark: manna (on bark)
dharraabiin
bark: piece of bark
yarraadharr
bark: quinine tree; quinine bark
gadibundhu
bark: tree bark
bidjal
bark: tree bark; tin; canoe
nganda
barking owl
muurrguu
barn owl
nguunguu
,
wanggii
barrel, bucket
baril
barter
wuurriyala-y
Barwon River
Baawan
base; bucket base
buu
bat
ngarraadhaan
bat: fruit bat, flying fox
bibaaya
bathe, paddle; dive, duck under
wunga-y
battle
girray
,
wuurraa
battle ground
girraybaa
battle spirit; location
Wurrawaadhiyan
be astonished
yuulbaarra-y
be born: give birth; lay egg; be born
gaanga-y
be buried
nhamurra-y
be caught
bayama-y
be covered: cover (self), be covered
buluba-y
be cut; choke
garra-y
be full of food
garrabi-y
,
mubal muurra-y
be hit
buma-y
be hot: burn; be hot; burn with pain; cook
gudhuwa-y
be in, be inside
wa-y
be lonely
walindja-li
be lost
wanggarra-y
,
warrayaa yanaa-y
be on top; be up
ma-y
be quiet; be still
dhabi-y
be sick
wiibi-li
be sick: feel sick, be sick
dhaala-gi
be still: be quiet; be still
dhabi-y
be sweet on: love
guwiirrnga-li
be up: be on top; be up
ma-y
be wrapped
marramba-y
beak: nose; beak; point
muru
beard, whiskers; moustache
yarray
bearded dragon, frilled lizard
balawagarr
,
dhalagal
,
dharri
,
wuulaa
because, therefore
waama
because: from; because of; circumstance
-DHi
because: like that, in that manner; because (consequence)
yalagiirrma
become
burranba-y
become: be, become (get); going to (do something); goes to (leads)
gi-gi
bed
dhiyaagarra
bed: prepare a bed; spread
dhiyaagarra-li
bed: put someone to bed
dhanduwiyma-li
bedroll: blanket; bedroll
dhiyaagarri
bee droppings; Coorigel
guligal
bee-eater: rainbow bee-eater
birrubirruu
bee; honey
warangana
bee: native bee
guni
bee: queen native bee
guniinii
bee: worker bee; bee's nest; honey
warrul
bee's nest: worker bee; bee's nest; honey
warrul
bee's wax, wax spout
mayaarr
beefwood tree
mabu
beer
badha gali
beer: piss, urine; beer
giil
beetle: type of beetle
ganangganaa
before dawn: dark
muran
before, yesterday
-ayla-y
before: hold on, not yet; before
gamilu
,
waalu
beg: ask; beg
dhaya-li
begin
burra-li
beginning
yilaambiyal
behind
bawadhi
,
ngayaga
behind, back
ngaya
belah tree swamp
murrgugal
belah wood sparks
murrguwidjuwii
belah: spear; swamp oak, belah tree
bilaarr
belah: swamp oak, belah tree
murrgu
bellbird: crested bellbird
banbandhuluwi
belly: stomach, belly, guts
mubal
bellybutton: navel, bellybutton
bigal
,
wirrigaal
belonging to: movement to; purpose; belonging to; for
-gu
below: underneath, below
ganhaga
belt
dhabilga
,
gudhurr
belt: man's belt
wayuwaal
belt: string, rope; fishing line; hair-string belt
buurr
belt: woman's possum-fur belt
wangal
bench: log bridge; stool, bench
gulaay
bend down, stoop; lean over
dhuli-y
bend: river bend
wabu
bendy stick; stock whip
wulbul
bendy: flexible, bendy
wulbuwulbu
bent over; arched, bowed
dhuli
bent: crooked, bent
warawara
,
wayawaya
berry: small berry
yawurr
best; champion
gandjarra
betrothal of babies
baanmal
better
gababala
better: fix, heal, make better
maaruma-li
,
maayuma-li
bettong: kangaroo rat
milaya
between: crack between teeth; bite off; chop
baaya-li
biceps
buba
bicycle
badjigal
big
-bidi
big club: fighting club, big club
bugu
big mob: crowd, big mob
dharaa
big toe
gunidjarr baburr
big tree
maalaabidi
big, much
burrul
big: prominent
-wan
bigamist
dharraawaa
bigger: make bigger, spread out
waluwarr bunma-li
bilby
bilba
,
dhuluun.gayaa
billycan
biligiyaan
bimble box tree
bibil
bird
dhigaraa
bird trap
dhiilgulay
,
murragal
bird-trapping place
Dhiilgulaybaa
bird; feathered tribe
dhigayaa
bird: Australasian grebe, dive
dhiinbin
bird: blue bonnet
bulaybulay
bird: crane
garraagaa
bird: dollar bird
dhanibanban
bird: Jacky Winter
dhunidjuni
bird: mistletoe bird
baandjil
bird: noisy friar bird
dhaguway
bird: soldier bird, miner bird
dhiidjiinbawaa
bird: starling; unknown bird
dhurrubuu
bird: swift
biirruun
bird: twelve apostle bird
gidjarray
bird: wood duck (nickname); water bird
gunambaay
bird: yellow tit, weebill
mindjarru
bird's topknot
dhigun
birds: feather, down
yadhaarr
Birrah: whitewood tree; Birrah
birraa
birth spirit
wadhaagudjaaylwan
birthing tree; Coocoran Lake
Gugurruwan
birthplace spirit
ngarrama
birthplace, family land
ngurrambaa
biscuit
bidjiirr
biscuit: cake, biscuit
guwiirr widja
bite
yii-li
bite off: crack between teeth; bite off; chop
baaya-li
bitter: heart; gall bladder; bitter; blueberry (common name)
gii
bitter: sandalwood tree, budda tree; bitter, sour
badha
black ant
dhuwiyuwiy
black bream
banngala
black duck
budhanbaa
black eye
mil buluuy
black kite
manggarraan
black orchid
garrii
black paint
buuwan
black snake
ngurray
,
wuyubuluuy
black snake: red-bellied black snake
galibaay
black soil
banuwa
black stripe; melon
bilum
black swan
baayamal
,
barayamal
,
burrunda
black wattle
dhulan
black-breasted kite
wugamaabaydaa
black-faced cuckoo-shrike: orphan (motherless child); black-faced cuckoo-shrike; Gunnedah
gunidjaa
black-faced woodswallow; puffed out; boastful, bragging
biiwanbiiwan
black-fronted plover
bilidjuu
black-headed monitor
galgarriirr
black-tailed native hen; Bangate
baan.giirr
black-tailed native-hen
gulguwi
black-winged stilt
buyuwaalwaal
black: ant (any, black); shrimp
giidjaa
black: great black cormorant
wungayawaa
,
wurungayawaa
black: night; black; dark
buluuy
blackened, smoked
dhuumuyu
bladder: heart; gall bladder; bitter; blueberry (common name)
gii
blanket
bulanggiin
blanket; bedroll
dhiyaagarri
blaze
wula-li
blazing
wulan
blind; blunt
muga
blister
galan
block: break; block (deflect)
gama-li
blocked: full, blocked; blunt
muurr
bloke: fellow, fella, bloke
ngaamba
blood
guway
blood: heavy blood group
guwaymadhan
blood: light blood group
guwaygaliyarr
bloodshot eye
mil guway
bloodwood: western bloodwood
gawuwildhaa
blow
buuli-y
blow; smoke tobacco
buubi-li
blowfly
gawaruurr wanaayal
blowfly: maggot; blowfly
gamugamuu
blue
yiluwidi
blue bonnet (bird)
bulaybulay
blue crane: white-faced heron, blue crane
budhuulgaa
,
buyudhurrungiili
blue crowfoot
dhawaarrii
Blue Knobby
Buluuy Nhaaybil
blue-tongue lizard
wubun
blueberry
buubiyala
blueberry: heart; gall bladder; bitter; blueberry (common name)
gii
blunt
mugu
blunt; tasteless, unsweetened
nhunduu
blunt: blind; blunt
muga
blunt: full, blocked; blunt
muurr
board
buwaarr
boastful: black-faced woodswallow; puffed out; boastful, bragging
biiwanbiiwan
bobby fish: fire; firewood; light; clever; bobby fish; spirit light
wii
body hair; pubic hair
budhi
body-snatching spirit
wiiwiimal
body, self
burrbiyaan
body, spirit (human), self
dhubayn
body: lean meat; body; Bunna; cannibal
bana
Boggabilla
Bagaybila
Boggabri
Bagaybaraay
boggy ground; boggy
gunadha
Boggy Ridge: white pipeclay; Boggy Ridge
bagi
bogong moth grub
birrga
,
yuluumaarraa
boil
baaylirrma-li
boil; swelling; pus; soft, weak
mula
Bokhara River
Bugayirra
bold, cheeky
dhigadhiga
Bollonbillion
Baluunbilyan
bone
bura
,
buya
,
midjul
bone marrow
giindjuu
bone needle
nhingal
bone: nose bone/shell
muyu waa
bone: poison bone
guuyarra
bone: poison stick, poison bone
bugiyaa
,
gadhiigurrii
bony bream
biirrnga
Boobera Lagoon or MacIntyre River
Gawubuwan Gunigal
boobook owl
guurrguurr
book
biibabiiba
boomerang maker
barran.giiba
boomerang; Burren Junction
barran
boomerang: comeback boomerang
gulagarranba
boomerang: fighting boomerang
bubarraa
,
dhinbay
boomerang: yamstick; ceremonial boomerang
dhiinbaay
Boomi
Bumaay
Boorooma: dog; Boorooma
buruma
boot, shoe
manduwii
,
nhangana
bora ground
buurrabang
bora ground: initiation ceremony, bora; bora ground, initiation ground
buurra
bora message stick
dhulu buurra
bora messenger
wuumaa
bora spirit; bullroarer; brother-in-law
gayandaay
bora-ground spirit
nhaagal
born: give birth; lay egg; be born
gaanga-y
boss
burrul maadha
boss shell
dhuurranmay waa
boss, master
maadha
boss: leader, chief, boss
dhuurranmay
bottle
baadhal
bottom
bandji
bottom, bum
gumbul
,
murru
bottom: fork; bottom, bum (restricted word)
mala
bough shed, shade house
buuwayamba
bowed: bent over; arched, bowed
dhuli
bower
nhanu
bowerbird: spotted bowerbird
wiidhaa
box: bimble box tree
bibil
box: swamp box
guburruu
boy
burraay
,
gabinya
boy at initiation
buurrabiyaay
boy at puberty
yarraybiyaay
boy; son
birray
boy: orphan (fatherless boy)
yumbuy
boys: Orion's belt (stars); boys
birraybirraay
bragging: black-faced woodswallow; puffed out; boastful, bragging
biiwanbiiwan
brain
gumbirri
brain: egg; brain; insect
gawu
branch
gugul
branch: arm; wing; branch
bungun
branch: thigh, leg; creek; tree branch
dharra
branch: tree branch game
wulbuldaan
branch: tree; stick; branch
muyaan
bread
gundal
,
widja
bread; food, tucker
mandha
bread; vegetable food
dhuwarr
bread: unleavened bread
mandhamandha
break
gama-y
break wind: fart, break wind
buuba-li
break; block (deflect)
gama-li
bream: black bream
banngala
bream: bony bream
biirrnga
bream: silver bream, sooty grunter
gambaal
breast; breastmilk
ngamu
breastplate
wambin
breastplate: chest protector, breastplate
wirrgun
breath
buliirral
breath: short of breath
buliirral ganaay
breath: spirit breath
yawi buliirral
breathe
buliirra-li
Breeza: flea; Breeza
biridja
Brewarrina
Burriiwarranha
bridge: log bridge; stool, bench
gulaay
bridle
burraaydal
bridled nail-tail wallaby
mararra
,
mayarra
Brigalow Station
Burrigala
brigalow wattle
burrii
brigalow wattle; location
barranbaa
bring back, take back
gaaguwi-y
bring up: build, put up; stand up; send; raise
warrayma-li
bring up: raise
burrul burranba-li
bring: take; bring, fetch; carry; wear; own, have
gaa-gi
broad shield: shield, broad shield; cover; shame
burriin
broken-hearted
yuwaarran
brolga, native companion
burraalga
bronzewing pigeon
dhamarr
brood comb
dhiinaa
broom, brush
biimbal
broombush
biibaya
brother
galduman
brother-in-law: bora spirit; bullroarer; brother-in-law
gayandaay
brother; cousin
dhagaan
brother: father; uncle (father's brother)
yugin
brother: father; wife's mother's brother
baayna
brother: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
brother: older brother
dhaya
brother: younger brother
galumaay
brown and yellow snake; Babarra
babarra
brown falcon
biyaagaarr
brown snake
warrala
brown snake: king brown snake; snake
ngandabaa
brown treecreeper
bibi
brown; dirty, disgusting
gunagunaa
brownie (cake)
mundimundi dhuwarr
brush (with leaves)
buudhi-rri
brush turkey
wagun
,
wirrilaa
brush: broom, brush
biimbal
brushtail possum
mudhay
bubble, froth; frog eggs; Gingie
giin.gii
bucket base: base; bucket base
buu
bucket: barrel, bucket
baril
bucket: trough; bucket
walban
budda pea
gayga
budda tree: sandalwood tree, budda tree; bitter, sour
badha
budgerigar; star (a particular star)
gidjirrigaa
bug: river bug
babarrngaan
Bugaldie
Bagaldii
build, put up; stand up; send; raise (bring up)
warrayma-li
Bukkulla: leopardwood tree; Bukkulla
bagala
bull
bulgirran
bull ant
burudha
,
buyuga
,
gabiyan
bullfrog
warrungan
bullock
bula
bullock: cattle, bullock
giyarral
bullroarer; dragonfly
garrarana
bullroarer: bora spirit; bullroarer; brother-in-law
gayandaay
bullroarer: dragonfly; bullroarer; Mirramanar Station
murrumanamanaa
bulrush (cumbungi)
burrarra
bum: bottom, bum
gumbul
,
murru
bumpy: rough, bumpy; knotty
madhamadha
bunch
mandjaarr
Bundarra
Bandaarra
Bunna: lean meat; body; Bunna; cannibal
bana
bunnary tree: rosewood, bunnary tree
bunbarr
buoyant: cork; floating, buoyant
nganangana
burial bark; coffin
nhiirruu
burial ground, cemetery
dhanmurr
,
dhawunma
buried: be buried
nhamurra-y
burn
gaylama-li
,
gudhuwa-li
burn (with a lot of flame)
gundaawa-li
,
gundaawa-y
burn; be hot; burn with pain; cook
gudhuwa-y
burn; cook
gayla-y
burr: goat-head burr
gulimugarr
burr: marthaguy burr
mugaadhaa
Burren Junction: boomerang; Burren Junction
barran
burrowing frog
galgalbanaa
burst: crack; split; burst
baarra-y
burst: split; burst, bust; crack
baarray-rri
bury
nhamurra-li
burying: leaves used for burying
yilbin
bush
wadhi
bush rat
dhunmidjirr
bush thick-knee: curlew, bush thick-knee
gurabi
,
wuruyan
,
wuuyan
bush, scrub; seed
yurrul
bush: curlew, bush thick-knee
gurabi
,
wuruyan
,
wuuyan
bush: currant bush, warrior bush
gubigala
,
wayaarra
bush: dillon bush
bibu
,
mugiyala
bush: emu bush
ngawil
bush: hop bush; ripe; cooked
yiilay
bush: medicine bush (fuschia)
ngarran
bush: mimosa bush
mawurr
bush: myrtle, turkey bush
burrgulbiyan
bush: punty bush
bandi
bush: turpentine bush
muruwaa
bush: umbrella bush
midjirr
bush: velvet potato bush
dhiiburruu
bust: split; burst, bust; crack
baarray-rri
bustard: plains turkey, Australian bustard
gumbulgaban
bustard: plains turkey, bustard
barawaa
butcherbird
guluu
butcherbird: grey butcherbird
garriguwin.guwin
,
guwaaydjiidjii
butcherbird: pied butcherbird
buubuurrbu
butt: tree butt, tree trunk; tree root; end
warran
butterfly
balabalaa
Byame, God; Byamee
Baayami
Byame: Creator
Burrulaa
Byame: son of Byame
Gindhayndaamuwi
Byame's wife
Birrangulu
,
Ganhanbili
cabbage
gabirr
cactus
bindamula
cake, biscuit
guwiirr widja
cake: brownie
mundimundi dhuwarr
cake: seed cake
dharrii
calf of leg
wuruga
calf of leg: lower leg, calf of leg, shin
buyu
call out to
gadha-li
call, shout (at), yell (at), sing out
gaga-li
calm: quieten, soothe, calm, settle down
binaal bunma-li
calm: smooth off; scrape; calm
gaynma-li
calm: smooth; calm
gayn.gayn
camel melon
ngayuun
camp
ngiyama
,
ngurra
camp area: clear area, camp area
maraay
camp; humpy; nest,
walaay
camp; nest
gaarrimay
camp: bachelor's camp
wiidhaga
camp: bad-weather camp
dhirrinbaa
camp: heaven, sky camp; place far away
balima
camp: sleep; lie (down); camp, stop, stay; live
dhanduwi-y
camp: stay; sleep; camp
baabi-li
camp: Swamp Camp
Murrgu Walaay
camp: tabooed woman's camp
gayalaay
camp: woman's camp
gurruga baabay
can: tin can
giyaan
can: tin mug, mug; can
gaala
can't, couldn't
gamila
,
waala
cane grass; Wilkie
wilgi
cannibal: lean meat; body; Bunna; cannibal
bana
canoe
ganuu
canoe: bark canoe
bunduurraa
canoe: bark hut; tin canoe
dhaadharr
canoe: tree bark; tin; canoe
nganda
Canopus (star)
Wamba
car
marriga
car spring
gadjul
car; cart; whirlwind spirit
wilbaarr
carbeen
gaabiin
carbeen flowers
gagilaarriin
care for
galuma-li
carefully: well, carefully
maaru
,
maayu
carelessly: badly, carelessly, not right
gamil maaru
,
waal maayu
carpenter's plane
gaynda
carpet python
yabaa
carrot: native carrot
dhalayndjaa
carry
wamba-li
carry: take; bring, fetch; carry; wear; own, have
gaa-gi
cart: car; cart; whirlwind spirit
wilbaarr
carve: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
carve: write; carve
mubirr dhu-rri
carving: initiation scars, cicatrices; carving, engraving; mark, writing; scar
mubirr
cat
budjigarr
,
burrgiyan
cat: native cat, quoll
bagandi
catch fish: fish, catch fish; catch with instrument
yinabi-li
catch; hold
bayama-li
,
ganma-li
caterpillar, grub
gararrngan
caterpillar: hairy caterpillar; furry tribe
dhurrun.gal
catfish
gaygay
catfish: mud catfish
waay
cattle race: Adam's apple, throat; passage, cattle race
wun.guwi
cattle, bullock
giyarral
caught: be caught
bayama-y
cause
-bama-li
cause (a change)
bunma-li
,
burranba-li
cave
wadhu
cave: hole; cave; grave
biyuu
cease: stop, cease doing
garri-y
celebrate
yuga-li
celebrate: rejoice, celebrate
marra gi-gi
cemetery: burial ground, cemetery
dhanmurr
,
dhawunma
centipede
giiyan
ceremonial boomerang: yamstick; ceremonial boomerang
dhiinbaay
ceremonial log
ginilgarriya
ceremonial smoke; smoke
wuyugil
ceremonial stick
wilgu
ceremony: initiation ceremony, bora; bora ground, initiation ground
buurra
chain lightning: lightning, chain lightning
dhun.gayrra
champion: best; champion
gandjarra
change: cause a change
bunma-li
,
burranba-li
channel-billed cuckoo
dhuwaanbay
charcoal
nhii
chase away: hunt away, chase away
yuwaba-y
chase, follow, drive
gawaa-y
chasings, tip
gubiyalanhay
chastise
nhuyu-gi
cheek; jaw, jawbone
dhaal
cheeky
gadhaa
cheeky: bold, cheeky
dhigadhiga
cheeky!: tongue; finished!; cheeky!
dhalay
cherry: drooping currant, native cherry
mirrii
chest
bii
,
biri
,
ngubi
chest protector, breastplate
wirrgun
chest: puff out chest
biiwanma-li
chest: shell; shell chest pendant
waa
chew; sip
nguuguuba-li
chick: emu chick
barrgay
chick: emu chick (striped)
bagabaga
chicken
baawul
,
djigin
chief: leader, chief, boss
dhuurranmay
child
gaayli
child (last)
buudhan
child; baby
birralii
child; small, little
gaaynmara
child: grandchild (son's child)
nganawayngaa
child: grandchild, son's or daughter's child
nhanuwaaydji
child: orphan (motherless child)
biiwan
child: small, little; child
gaay
child: spoilt child, cry-baby
yungiirr
childless woman
marayrrdhuul
children's game
dhurran.gali
Children's python
dhayaaminyaa
chin
ngagan
Chinese man
dhaliman
,
mil binggarr
chip
wiyay
choke: be cut; choke
garra-y
chop
yaaya-li
chop: crack between teeth; bite off; chop
baaya-li
chopping noise: echo, chopping noise
ban.gul
chough
wuuyuu
chough; red-eyed spirit
wiiyuu
cicada: small locust, cicada
ngininnginin
cicatrices: initiation scars, cicatrices; carving, engraving; mark, writing; scar
mubirr
cigarette
buubili
,
mugu
circumstance: from; because of; circumstance
-DHi
clamorous reed warbler
dhuwigalinmal
clap hands
maa buma-y
,
mara buma-y
claw mark: nail, fingernail, toenail; claw; scratch
yulu
claw: crayfish claw
muraabi
claypan
walanbarruu
clean
giliin
clear
yirrgayn
clear alcohol: white; clear alcohol
balaa
clear alcohol: white; clear alcohol; methylated spirits
banggabaa
clear area, camp area
maraay
clever
dhaygaliyaay
,
gaba dhaygal
clever man: Aboriginal doctor, clever man
wiringin
clever man's bag; spirit holder
bundurr
clever man's spirit; person's spirit
malimali
clever man's stick
birru
,
wii muyaan
clever, wise
burrul bina
clever: fire; firewood; light; clever; bobby fish; spirit light
wii
clever: teacher of the law; clever, intelligent
binangarrangarra
climb; rise (sun/moon)
galiya-y
climbing: name (climbing this way)
Dhaay Galiyawaay
clipped: cut, mown, clipped; shaved
garragarraa
cloak: fur cloak
garru
clock, watch
yaayngarralgaa
close to a fire, around a fire
guwiinbarraan
close, near
guwiin
,
guwiinbaa
,
milan
close: there (close)
marrama
clothes
bayagaa
clothes; cloth
baya
clothes: remove, take out; take off clothes
dhuwima-li
cloud
baama
,
gundaa
,
yuru
cloud: thunder cloud
dharringarra
clover
galuuba
club
bundi
club (throwing stick); bark throwing stick
wagarraa
club: fighting club, big club
bugu
club: game with toy club
garril budhal
club: pointed club
murrula
club: small club
gudhurru
club: toy club (waddy)
budhal
clumsy
yarrbun maa
coals
nhigii
,
wiinhii
coat
guudii
cockatiel, quarrian
wiraarr
,
wiyaarr
cockatoo (possibly corella)
ngaanbanaa
cockatoo: pink cockatoo, Major Mitchell cockatoo
gagalarrin
cockatoo: red-tailed black cockatoo
biliirr
cockatoo: white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo
muraay
cockatoo: white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo; pointers of Southern Cross
muyaay
cod: Murray cod; fish
guduu
coffee
gabi
coffin: burial bark; coffin
nhiirruu
Coghill: bad, no good; Coghill
gagil
coins: stone; coin money
yarral
cold
baliyaa
,
garriil
cold, cough
gunhugunhu
Collarenebri
Galariinbaraay
collect, gather
guuma-li
colon
mulama
,
ngamawidhalbaa
colon (descending)
murrundunmali
colon: crayfish colon
gindjulmaan
colour: grey colour or shape
guwin
coloured: many coloured
gagan.gagan
comb
baadal
comb (hair)
baada-li
comb: brood comb
dhiinaa
come back, go back, return
dharrawuluwi-y
come back, return
dharrawu-li
,
dhurraluwi-y
come near
guwiinba-li
come out, emerge
gilgulba-rri
come out: make come out
dhurraaba-li
come; rise (sun/moon); grow
dhurra-li
come: go, come, walk
naa-y
,
yana-y
,
yanaa-y
comeback boomerang
gulagarranba
command suffix
-la
,
-na
,
-nga
,
-ya
common ant
ganal
companion: brolga, native companion
burraalga
computer
gayrragumbirri
Condamine River
Gundhimayan
consequence: like that, in that manner; because
yalagiirrma
constant
giidjuugiidjuu
constipated: tight, stuck tight; constipated
garran.garraan
construct: do; make
gimbi-li
,
gimubi-li
construct: make
dhurra-li
consume all (of the food or drink)
gurra-li
container: bark container
gumbilgal
continuing: still
mayabuu
contradict
gana garranba-li
contrast
-bala
converse (talk to each other)
guwaala-y
Coocoran Lake: birthing tree; Coocoran Lake
Gugurruwan
cook
gudhuwan
,
warrgiiba
,
wiya-gi
,
yilama-li
,
yilama-y
cook in a hole (roast)
dhawuma-li
cook: burn; be hot; burn with pain; cook
gudhuwa-y
cook: burn; cook
gayla-y
cooked: hop bush; ripe; cooked
yiilay
coolabah flowers
galariin
coolabah tree
gulabaa
coolabah tree grub
burrunggal
coolabah tree gum
giyiirr
coolamon
bin.guwi
coolamon; dish
guliman
coolamon: small coolamon; plate
wirri
cooler, fridge
balanhii
Coonabarabran
Gunabarabin
Coonamble
Gunambil
Coorigel: bee droppings; Coorigel
guligal
copied: same, copied
yaluuyaluu
cord: umbilical cord
ngalirr
corella: cockatoo (possibly corella)
ngaanbanaa
corella: little corella
gadharra
cork; floating, buoyant
nganangana
cormorant: great black cormorant
wungayawaa
,
wurungayawaa
cormorant: little pied cormorant
birribangga
corner
burrumbi
corner post
giniybaal
correctly: good, well; all right, correctly; well (healthy)
gaba
corroboree ground
gumbu
corroboree leader
murraan.gali
corroboree; play
yuurrma-y
corroboree: dance (make a corroboree)
dhan.gurrama-y
corroboree: stranger to corroboree
muuwi
cottonbush
bagiluu
cough
gunhugunhu dhu-rri
cough: cold, cough
gunhugunhu
couldn't: can't, couldn't
gamila
,
waala
counsellor: messenger; priest; counsellor
dhayndalmuu
country: holey country
gurrumayuu
country: home, home country
walaaybaa
country: kurrajong-country people
Nhunggabarra
country: lignum country people
Mirriyaabarra
country: orchid country people
Garriibarra
country: plain, open (treeless) country
wagibaa
country: plain, open (treeless) country; Richard's pipit
wagiwagi
court
ngarrala-y
cousin
wambanhiiya
cousin: brother; cousin
dhagaan
cover
buluba-li
,
bulubama-li
,
gandawa-li
cover (self), be covered
buluba-y
cover up
yuurraa-li
cover up: wrap up; cover up
marramba-li
cover: shield, broad shield; cover; shame
burriin
covered with, with a lot of
-bil
cow
milambaraay
,
milambiyaay
cow horn
nhalganhalga
cow: milk a cow
ngamuma-li
,
nhuunma-li
cow's paper gut
biibii
Cowal: creek; lagoon; Cowal
gaawal
Cowelba
Gaawalbaa
crab
ngalaagaa
crack between teeth; bite off; chop
baaya-li
crack, gap; Gurah
garra
crack; split; burst
baarra-y
crack: split; burst, bust; crack
baarray-rri
cracker on a whip
wulbul yiya
cracks: skin cracks
yaydja
cradle
wurranin
crane (bird)
garraagaa
crane: white-faced heron, blue crane
budhuulgaa
,
buyudhurrungiili
cranky, shitty
gana garraa
cranky: cry-baby; cranky
yumbu
crawl
dhuu-rri
crawler
dhiidjalaa
crayfish
giirray
,
yin.ga
crayfish claw
muraabi
crayfish colon
gindjulmaan
crazy: mad, crazy; stupid, silly; eccentric
wamba
creation spirit; waterhole at Gingie
Gali Gurunha
Creator (Byame)
Burrulaa
creek name
Mangalaalaa
creek; lagoon; Cowal
gaawal
creek: river; creek
bagay
creek: thigh, leg; creek; tree branch
dharra
creek: thigh; gully, creek
mabun
creek: Timbumburi Creek
Dhimbambaraay
creek: waterhole, creek
mayan
creep: sneak, creep
dhila-y
crested bellbird
banbandhuluwi
crippled: lame, crippled
dhan.gurr
crocodile
Garriya
crooked
wiyal
crooked, bent
warawara
,
wayawaya
crop: echidna crop
wumbala
crosswise, across; non-marriageable (woman)
nganbirr
crow, Australian raven
waan
crow, raven
waaruu
crow: little crow
waagaan
,
waagiyan
crowd, big mob
dharaa
crowfoot
maayal
crowfoot: blue crowfoot
dhawaarrii
crucifix frog
bulga
cry-baby; cranky
yumbu
cry-baby: spoilt child, cry-baby
yungiirr
cry, weep
yu-gi
cry: make cry
yubama-li
cuckoo-shrike: orphan (motherless child); black-faced cuckoo-shrike; Gunnedah
gunidjaa
cuddle: embrace, hold, cuddle
gulagama-li
cumbungi: bulrush
burrarra
cup
banigan
curlew
milbay
curlew, bush thick-knee
gurabi
,
wuruyan
,
wuuyan
currant bush, warrior bush
gubigala
,
wayaarra
Currawillinghi
Garrawilingaay
currawong
galalu
current: water current
yarrin
cut
garra-li
cut, mown, clipped; shaved
garragarraa
cut: be cut; choke
garra-y
cutlery: fork in tree; fork
gula
cypress: white cypress pine
gurraay
,
gurraari
daddy
biila
damper
dhaamba
dance (make a corroboree)
dhan.gurrama-y
dance: play; dance; gamble
yulu-gi
dark
bangalaa
dark (before dawn)
muran
dark: night; black; dark
buluuy
Darling lily
dhaygalbaarrayn
Darling pea; location
gilaan.garra
darter, long-necked shag
ganandhaal
,
gunambaal
dative: in, at, on; to
-Ga
daughter
ngamurr
daughter-in-law
girrinya
daughter: girl; daughter
miyay
daughter: grandchild, son's or daughter's child
nhanuwaaydji
daughter: niece (sister's daughter)
gunugayngaa
daughter's son: grandfather (mother's father); grandson (daughter's son)
dhaadhaa
dawn
ngarran
dawn: dark before dawn
muran
day
yaadha
,
yaraaygan
day, daytime
yaraadha
daylight
dhuniya
dead
balu
dead person's things
buwarrgaa
dead relative
guuguu
dead tree
balal giniy
,
balal muyaan
dead wood
giniy waal
dead: kill stone dead
nhuwigu buma-li
deaf
bina muurr
,
muga bina
,
muga wudha
,
mugu bina
death adder
mundharr
,
murrubi
death stone
dhinagarralawaa
,
wuyugarralawaa
debris: dirt; sawdust
djulu
deceive
dhanggima-li
deceive, trick
dhanggiwa-li
decoy: emu decoy
buubuwin
deep
ganadhaa
,
gurruubaa
deep: river; deep water
gaawaa
deep: very deep
gurrugurru
defecate, shit
guna-gi
deflect: break; block
gama-li
dew
gugil
diamond dove
gubadhu
diarrhoea
bandibandi
diarrhoea; snail slime/track
gindjul
die; go out (fire)
balu-gi
dig; scratch
mawu-gi
digging stick: yamstick, digging stick
ganay
dillon bush
bibu
,
mugiyala
dingo
maayn
,
marayn
dip, scoop
dhiyarra-li
directly: soon, directly; recently
yilaa
dirge, funeral song
guunay
Dirranbandi
Dhurrunbandaay
dirt (debris); sawdust
djulu
dirt: earth, ground, dirt
dhawun
dirt: earth, ground, dirt; home
dhaymaarr
dirt: eye dirt (sleep)
dhala
dirty
bandu
,
dhawunbaraay
dirty: brown; dirty, disgusting
gunagunaa
disappear
dhaarri-y
discs: game with discs and spears; bark discs
wanggalay
disease: venereal disease
dharrgadharrga
disguised: covered, disguised
dhan.galan.gaa
disgusting: brown; dirty, disgusting
gunagunaa
dish: coolamon; dish
guliman
dish: tin dish
dhindiirr
dive
dhiinbi-y
,
wurunga-y
dive: bathe, paddle; dive, duck under
wunga-y
diver: Australasian grebe, diver (bird)
dhiinbin
do with: doer to; do with
-Gu
do; make (construct)
gimbi-li
,
gimubi-li
do: really do
giirruuma-li
dobber: tattletale, dobber
dhubayan
doctor: Aboriginal doctor, clever man
wiringin
doer to; do with
-Gu
dog
buyuma
,
maadhaay
,
mirri
dog bark
waalwaal
dog; Boorooma
buruma
dog: spirit dog
Mirriwuula
dogwood flowers
yuuliin
dogwood, eurah
yuurraa
dollar bird
dhanibanban
don't know
-Waayaa
don't know where at
minyaayawaayaa
don't know where to
minyaarruwaayaa
don't, stop
garriya
don't: no, not; didn't, don't, won't
gamil
,
waal
door
girrinil
dotterel: red-kneed dotterel
dhibi
dough: sweet dough
nhaamanhi
dove: diamond dove
gubadhu
dove: peaceful dove
gurugun
down, down there; under; west (sundown)
ngadaa
down: feather, down
yadhaarr
down: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
down: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
down: go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
down: swoop down
wuuli-y
downstream
ngadaamali
downwards
ngadaali
drag: shift, drag
dhuurrma-li
dragon: bearded dragon, frilled lizard
balawagarr
,
dhalagal
,
dharri
,
wuulaa
dragonfly; bullroarer; Mirramanar Station
murrumanamanaa
dragonfly: bullroarer; dragonfly
garrarana
drawing stick
dhumbaay
dream
yuwaya ngarra-li
,
yuwaya wiima-li
dreamtime: time of creation, dreamtime
burruguu
dress someone
wuuma-li
dress: go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
dribble; slime
wiiluun
Drilldool
Dhariilduul
drink
ngaru-gi
,
ngawu-gi
drink: consume all (of the food or drink)
gurra-li
drink: honey drink
galindjari
drink: soft drink
guwiirr gungan
drip
dhulirra-li
drip: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
drip: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
drive
budhu-li
drive: chase, follow, drive
gawaa-y
drive: run; flow (water); drive
banaga-y
drooping currant, native cherry
mirrii
drop
nhaanma-li
droppings: bee droppings; Coorigel
guligal
drops: water drops
dhulirral
drought
garran.garra
drown
garungga-y
,
garunggama-li
drunk
dharraa
,
dharraan.gilaay
drunk: staggering drunk
dharraadhaandhaan
dry, empty, bare; thirsty; Pallal
balal
dry: spread out to dry
guwima-li
dtella: gecko, tree dtella
wiibidi
duck
garrangay
duck (in water)
muyuwa-li
duck under: bathe, paddle; dive, duck under
wunga-y
duck: Australasian shoveler duck; whistling duck
dhibayuu
duck: black duck
budhanbaa
duck: grey teal duck
buuway
duck: musk duck
bagabagaali
,
birraala
duck: pink-eared duck
wilidhubaay
,
wiligabuul
duck: whistling duck
wululuu
duck: wood duck
barrgabarrga
duck: wood duck (nickname); water bird
gunambaay
duckweed
bunibuni
dumb (speechless)
dhalaydhalibaa
Dungalear
Dhanggaliirr
dusk
barrgin
dust
yuu
dust storm
burran
dweller in: inhabitants of, dweller in
-gayaluu
each other (reciprocal suffix)
-dha-y
,
-la-y
eagle: ancestral eagle man
Maliyangarr
eagle: wedge-tailed eagle; long-necked turtle; policeman
maliyan
eagle: white-bellied sea eagle
guwinyarri
eaglehawk
wandhala
ear
bina
,
manga
,
wudha
early morning
giibaabu
earth, ground, dirt
dhawun
earth, ground, dirt; home
dhaymaarr
earth: mother earth
gunimaa
earthquake; echo
burruwi
earthworm
dhuyugarral
ease up: rest, spell, ease up
buruwi-y
,
buuwi-y
east wind
gunyamurr
east: up, high; east
ngarribaa
eat
dha-li
eating
-dha-y
eccentric: mad, crazy; stupid, silly; eccentric
wamba
echidna crop
wumbala
echidna quill
wirayl
echidna quill; pen, pencil
wiyayl
echidna: male echidna; echidna ant sack; ant nest
gadhuu
echidna: porcupine, echidna
bigibila
echidna: porcupine, echidna; Murrawal
marrawal
echidna: young echidna
nhimaylii
echo
wawal
echo, chopping noise
ban.gul
echo: earthquake; echo
burruwi
eclipse of sun
yaraay warra-y
edge: river's edge; edge
miimii
eel
milanhay
egg yolk
gawubaa
egg; brain; insect
gawu
eggs: bubble, froth; frog eggs; Gingie
giin.gii
eggs: net bag; fish net; goanna eggs
gulay
egret: great egret; Ballone (place and river)
baluun
eight
galay
either ... or: must, might; either ... or
-Yaa
elbow
dhiin
,
ngunuugaa
elder: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
elder: senior lady (respected elder)
yinarraa
electricity
gayrra
embrace, hold, cuddle
gulagama-li
emerge: come out, emerge
gilgulba-rri
empty: dry, empty, bare; thirsty; Pallal
balal
emu
dhinawan
emu apple tree, gruie
guri
,
guwi
emu bush
ngawil
emu chick
barrgay
emu chick (striped)
bagabaga
emu decoy
buubuwin
emu feather
gundiirr
emu net
mirrun
emu pair
bulawaa
emu spear
munun
emu tail
bubudhala
emu: one male emu; bachelor
ganduwi
emu: sitting emu
ngurran.gali
emu: spirit emu
gawarrgay
emus: five or six emus
gayaangay
emus: four emus
wugalwugal
emus: fourteen or fifteen emus
ganurran
emus: group of emus
gambadhuul
enclosure: yard, enclosure
ngunmal
end: tree butt, tree trunk; tree root; end
warran
enemies: mythological warrior enemies
guuwiyaay
engraving: initiation scars, cicatrices; carving, engraving; mark, writing; scar
mubirr
enough!
biyay
enough!: that's enough!
giirrnga
entrance: mouth; opening, entrance
ngaay
eurah: dogwood, eurah
yuurraa
evening
bululuwi
everything
minyaminyagaa
,
minyaminyabal
everything, all
gurrugurru
everything: all; whole; everything
ganungawu
evil spirit
giniirr
exhausted: very tired, exhausted
yarrbun
expression of praise
waa
expression of surprise
nhaan
extinguish: put out
baluburra-li
,
baluwa-li
eye
mil
eye dirt (sleep)
dhala
eye: black eye
mil buluuy
eye: bloodshot eye
mil guway
eye: swollen eye
mil warra
eyebrow
dhinmirr
,
ngiirr
eyelash
ngudjiin
face; forehead; point; surface
ngulu
faeces, shit
guna
fairy martin
bidjaaymamal
falcon: brown falcon
biyaagaarr
fall
bundaa-gi
false: lie; pretend, false
yaal
family
dhiiyaan
family land: birthplace, family land
ngurrambaa
family member: possessor
-dhi
far side
mulandha
fart
burray
fart, break wind
buuba-li
fast, quickly
barraay
fat
wamu
father
bubaa
,
buwadjarr
father-in-law
ngarrawidhalba
father-in-law; son-in-law
bambuy
father-in-law: uncle (mother's brother); father-in-law
garruu
father; mother's sister's husband
biiyalaa
father; wife's mother's brother
baayna
father's brother: father; uncle
yugin
father's father: grandfather; great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
father's mother
maamaa
father's mother: grandmother
mamaay
,
ngaagii
father's mother: mother-in-law (wife's mother); son-in-law (woman's daughter's husband); grandmother
garrimaay
father's sister
ngama
father's sister; mother's brother's wife; mother's mother's brother's daughter
baaman
father's sister: aunt
gamiyan
,
giluu
father's sister: mother-in-law (husband's mother); aunt (any), aunt (man's father's sister)
walgan
fatherless boy: orphan
yumbuy
fatherless child: orphan
gawun
feather
wirriil
feather, down (of birds)
yadhaarr
feather: emu feather
gundiirr
feathered stick
maadji
feathered tribe: bird; feathered tribe
dhigayaa
feeding: parrot feeding
gaadhal
feel sick, be sick
dhaala-gi
feel sorry for someone, pity someone
ngarraga-li
feel, touch
dhama-li
fellow, fella, bloke
ngaamba
female
gunidjarrbaa
female: mother; aunt (mother's sister); female
gunidjarr
female: old woman; lactating female
maamii
fence: fish trap; fence
badi
fetch: take; bring, fetch; carry; wear; own, have
gaa-gi
few; some
gulbirr
fierce snake
wularr
fight
bumala-y
fight: pretend fight
yaambuwiirr
fighting boomerang
bubarraa
,
dhinbay
fighting club, big club
bugu
filament: thread, filament; split
barra
fill
muurra-li
,
muurra-y
fin: fish fin
bin.gal
finch: zebra finch
bilumbilum
find: go hunting; hunt; find, look for
maniila-y
find: search for, look for; find
ngaawa-y
fine rain: funeral smoke; fine rain
dhuubaarr
finger: hand; finger
mara
finger: hand; finger; five; totem
maa
finger: old man; first finger; old; grey
dhiriya
fingernail
yulumara
fingernail: nail, fingernail, toenail; claw; scratch (claw mark)
yulu
fingers; toes
bambugal
finished!: tongue; finished!; cheeky!
dhalay
fire; firewood; light; clever; bobby fish; spirit light
wii
fire: close to a fire, around a fire
guwiinbarraan
fire: make a fire, light a fire
wii wiima-li
fire: sacred fire
yanguuwii
fire: smoke; fire
dhuu
fire/lamp: light fire/lamp
wulanabi-li
firestick
yiyabiyaay
firestick; hot
wiibiyaay
firestick: flame; light; firestick
dhuuyaay
first
waanda
first again
milanburr
first finger: old man; first finger; old; grey
dhiriya
fish
guwiya
,
guya
,
ngaaluurr
fish fin
bin.gal
fish intestines
wirraa
fish net
dhaaliyaay
fish net: net bag; fish net; goanna eggs
gulay
fish trap; fence
badi
fish, catch fish; catch with instrument
yinabi-li
fish: fire; firewood; light; clever; bobby fish; spirit light
wii
fish: flat-headed gudgeon
nguluumanbuu
fish: Murray cod; fish
guduu
fish: perch (unidentified)
baraa
fish: spangled grunter
babi
fish: type of fish
ngandan
fishing line
yalaayn
fishing line: string, rope; fishing line; hair-string belt
buurr
fishing spear
dhindi
five or six emus
gayaangay
five: hand; finger; five; totem
maa
fix, heal, make better
maaruma-li
,
maayuma-li
flag
ngarranmal
flaking bark
dharraa
flame; light
dhuuraay
flame; light; firestick
dhuuyaay
flame: burn (with a lot of flame)
gundaawa-li
,
gundaawa-y
flap: hop; jump; stamp; flap
baa-y
flash
dhirra
flash, showy
dhirradhirra
flash: very flash
dhirrabuu
flat
manbu
flat-headed gudgeon (a fish)
nguluumanbuu
flat: plain, flat
guniyal
flat: wide; flat
man.gaman.ga
flea
bulii
flea; Breeza
biridja
flexible, bendy
wulbuwulbu
flinty (very hard)
gumba
float
banggadha-y
,
dhanggalma-li
float (self); swim on surface
dhangga-y
floating: cork; floating, buoyant
nganangana
flock bronzewing
galimaramara
flood
wugawa
flood peak
wugi
flour
bulaawa
flow: run; flow (water); drive
banaga-y
flower
gurayn
,
guyayn
flower of, fruit of
-biyan
flowering lignum, lignum fuchsia
barrgay
flowers: carbeen flowers
gagilaarriin
flowers: coolabah flowers
galariin
flowers: dogwood flowers
yuuliin
flowers: gidgee flowers
babarrabiin
flowers: leopardwood flowers
baalaraan
flowers: native orange tree flowers
bambulngiyan
flowers: river gum flowers
yarraanbiin
flowers: river wattle flowers
gurrulayngayn
flowers: whitewood flowers
birraawiin
fluid: milky fluid
balam
fly
bara-y
,
barra-y
,
buna
,
burruluu
fly around, fly in circle
baragi-y
fly-blown
gamugamuubiyaay
fly-catcher lizard
buumayamayal
fly: horse fly
baanduu
fly: house fly
banhaayal
fly: policeman fly
gugun.gugun
flycatcher: restless flycatcher
garaayaa
flying fox (made of rope/wire)
galgandi
flying fox: fruit bat, flying fox
bibaaya
foal
biginini
foetus: seed; foetus
dhinggal
fog, mist
guwa
foggy
guwan.guwan
fold, roll up
nguwa-li
folded, wrapped
nguwan.nguwan
follow
yala-y
follow: chase, follow, drive
gawaa-y
fond: very fond
nhiiyanhiiya
food: bread; food, tucker
mandha
food: bread; vegetable food
dhuwarr
food: vegetable food; food
yuul
foot; footprint
baburr
foot; footprint, tracks; toe
dhina
foot: hard foot (nickname for someone who is a good walker or roams around a lot)
gumbadhina
footprint: foot; footprint
baburr
for self
-ali-y
for: movement to; purpose; belonging to; for
-gu
forbidden: taboo, forbidden
wanaal
force: hard (with force); loudly; very
bamba
force: make
buyawila-li
forehead: face; forehead; point; surface
ngulu
foreigner: stranger, foreigner; strange, odd
wiyaybaa
foreskin
nyiinmaya
forget
muurr gi-gi
forgetful
wudha muurr
fork in tree; fork (cutlery)
gula
fork; bottom, bum (restricted word)
mala
forked stick
dharran
formerly
gibaylandhi
foster parent
gulumaldhaay
four
bulaarrbulaarr
,
bulawulaarr
,
buligaa
four emus
wugalwugal
fourteen or fifteen emus
ganurran
fox
buumadhayaa
fox: fruit bat, flying fox
bibaaya
fragment: splinter, piece, fragment
bilgin
freak: monster, freak
gayadharri
free
maaydja
fresh; new
yilaan.gaal
fridge: cooler, fridge
balanhii
friend, mate
baayamba
,
barringgu
,
maliyaa
,
mamal
,
ngaan.gii
friend: old man, old friend
mudhi
friendless: alone, friendless; unique
mamaldhalibaa
frighten
giiyanma-li
frightened: afraid, frightened
garigari
,
giyal
,
gun.gun
frilled lizard: bearded dragon, frilled lizard
balawagarr
,
dhalagal
,
dharri
,
wuulaa
frog
baaybal
,
gindjurra
frog eggs: bubble, froth; frog eggs; Gingie
giin.gii
frog: any frog
yurayaa
,
yuwayaa
frog: burrowing frog
galgalbanaa
frog: crucifix frog
bulga
frog: green tree frog
ngayrrngayrr
frog: tree frog (one type)
garrarr
frog: type of frog
dharran
frogmouth: tawny frogmouth
buluurr
from here
ngiilay
from him/her
ngurungundi
,
nguungundi
from me
nganundi
from someone
ngaanngundiyaa
from them (more than two people)
ganungundi
from them (two people)
gaalingundi
from us (more than two people)
ngiyaningundi
from us (two people)
ngalingundi
from who?
ngaanngundi
from you (more than two people)
nginaayngundi
from you (one person)
nginundi
from you (two people)
nginaalingundi
from; because of; circumstance
-DHi
from: people from
-barra
from: where from?
minyaaya dhaay
front
bani
front: in front
biridji
frost; ice
dhandarr
froth: bubble, froth; frog eggs; Gingie
giin.gii
fruit bat, flying fox
bibaaya
fruit: flower of, fruit of
-biyan
fruit: rosewood fruit
bunbarrayn
frying pan
burraanban
fuchsia
dhalandjaa
fuchsia: flowering lignum, lignum fuchsia
barrgay
full
ngaaybu
full of food, sated, satisfied
yuularaay
,
yuuliyaay
full of food: be full of food
garrabi-y
,
mubal muurra-y
full of water, wet
galibaraay
full, blocked; blunt
muurr
full, humped
dhumbil
full: be full of food
garrabi-y
,
mubal muurra-y
fully initiated man
buurrbaa
fully initiated young man
yiyalgidjaay
funeral smoke; fine rain
dhuubaarr
funeral song: dirge, funeral song
guunay
fungus: large oval fungus; little humpy
wayway
fungus: plate fungus; plate
bagal
funny
gindarragaa
fur cloak
garru
fur, wool; hair
dhurrun
furry tribe: hairy caterpillar; furry tribe
dhurrun.gal
further on
ngaangaarran
furthermore
yiyaldu
fuschia: medicine bush
ngarran
future tense suffix
-gi
,
-li
,
-y
galah
gilaa
gall bladder: heart; gall bladder; bitter; blueberry (common name)
gii
gamble: play; dance; gamble
yulu-gi
game with discs and spears; bark discs
wanggalay
game with leaf and fire
wiimbirru
game with toy club
garril budhal
game: ball, ball game; testicles, balls
burugalaa
,
buugalaa
game: children's game
dhurran.gali
game: hide and seek game
waaguu
game: jump into water game
babaaluma-y
game: skipping game
burrumbal
game: tree branch game
wulbuldaan
game: wrestling game
gumbubudhuu
Gamilaraay tribe; Gamilaraay language
Gamilaraay
gammon, pretend
yalbala
gammon: lie; pretend, gammon
wagi
gap: crack, gap; Gurah
garra
Garrawila
Garrawila
gate
badi ganaay
gate post; hitching rail
yaarrbin
gather: collect, gather
guuma-li
gecko, tree dtella
wiibidi
gecko: prickly gecko
garragarraandi
generous: good-hearted, kind; generous
gayliyaay
get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
get up
warraynga-y
get up: stand; stand up, get up; swell
warra-y
ghost
gaadhaay
ghost, spirit; white man
wanda
gidgee flowers
babarrabiin
gidgee; yellow ochre; yellow
gidjiirr
gills: lip; gills
yili
Gingie: bubble, froth; frog eggs; Gingie
giin.gii
Gingie: creation spirit; waterhole at Gingie
Gali Gurunha
girl; daughter
miyay
girl: little girl
mayrra
girl: little girl; Seven Sisters (stars), Pleiades (stars); mallee willow
miyaymiyaay
girl: teenage girl (restricted word)
malagan
Girrawheen
Girrawiin
give
wuu-rri
give a hiding
badha-y
give birth; lay egg; be born
gaanga-y
give food to
gulunma-li
give-and-take paddock
ngaambiyan
gliding possum
bagu
glittering: shiny, reflective, glittering
ngandanganda
glue: tree gum; glue
dhani
glutton
buyumadhuul
go back: come back, go back, return
dharrawuluwi-y
go back: go home, go back
yanaawuwi-y
go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
go down: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
go down: go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
go home, go back
yanaawuwi-y
go hunting; hunt; find, look for
maniila-y
go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
go out: die; go out (fire)
balu-gi
go to sleep
yuwarra-y
go, come, walk
naa-y
,
yana-y
,
yanaa-y
goanna eggs: net bag; fish net; goanna eggs
gulay
goanna: sand goanna
biiwii
,
dhulii
goanna: tree goanna
guugaarr
,
mangun.gaali
,
yurrandaali
goat
nhaniguurr
,
wirribula
,
wirrigaali
goat-head burr
gulimugarr
gobbles: mistletoe, snotty gobbles
baan
God: Byame, God; Byamee
Baayami
goes to: be, become (get); going to (do something); goes to (leads)
gi-gi
golden bandicoot
barrawan
golden perch, yellowbelly
dhagaay
golden wattle
gulgulay
good at
-DHaan
good hunter
dhiidhaan
good job!: well done!, good job!
giirr maayu
good mood
gaba guuyay
good season
ngulawaa
good-hearted, kind; generous
gayliyaay
good-looking
dhaylngulu
,
gaba ngulu
good, well; all right, correctly; well (healthy)
gaba
good; well
marrabaa
good: very good, tempting
maayndjul
Goodooga
Guduuga
Goolhi: river grass (native millet); grain; Goolhi
guli
Goonoo Goonoo
Gunu Gunu
Goonoo: lime gypsum; Goonoo
gunu
goose: magpie goose
dhawudjarrdalmu
gooseberry: native gooseberry
bulabul
gradually
badjinbal
grain: river grass (native millet); grain; Goolhi
guli
grandchild (son's child)
nganawayngaa
grandchild, son's or daughter's child
nhanuwaaydji
granddaughter
bawanngaa
grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
grandfather (mother's father); grandson (daughter's son)
dhaadhaa
grandmother (father's mother)
mamaay
,
ngaagii
grandmother (mother's mother)
badhii
grandmother (mother's mother); mother's mother's brother
waabi
grandmother (mother's mother); old woman
baagii
grandmother: mother-in-law (wife's mother); son-in-law (woman's daughter's husband); grandmother (father's mother)
garrimaay
grandmother: old woman; grandmother
miimii
grandmother: sister; grandmother (mother's mother)
gaadhii
grandson
galimingaa
grandson (son's son)
waaruu
grandson: grandfather (mother's father); grandson (daughter's son)
dhaadhaa
grass
buunhu
,
garaarr
grass seed
dhunbarr
grass seed: sheaf of grass seed
yaamarra
grass windbreak, grass hut
ngana
grass: cane grass; Wilkie
wilgi
grass: nut grass
warringaay
grass: plains grass
ganalay
grass: river grass (native millet); grain; Goolhi
guli
grass: seed or grass necklace
dhiiriil
grass: sheaf of grass seed
yaamarra
grass: swamp grass
yiindal
grasshopper
bunbun
grasstree
dhalan
grassy
buunhuumayuu
grave: hole; cave; grave
biyuu
grave: hole; grave; round
gurru
gravy: juice, gravy; soup, sauce
wirrun
great black cormorant
wungayawaa
,
wurungayawaa
great egret; Ballone (place and river)
baluun
great-uncle: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
grebe: Australasian grebe, diver (bird)
dhiinbin
greedily: look at greedily
gunmi-li
greedy
dhurrin
,
galambiirr
green
gawarrawarr
,
giidjuwaa
green tree frog
ngayrrngayrr
green: raw; green (unripe)
dhurrin
greenhead ant
bayaarr
,
muwan
greetings: hello, greetings
yaamagara
greetings: question word; hello, greetings
yaama
grey
dhadhaal
,
dhuwa
grey butcherbird
garriguwin.guwin
,
guwaaydjiidjii
grey colour or shape
guwin
grey haired
dhandarriyaay
grey kangaroo
bandaarr
grey kangaroo: stinky; western grey kangaroo (nickname)
nhuwiwan
grey kangaroo: western grey kangaroo
wamburr
grey one
dhuwadhuul
grey shrike-thrush
dhan.galaadhil
,
dharruwii
grey snake
ngabi
,
nhiibi
grey teal duck
buuway
grey-crowned babbler
dhadhalurraa
grey-fronted honeyeater
djiibirrirr
grey: old man; first finger; old; grey
dhiriya
grindstone: large grindstone
dhayurr
grindstone: small grindstone
giba
ground orchid
guumay
ground parrot (red-rumped parrot)
barrangga
ground-dwelling animals
dhaymaadhi
ground: battle ground
girraybaa
ground: boggy ground; boggy
gunadha
ground: bora ground
buurrabang
ground: burial ground, cemetery
dhanmurr
,
dhawunma
ground: corroboree ground
gumbu
ground: earth, ground, dirt
dhawun
ground: earth, ground, dirt; home
dhaymaarr
ground: hard ground; hard thing
walan.gumba
ground: high ground
dhirrin
ground: hill, high ground
dhuyul
ground: initiation ceremony, bora; bora ground, initiation ground
buurra
ground: initiation ground
gunaba
ground: plain, open ground; outside
wagi
ground: rocky ground/ridge
murrila
group of emus
gambadhuul
group of two
-gaali
group: many (little things); group, mob
-gal
group: social group
Bumbira
,
Magula
,
Ngara
grow
burrul gi-gi
grow: come; rise (sun/moon); grow
dhurra-li
grub
birraa
grub hook
ngay
grub: bogong moth grub
birrga
,
yuluumaarraa
grub: caterpillar, grub
gararrngan
grub: coolabah tree grub
burrunggal
grub: gum tree grub
yarraangan
grub: hook out grub
ngaydju dhiyama-li
grub: sandalwood tree grub
garruuyal
grub: spitfire grub
maliga
grub: witchetty grub, whitewood grub
wungala
gruie: emu apple tree, gruie
guri
,
guwi
grunter: silver bream, sooty grunter
gambaal
grunter: spangled grunter (fish)
babi
guardian: initiation guardian
mandhiigan
gudgeon: flat-headed gudgeon (a fish)
nguluumanbuu
gull: seagull, silver gull
giinbaywarraymal
,
maanggiiwarraywarraymal
gully: thigh; gully, creek
mabun
gum tree grub
yarraangan
gum: coolabah tree gum
giyiirr
gum: house; stringybark gum tree
gundhi
gum: river gum flowers
yarraanbiin
gum: river red gum tree; Southern Cross (stars)
yarraan
gum: spotty river gum tree
yumu
gum: tree gum; glue
dhani
gun
marrgin
gundabluie wattle
ngaduwi
Gunnedah
Gunudha
Gunnedah: orphan (motherless child); black-faced cuckoo-shrike; Gunnedah
gunidjaa
Gurah: crack, gap; Gurah
garra
Gurly Station: river wattle; Gurly Station
gurrulay
gush out, spurt
yuuga-y
gust: wind gust
buliirral wanda
gut
mubal dhiyama-li
,
mubal dhuwima-li
gut: cow's paper gut
biibii
guts: stomach, belly, guts
mubal
Gwydir River
Guwayda
gypsum: lime gypsum; Goonoo
gunu
habitual
-awaa
habitual: all day, on-going, habitual
-ngaya-li
hailstone: large hailstone
dharayan
,
dhayan
hailstone: small hailstone
yiyagungawuma
hair-string belt: string, rope; fishing line; hair-string belt
buurr
hair: body hair; pubic hair
budhi
hair: fur, wool; hair
dhurrun
hair: head hair
balandharr
hair: head; head hair
dhaygal
,
gawugaa
hairy caterpillar; furry tribe
dhurrun.gal
hairy melon
baaya
hairy, furry
dhurrundhurrun
hairy: little (hairy) people
gudiny
,
winambuu
half-caste
gugan
half, part
mulan
halo around moon
gungurima
halo around moon or sun
garrul
hammer: hitting thing; hitting stick; hammer
bumal
hand; finger
mara
hand; finger; five; totem
maa
handkerchief
yanggiidjaa
handle: axe handle
birra
handpiece: shearing handpiece
bagaay
hang
binda-y
hang up
bindama-li
hang up; tie up
bindaybi-li
hang up: put up; hang up
mayabi-li
happen: let (something happen)
wana
happen: make (something) happen
-ma-li
happy; pleased; proud
gayaa
hard (with force); loudly; very
bamba
hard foot (nickname for someone who is a good walker or roams around a lot)
gumbadhina
hard ground; hard thing
walan.gumba
hard-hearted
walanduurr
hard, solid; strong; tough
walanbaa
hard, solid; tough
walan
hard, strong
ngaarr
hard: flinty (very hard)
gumba
hat
gabugaan
hat; lid, top
gabundi
have sex, make love
dhaa-rri
have sex: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
have: take; bring, fetch; carry; wear; own, have
gaa-gi
having: with, having
-araay
,
-Baraay
,
-Biyaay
,
-iyaay
he, she (doer/doer to)
nguru
,
nguu
head hair
balandharr
head; head hair
dhaygal
,
gawugaa
head: bald head
biirra gawugaa
head: penis head
nyiinmay
headache
dhaygal gaya-y
,
gagil dhaygal
headband
gulal
headband (plaited)
ngulugaayrr
heal
gabanma-li
heal: fix, heal, make better
maaruma-li
,
maayuma-li
healer's totem
yanbiyaay
healthy: good, well; all right, correctly; well
gaba
hear; listen
winanga-li
heart wood: soul, spirit (human); heart wood; inside
dhuwi
heart; gall bladder; bitter; blueberry (common name)
gii
heat
buuyan
heaven
dhiiyaanmaa
heaven, sky camp; place far away
balima
heaven: sky; heaven
gunagala
heavy
madhanbaa
heavy blood group
guwaymadhan
heavy: very heavy
madhanmadhan
heel
dhanga
hello, greetings
yaamagara
hello: question word; hello, greetings
yaama
help
banma-li
helpless: poor (helpless), pitiful; silly; alas!, oh dear!
ngarragaa
hen: black-tailed native hen; Bangate
baan.giirr
hen: black-tailed native-hen
gulguwi
hen: redbill, swamp hen
mayuubiyuu
her, him (done to)
ngurunga
,
nguunga
her: from him/her
ngurungundi
,
nguungundi
her: to/at/on him/her
ngurungunda
,
nguungunda
her(s), his; to her, him
ngurungu
,
nguungu
here
ngiima
,
nguwa
here (hereabouts)
nguwalay
here: from here
ngiilay
here: this way, to here
dhaay
here: this; here
nhalay
here: to here (nearby)
marragula
hereabouts: here
nguwalay
hermit
baarrgiin
heron: nankeen night heron
dhaarrin.gaarrin
,
dharrun
heron: white-faced heron, blue crane
budhuulgaa
,
buyudhurrungiili
hey!
baaydjarr
,
maaya
,
nga
,
yii
hey!, look!, ouch!
yagaay
hiccup: sneeze; hiccup
giguwi
,
giguwi dhu-rri
hide
dhurrinba-li
,
gadhamayawa-li
hide (plant)
dhuwinba-li
hide (self)
dhuwinba-y
hide and seek game
waaguu
hide, plant (self)
guuma-y
high ground
dhirrin
high ground: hill, high ground
dhuyul
high place: top; high place
gaburran
high: up, high; east
ngarribaa
hill, high ground
dhuyul
hill, mountain range
gaba
hilly
dhuyuldhuyul
him: her, him (done to)
ngurunga
,
nguunga
him/her: from him/her
ngurungundi
,
nguungundi
him/her: to/at/on him/her
ngurungunda
,
nguungunda
hip
baa
,
mila
his: her(s), his; to her, him
ngurungu
,
nguungu
hit man, thug
bumaldaay
hit; kill
buma-li
hit: be hit
buma-y
hitching rail: gate post; hitching rail
yaarrbin
hitting thing; hitting stick; hammer
bumal
hobble: limp, hobble
wirraa-y
hold on, not yet; before
gamilu
,
waalu
hold: catch; hold
bayama-li
,
ganma-li
hold: embrace, hold, cuddle
gulagama-li
holder: clever man's bag; spirit holder
bundurr
hole
biruu
hole; cave; grave
biyuu
hole; grave; round
gurru
holey country
gurrumayuu
hollow
biruubaraay
,
biyuubiyaay
hollow tree
burran.gul
hollow tree; tree stump
ngadhul
hollow: water hollow in tree
gulaagul
home country: home, home country
walaaybaa
home: earth, ground, dirt; home
dhaymaarr
home: go home, go back
yanaawuwi-y
honey drink
galindjari
honey: bee; honey
warangana
honey: pure honey
gugal
honey: worker bee; bee's nest; honey
warrul
honeyeater: grey-fronted honeyeater
djiibirrirr
hooded robin
biibin
hook
wuu
,
yinabil
hook out (grub)
ngaydju dhiyama-li
hook: grub hook
ngay
hop bush; ripe; cooked
yiilay
hop; jump; stamp; flap
baa-y
hop: jump, hop
bara-y
horn: cow horn
nhalganhalga
hornet
guwaa
hornet: mud hornet
dhanbadhanba
hornet: wasp, hornet
muundhuurr
horse
yarraaman
horse fly
baanduu
horse: stick horse
wulbul yaal
horseshoe
gumbiyaa
hot: burn; be hot; burn with pain; cook
gudhuwa-y
hot: firestick; hot
wiibiyaay
hotel
babuligaarr
house fly
banhaayal
house; stringybark gum tree
gundhi
how many?
minyangay
how?
galaarr
,
gulaarr
human shadow; shadow spirit; location
malawil
humour: mood, humour
guuyay
humped: full, humped
dhumbil
humpy: camp; humpy; nest,
walaay
humpy: large oval fungus; little humpy
wayway
hundred
barriga
hungry
yuulngin
hunt away, chase away
yuwaba-y
hunt: go hunting; hunt; find, look for
maniila-y
hunter: good hunter
dhiidhaan
huntsman spider
gurra
husband: spouse, husband, wife
guliirr
husband's mother: mother-in-law; aunt (any), aunt (man's father's sister)
walgan
hush!
gaabu
husky voice
ngurrgun
hut: bark hut; tin canoe
dhaadharr
hut: grass windbreak, grass hut
ngana
I
ngaya
ibis
murrgumurrgu
,
yuwagayrr
ice: frost; ice
dhandarr
if: whether, if
yaamagaa
imitate: mimic, imitate speech
gaay gawaa-y
immediately
baayanbuu
,
barraaywan
immediately: now; today
yilaadhu
important man: initiated man; important man; Aboriginal man
yuurray
in front
biridji
in that manner: like that, in that manner; because (consequence)
yalagiirrma
in the same way as: like, just like
yalagiirray
in this manner: this way, in this manner
yalay
in, at, on; to (dative)
-Ga
in: jump in
bumbaali-y
information: known information
-ma
initiated man; important man; Aboriginal man
yuurray
initiated man: fully initiated man
buurrbaa
initiated youth
guburra
initiation ceremony, bora; bora ground, initiation ground
buurra
initiation ground
gunaba
initiation ground: initiation ceremony, bora; bora ground, initiation ground
buurra
initiation guardian
mandhiigan
initiation scars, cicatrices; carving, engraving; mark, writing; scar
mubirr
initiation song
burrambuurra
initiation-ground pathway
dhunbarran
insect: egg; brain; insect
gawu
insect: long-legged insect
dharrabilay
insects
gawugalgaa
inside
mudhu
inside: be in, be inside
wa-y
inside: soul, spirit (human); heart wood; inside
dhuwi
intelligent: teacher of the law; clever, intelligent
binangarrangarra
intestines: fish intestines
wirraa
intestines: sheep intestines (large)
yaray
intestines: sheep intestines (small)
galinggaa
intonation: pronunciation, accent; tune, intonation
dhaalan
iron pot
nhayamban
iron; machinery
gumbadhaa
ironbark: silver ironbark
dhiinyaay
ironic imperative
-mi-y
ironwood
dhan.gayan.gan
itch
gii-gi
,
giiri-gi
itchy
giyalgiyal
jackeroo: red kangaroo; jackeroo, stockman
bawurra
Jacky Winter (bird)
dhunidjuni
jagged spear
mirringamu
jail
yalaa
jaw: cheek; jaw, jawbone
dhaal
jealous
buularaay
,
buuliyaay
jealousy
buul
jew lizard
dhayarr
juice, gravy; soup, sauce
wirrun
juicy
wirrunbiyaay
jump in
bumbaali-y
jump into water (game)
babaaluma-y
jump, hop
bara-y
jump: hop; jump; stamp; flap
baa-y
jumper ant
milbaawaay
,
milbarawaay
just like: like, just like (in the same way as)
yalagiirray
just, only
yiyal
just: only, just
-biyal
Kalmundi Station
Galimandi
kangaroo rat
dhurrawaay
,
gunharr
kangaroo rat (bettong)
milaya
kangaroo-tooth ornament
yambiyan
kangaroo: bag; pouch of kangaroo
man.garr
kangaroo: grey kangaroo
bandaarr
kangaroo: red kangaroo
ganuurr
kangaroo: red kangaroo; jackeroo, stockman
bawurra
kangaroo: stinky; western grey kangaroo (nickname)
nhuwiwan
kangaroo: western grey kangaroo
wamburr
keep, retain, store
garrawa-li
kestrel: Australian kestrel, nankeen kestrel
wala
kick
gigirrma-li
kidney
mugarr
Kigwigil: red soil; Kigwigil
gigwidjil
kill
balubuma-li
kill (stone dead)
nhuwigu buma-li
kill: hit; kill
buma-li
kill: pelt, throw at; point bone, kill
gayawi-li
kind
mulabiyaay
kind: good-hearted, kind; generous
gayliyaay
kindling
wugan.galgaa
king brown snake; snake
ngandabaa
kingfisher: red-backed kingfisher
dhaadhiirr
kingfisher: sacred kingfisher
bunduun
kiss
ngaay gaya-li
,
ngayaga-li
kiss: twist, plait; kiss
yabi-li
kite: black kite
manggarraan
kite: black-breasted kite
wugamaabaydaa
kite: whistling kite
biya
knead: squash; knead
bama-li
knee
dhinbirr
knee: back of knee
gayarr
kneel
dhinbiya warra-y
knife
mambul
,
nhaayba
knife: stone knife
magal
knock down; push down
bundaama-li
knot: tie up; knot
yulaa-li
knot: tree knot
buul
,
nhay
knotty, lumpy
buulbuul
knotty: rough, bumpy; knotty
madhamadha
know; remember
dhiirra-y
know: understand; know; remember; think; love
winanga-y
knowledgeable
dhuurran
known information
-ma
knuckle
biyal
koala
guba
,
guda
kookaburra
gugurrgaagaa
kurrajong bark
giyawaan
,
muramin
kurrajong tree
nhungga
kurrajong tree; rope
nhimin
kurrajong-country people
Nhunggabarra
kurrajong: young kurrajong root
gaagul
lacking: without, lacking
-dhalibaa
lactating female: old woman; lactating female
maamii
lady: senior lady (respected elder)
yinarraa
lagoon: creek; lagoon; Cowal
gaawal
lagoon: small waterhole; lagoon
dhanggaal
lake name
Maandhi
lame, crippled
dhan.gurr
land yam
gugumadharraa
language: word; message; language; story
gaay
lapwing: spur-winged plover, masked lapwing
baaldharradharra
large bark vessel
yabil
large grindstone
dhayurr
large hailstone
dharayan
,
dhayan
large locust
ngarrala
large mussel
dhanggal
large oval fungus; little humpy
wayway
large saltbush
binamayaa
later on
baayandhu
later: long ago; long time later
yilaalu
laugh
gindama-y
law
bigan
lawful
biganbiyaay
lay egg: give birth; lay egg; be born
gaanga-y
lazy: tired; lazy
yinggil
leader
burrulaabaa
leader, chief, boss
dhuurranmay
leader: corroboree leader
murraan.gali
leads: be, become (get); going to (do something); goes to (leads)
gi-gi
leaf
buu
,
garril
,
girraa
leaf litter: moss; rubbish, leaf litter
gagarr
leak: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
leak: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
lean
nganbi-y
,
nganbima-li
lean meat; body; Bunna; cannibal
bana
lean over: bend down, stoop; lean over
dhuli-y
leaning
dhaandiyaay
leave alone
dhabima-li
,
dhiirrma-li
leave: throw, pitch; leave
wana-gi
leaves used for burying
yilbin
leaves; location
girran.girraa
leaves: tea leaves
dhii garril
leech
guurrman
left
wara
,
waya
left-handed; left
waragaal
,
wayagaal
leg: calf of leg
wuruga
leg: lower leg, calf of leg, shin
buyu
leg: thigh, leg; creek; tree branch
dharra
legless lizard, slow worm
binadhiwuubiyan
lemonwood
dharriwa
leopardwood flowers
baalaraan
leopardwood tree; Bukkulla
bagala
let (something happen)
wana
let go: release, let go; sack
yanaaynbi-li
letter: paper; note (paper money); letter
biiba
lice: louse, lice
munhi
lick
dhiidja-li
lid: hat; lid, top
gabundi
lie
wi-y
lie, tell a lie
dhanggi-li
,
yaal dhanggi-li
lie; pretend, false
yaal
lie; pretend, gammon
wagi
lie: sleep; lie (down); camp, stop, stay; live
dhanduwi-y
lift up: pick up, lift up
dhiyama-li
light (fire/lamp)
wulanabi-li
light (not heavy)
gabanbaa
light a fire: make a fire, light a fire
wii wiima-li
light blood group
guwaygaliyarr
light: fire; firewood; light; clever; bobby fish; spirit light
wii
light: flame; light
dhuuraay
light: flame; light; firestick
dhuuyaay
lightning, chain lightning
dhun.gayrra
lightning: thunder; lightning
murrumay
lignum
mirriraa
,
mirriyaa
lignum country people
Mirriyaabarra
lignum: flowering lignum, lignum fuchsia
barrgay
like that, in that manner; because (consequence)
yalagiirrma
like, just like (in the same way as)
yalagiirray
like, similar to
-giirr
lily: Darling lily
dhaygalbaarrayn
lime gypsum; Goonoo
gunu
lime: native lime
gayn.gayn
limp, hobble
wirraa-y
line: fishing line
yalaayn
line: string, rope; fishing line; hair-string belt
buurr
lip
gumay
lip; gills
yili
listen: hear; listen
winanga-li
listen!
yiiy
litter: moss; rubbish, leaf litter
gagarr
little (affectionate)
-ili
little (hairy) people
gudiny
,
winambuu
little corella
gadharra
little crow
waagaan
,
waagiyan
little girl
mayrra
little girl; Seven Sisters (stars), Pleiades (stars); mallee willow
miyaymiyaay
little humpy: large oval fungus; little humpy
wayway
little one
dhugaadjuul
little pied cormorant
birribangga
little plains lizard
birriyan
little red lizard
gadha
little song
yugali
little things: many little things; group, mob
-gal
little, small; one
-DHuul
little: child; small, little
gaaynmara
little: small, little
badjin
,
bubaay
,
dhugaay
little: small, little; child
gaay
live: sit; stay, stop, live
yilawa-y
live: sit; stay, stop, live; ride
wila-y
live: sleep; lie (down); camp, stop, stay; live
dhanduwi-y
liver
gana
lizard (nickname)
murrawa
lizard: bearded dragon, frilled lizard
balawagarr
,
dhalagal
,
dharri
,
wuulaa
lizard: blue-tongue lizard
wubun
lizard: fly-catcher lizard
buumayamayal
lizard: jew lizard
dhayarr
lizard: legless lizard, slow worm
binadhiwuubiyan
lizard: little plains lizard
birriyan
lizard: little red lizard
gadha
lizard: shingleback lizard
garrbaali
,
manggaay
lizard: sleepy lizard
wurumal
lizard: small dragon lizard
gumawuma
lizard: tree lizard
waluubaal
location: battle spirit; location
Wurrawaadhiyan
location: brigalow wattle; location
barranbaa
location: Darling pea; location
gilaan.garra
location: human shadow; shadow spirit; location
malawil
location: leaves; location
girran.girraa
locust: large locust
ngarrala
locust: small locust, cicada
ngininnginin
log
nhaadhiyaan
log bridge; stool, bench
gulaay
log: back log
wiigun
log: ceremonial log
ginilgarriya
log: shelly log
dhan.gal
loincloth: possum-fur loincloth
gumilaa
lonely: be lonely
walindja-li
lonely: out of place; lonely, sulky
walingay
long ago
yilambu
long ago; long time later
yilaalu
long ago: very long ago
ngaarribu
long way
biruu
,
biyuu
long-legged insect
dharrabilay
long-nailed spirit
Yuluwaya
long-necked shag: darter, long-necked shag
ganandhaal
,
gunambaal
long-necked turtle
girrabirrii
long-necked turtle: wedge-tailed eagle; long-necked turtle; policeman
maliyan
long; tall
guraarr
,
guyaarr
look
ngarra-y
look after: mind, look after
ngarrangarra-li
look at (greedily)
gunmi-li
look for: go hunting; hunt; find, look for
maniila-y
look for: search for, look for
gayarra-gi
look for: search for, look for; find
ngaawa-y
look out!
nhama dhaay
look: see; look; watch
ngami-li
,
ngarra-li
look!: hey!, look!, ouch!
yagaay
loose, rattling
buwabuwa
lose
wanggarrama-li
,
yuluurrinma-li
,
yuuwaanmi-li
lost
warrayaa
lost: be lost
wanggarra-y
,
warrayaa yanaa-y
lot of talk
burrulaa garay
lot: covered with, with a lot of
-bil
lot: many, a lot
burrulaa
loudly: hard (with force); loudly; very
bamba
louse nit: sand; louse nit
garaay
,
gayaay
louse, lice
munhi
louse: mother louse
gabuul
love (be sweet on)
guwiirrnga-li
love: have sex, make love
dhaa-rri
love: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
love: understand; know; remember; think; love
winanga-y
lover
dhurriwuudhaay
lower leg, calf of leg, shin
buyu
lucky
murrubidi
lump
gulu
lumpy: knotty, lumpy
buulbuul
lung
gaban
machinery: iron; machinery
gumbadhaa
MacIntyre River: Boobera Lagoon or MacIntyre River
Gawubuwan Gunigal
mad, crazy; stupid, silly; eccentric
wamba
mad: silly, mad; pretending!
yaambul
maggot; blowfly
gamugamuu
magic stone
muuliyaay
magpie
burrugarrbuu
,
mugarrabaa
magpie goose
dhawudjarrdalmu
magpie-lark: peewee, magpie-lark
barriindjiin
,
birrgabirrga
Major Mitchell cockatoo: pink cockatoo, Major Mitchell cockatoo
gagalarrin
make (construct)
dhurra-li
make (force)
buyawila-li
make (something) happen
-ma-li
make a corroboree: dance
dhan.gurrama-y
make a fire, light a fire
wii wiima-li
make better: fix, heal, make better
maaruma-li
,
maayuma-li
make bigger, spread out
waluwarr bunma-li
make by hand
maayama-li
,
marama-li
make come out
dhurraaba-li
make cry
yubama-li
make love: have sex, make love
dhaa-rri
make love: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
make mouth water
ngarrdanma-li
make noise
dhura-li
,
girriinba-li
make someone angry: annoy, make someone angry
yiili burranba-li
make: do; make (construct)
gimbi-li
,
gimubi-li
make: talk (to), speak (to); tell; say; make (someone do something)
guwaa-li
maker: boomerang maker
barran.giiba
male
burubiyaay
,
mandayaa
male echidna; echidna ant sack; ant nest
gadhuu
mallee willow: little girl; Seven Sisters (stars), Pleiades (stars); mallee willow
miyaymiyaay
mallee willow: manna; sweetheart; mallee willow
guwiirra
man-like spirit
murraagu
man: Aboriginal doctor, clever man
wiringin
man: Aboriginal man
giwiirr
man: Aboriginal man; Aboriginal person
dhayn
man: Aboriginal person; Aboriginal man
mari
man: ancestral eagle man
Maliyangarr
man: Chinese man
dhaliman
,
mil binggarr
man: fully initiated man
buurrbaa
man: fully initiated young man
yiyalgidjaay
man: ghost, spirit; white man
wanda
man: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
man: initiated man; important man; Aboriginal man
yuurray
man: old man
wuulman
man: old man, old friend
mudhi
man: old man; first finger; old; grey
dhiriya
man: white man
gabaa
man: young man
yira murrun
,
yiya murrun
man's belt
wayuwaal
man's father's sister: mother-in-law (husband's mother); aunt (any), aunt (man's father's sister)
walgan
mandarine: native mandarine
dharrday
manna
gun.giyan
manna (on bark)
dharraabiin
manna; sweetheart; mallee willow
guwiirra
mannered: peaceful, well mannered
gaba binaal
many
-galgaa
many (little things); group, mob
-gal
many coloured
gagan.gagan
many, a lot
burrulaa
mark: axe mark
baayl
mark: initiation scars, cicatrices; carving, engraving; mark, writing; scar
mubirr
married
guliirraraay
,
guliirriyaay
married woman: Aboriginal woman, married woman
wirringgaa
marrow: bone marrow
giindjuu
Mars: planet Mars
Guwaybila
marsh
gurrugaawal
marsupial mouse
gima
marthaguy burr
mugaadhaa
martin: fairy martin
bidjaaymamal
martin: tree martin
gan.garra
masked lapwing: spur-winged plover, masked lapwing
baaldharradharra
master: boss, master
maadha
matches
buri
,
maadjirr
mate: friend, mate
baayamba
,
barringgu
,
maliyaa
,
mamal
,
ngaan.gii
matrilineal totem
yarudhagaa
me (done to)
nganha
me: from me
nganundi
me: my; to me
ngay
me: to/at/on me
nganunda
meat ant
buurrngan
meat; meat (totem)
dhinggaa
meat; meat (totem); animal
dhii
meat: lean meat; body; Bunna; cannibal
bana
meat: piece of meat
dhiidjuul
medicine
dhalbin
medicine bush (fuschia)
ngarran
meeting place
bunbul
meeting: women's social section; meeting
Buudhaa
melon
milan
melon: black stripe; melon
bilum
melon: camel melon
ngayuun
melon: hairy melon
baaya
melon: native melon
nhinay
men's social section
Gabii
,
Gambuu
,
Marrii
,
Yibaay
mess, rubbish
dhaga
message stick
maang
message stick: bora message stick
dhulu buurra
message stick: tree; stick; message stick
dhulu
message: word; message; language; story
gaay
messenger; priest; counsellor
dhayndalmuu
messenger: bora messenger
wuumaa
methylated spirits
gum
methylated spirits: white; clear alcohol; methylated spirits
banggabaa
mid-afternoon
ngadaa dhuni
mid-morning
ngarribaa dhuni
midday
ngarribaa bidjunda
middle
bidjun
midwife: old woman; midwife, nurse; wife
dhubaay
might (would you)
-badhaay
might: must, might; either ... or
-Yaa
Mildool
Milduul
milk
milgin
milk a cow
ngamuma-li
,
nhuunma-li
milk thistle
balamba
milky fluid
balam
Milky Way: watercourse (overflow channel); Milky Way
warrambul
milky weed
minan
millet: river grass (native millet); grain; Goolhi
guli
Millie Station
Mili
million
wiwurra
millipede
barranbarraan
mimic, imitate speech
gaay gawaa-y
mimosa bean pods
mawurrngiyan
mimosa bush
mawurr
mind, look after
ngarrangarra-li
miner bird: soldier bird, miner bird
dhiidjiinbawaa
mint: pennyroyal, river mint
buuybuuy
,
ngawingawi
mirage
yiirriirr
Mirramanar Station: dragonfly; bullroarer; Mirramanar Station
murrumanamanaa
missus, mistress
midi
mist: fog, mist
guwa
mistletoe bird
baandjil
mistletoe, snotty gobbles
baan
mistress: missus, mistress
midi
mix
mugi-li
moan
yaaga-y
mob: crowd, big mob
dharaa
mob: many (little things); group, mob
-gal
mob: noisy mob
wululgal
moiety name
Wudhurruu
,
Yanguru
,
Yanguu
moiety: opposite moiety
ngaarriga
money
banggul
money: paper; note (paper money); letter
biiba
money: stone; coins
yarral
money: stone; money
maayama
monitor: black-headed monitor
galgarriirr
monster, freak
gayadharri
mood, humour
guuyay
mood: bad mood
gagil guuyay
mood: good mood
gaba guuyay
moon
baaluu
,
gilay
moon: climb; rise (sun/moon)
galiya-y
moon: come; rise (sun/moon); grow
dhurra-li
moon: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
moon: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
moon: go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
moon: halo around moon
gungurima
moon: halo around moon or sun
garrul
moon: new moon
barran.giirr
Morning Star, Venus (planet)
Maliyan.gaalay
mosquito
mungin
moss; rubbish, leaf litter
gagarr
moth: bogong moth grub
birrga
,
yuluumaarraa
moth: type of moth
burrun
,
gambigambi
mother earth
gunimaa
mother louse
gabuul
mother-in-law (husband's mother); aunt (any), aunt (man's father's sister)
walgan
mother-in-law (wife's mother)
buyal
mother-in-law (wife's mother); son-in-law (woman's daughter's husband); grandmother (father's mother)
garrimaay
mother-in-law's brother; son-in-law
badhuul
mother; aunt (mother's sister)
gunii
,
ngambaa
mother; aunt (mother's sister); female
gunidjarr
mother: aunt (mother's younger sister)
dhugaaga ngambaa
mother's brother: father; wife's mother's brother
baayna
mother's brother: uncle; father-in-law
garruu
mother's brother's wife: father's sister; mother's brother's wife; mother's mother's brother's daughter
baaman
mother's father: grandfather; grandson (daughter's son)
dhaadhaa
mother's mother: grandmother
badhii
mother's mother: grandmother; mother's mother's brother
waabi
mother's mother: grandmother; old woman
baagii
mother's mother: sister; grandmother
gaadhii
mother's mother's brother: father's sister; mother's brother's wife; mother's mother's brother's daughter
baaman
mother's mother's brother: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
mother's mother's brother: grandmother (mother's mother); mother's mother's brother
waabi
mother's mother's brother's daughter: father's sister; mother's brother's wife; mother's mother's brother's daughter
baaman
mother's mother's mother
murrambagan
mother's older sister: aunt
burrul ngambaa
mother's sister: mother; aunt
ngambaa
,
gunii
mother's sister: mother; aunt; female
gunidjarr
mother's sister's husband: father; mother's sister's husband
biiyalaa
mother's younger sister: aunt
dhugaaga ngambaa
motherless child: orphan
biiwan
motherless child: orphan; black-faced cuckoo-shrike; Gunnedah
gunidjaa
mouldy
wubuubiyaay
mound: termite mound
guwiigaa
mountain on Namoi River
Badhara Walaay
,
Balarangawul
mountain: hill, mountain range
gaba
mountain: name of a sacred mountain
Wubi Wubi
mouse
dhindu
,
mandarray
mouse: marsupial mouse
gima
moustache
mandhu
moustache: beard, whiskers; moustache
yarray
mouth; opening, entrance
ngaay
move
yuurra-gi
move in a line
baanda-y
movement to; purpose; belonging to; for
-gu
mown: cut, mown, clipped; shaved
garragarraa
much: big, much
burrul
Muckerawa (waterhole)
Magarrawayaa
mucus, snot
mirril
mud
milimili
mud catfish
waay
mud hornet
dhanbadhanba
mud; paint
bidjaay
muddy
bidjaaybiyaay
mug: tin mug, mug; can (tin can)
gaala
mulga
malga
mulga parrot; ringneck parrot; two stars
bulunbulun
Murrawal: porcupine, echidna; Murrawal
marrawal
Murray cod; fish
guduu
muscle
bindawu
mushroom
wubu
musk duck
bagabagaali
,
birraala
mussel: large mussel
dhanggal
mussel: small mussel
giinbay
,
maanggii
must, might; either ... or
-Yaa
mustn't
wanaa
my; to me
ngay
myall tree
maayaal
myrtle, turkey bush
burrgulbiyan
mythical beings (type of)
dhinabarra
mythical tribe
Murungamildaa
mythological warrior enemies
guuwiyaay
nail-tail: bridled nail-tail wallaby
mararra
,
mayarra
nail, fingernail, toenail; claw; scratch (claw mark)
yulu
nail: small sharp things; needle; nail; pin
binggi
name
gayrr
,
gayrrba-li
name: alternative name
bilaan
name: moiety name
Wudhurruu
,
Yanguru
,
Yanguu
name: secret name
mudhun
name: what's-a-name
ngaandingaandi
named; well known
gayrriyaay
Namoi River
Ngamaay
nankeen kestrel: Australian kestrel, nankeen kestrel
wala
nankeen night heron
dhaarrin.gaarrin
,
dharrun
nardoo
bal
,
nhaadhuu
Narrabri
Nharibaraay
Narran Lake
Burrul Gungan
,
Dharriwaa
,
Giiguradjin
Narran River: skinny; Narran River
nharran
narrow
waawul
native banana
gaagulu
native banana yam
biyarrbirr
,
giban
native bee
guni
native bee: queen native bee
guniinii
native carrot
dhalayndjaa
native cat, quoll
bagandi
native cherry: drooping currant, native cherry
mirrii
native companion: brolga, native companion
burraalga
native gooseberry
bulabul
native lime
gayn.gayn
native mandarine
dharrday
native melon
nhinay
native millet: river grass; grain; Goolhi
guli
native orange tree
bambul
native orange tree flowers
bambulngiyan
native parsnip
madhay
native peach
garrayarray
native plum
ngamumbirra
native potato
buunggal
,
dhiilguwin
native spinach
galan.galaan
native tomato
bulumburr
,
gumi
native-hen: black-tailed native-hen
gulguwi
nature
baayangali
navel, bellybutton
bigal
,
wirrigaal
near future: yesterday (recent past), tomorrow
-ngayi-y
near: close, near
guwiin
,
guwiinbaa
,
milan
near: come near
guwiinba-li
nearby: to here (nearby)
marragula
nearly: almost, nearly
ngaliman
neck: back of neck
nhan
neck: throat; neck
wuru
,
wuyu
necklace
nhiigiliirr
necklace: seed or grass necklace
dhiiriil
Nee-Nee
Nhiinhii
needle: bone needle
nhingal
needle: small sharp things; needle; nail; pin
binggi
needlewood tree
bin.gawin.gal
nephew (sister's son)
gunubingaa
nepine
barigan
,
guwiibirr
,
ngaybaan
nervous
gidjarri
nervous: upset, nervous
bina guwaal
nest: camp; humpy; nest,
walaay
nest: camp; nest
gaarrimay
nest: male echidna; echidna ant sack; ant nest
gadhuu
nest: worker bee; bee's nest; honey
warrul
net bag; fish net; goanna eggs
gulay
net: emu net
mirrun
net: fish net
dhaaliyaay
never
baluwaal
new
burranbaa
,
nhuubala
new moon
barran.giirr
new, strange
guliyaan
new: fresh; new
yilaan.gaal
next
bayaal
nicely
gabangaarr
nickname
barranbuu
nickname: hard foot (for someone who is a good walker or roams around a lot)
gumbadhina
nickname: lizard
murrawa
nickname: proud
gudjibaal
nickname: stinky; western grey kangaroo
nhuwiwan
nickname: wood duck; water bird
gunambaay
niece (sister's daughter)
gunugayngaa
night
ngurru
night; black; dark
buluuy
nightjar: owlet nightjar
yirrin
nightjar: spotted nightjar
buugudaguda
nine
mirraal
nit: sand; louse nit
garaay
,
gayaay
no good: bad, no good; Coghill
gagil
no one (doer to)
waal ngaanduwaa
no shame: shameless, no shame
giyaldhalibaa
no, none
maayrr
,
marayrr
no, not; didn't, don't, won't
gamil
,
waal
no: shame!, oh no!
barrabandu
noise
wulul
noise, sound
dhural
noise: echo, chopping noise
ban.gul
noise: make noise
dhura-li
,
girriinba-li
noise: wing noise
maamuu
noisy
girrigirri
noisy friar bird
dhaguway
noisy mob
wululgal
non-marriageable woman
ngan.gi
non-marriageable: crosswise, across; non-marriageable (woman)
nganbirr
none
maayrrngay
none: no, none
maayrr
,
marayrr
north
ngaarribiyan
north wind
dhurrandhurran
,
wilaarrdaa
nose
muyu
nose bone/shell
muyu waa
nose; beak; point
muru
nosey person: willy wagtail; troublemaker; nosey person
dhirridhirri
nostril
muru biruu
,
muyudhaa
not heavy: light
gabanbaa
not right: badly, carelessly, not right
gamil maaru
,
waal maayu
not with it
yalabiyaay
not yet: hold on, not yet; before
gamilu
,
waalu
not: no, not; didn't, don't, won't
gamil
,
waal
note: paper; note (paper money); letter
biiba
now
yalagiyu
now (immediately); today
yilaadhu
now; then; or
-nga
now: what now?
yaamanga
Nullawa
Nguluwawul
numb
dhirrindjal
,
yuumbu
nurse: old woman; midwife, nurse; wife
dhubaay
nut grass
warringaay
oak: spear; swamp oak, belah tree
bilaarr
oak: swamp oak, belah tree
murrgu
ochre: gidgee; yellow ochre; yellow
gidjiirr
ochre: red ochre
guuwarr
ochre: white ochre
dhawurraa
ochre: yellow ochre
guwinii
odd: stranger, foreigner; strange, odd
wiyaybaa
oh dear!
madjagurra
oh dear!: poor (helpless), pitiful; silly; alas!, oh dear!
ngarragaa
oh no!: shame!, oh no!
barrabandu
okay! (satisfactory)
miyaay
okay! all right!
ngaayaybaay
old man
wuulman
old man, old friend
mudhi
old man; first finger; old; grey
dhiriya
old man; old things
wayamaa
old woman
nhangi
,
yambuli
,
yinarraagalaa
old woman; grandmother
miimii
old woman; lactating female
maamii
old woman; midwife, nurse; wife
dhubaay
old woman: grandmother (mother's mother); old woman
baagii
old; old person
dhuningarraay
older brother
dhaya
older sister
bawa
,
dhawurran
older sister, sister
baawaa
older sister; younger sister
bagaan
older sister: aunt (mother's older sister)
burrul ngambaa
on-going: all day, on-going, habitual
-ngaya-li
on: be on top; be up
ma-y
on: in, at, on; to (dative)
-Ga
on: to/at/on him/her
ngurungunda
,
nguungunda
on: to/at/on me
nganunda
on: to/at/on them (more than two people)
ganungunda
on: to/at/on them (two people)
gaalingunda
on: to/at/on us (more than two people)
ngiyaningunda
on: to/at/on us (two people)
ngalingunda
on: to/at/on you (more than two people)
nginaayngunda
on: to/at/on you (one person)
nginunda
on: to/at/on you (two people)
nginaalingunda
once
maala
one
biirr
,
biyarr
,
maal
,
milan
one male emu; bachelor
ganduwi
one: alone, only one
milanduul
one: little, small; one
-DHuul
oneself
-ngiili-y
only
munggal
only one
milandjal
only one: alone, only one
milanduul
only two
bulaadjal
only, just
-biyal
only: just, only
yiyal
opal
maayama yuluwirrigiirr
open ground: plain, open ground; outside
wagi
open: plain, open (treeless) country
wagibaa
open: plain, open (treeless) country; Richard's pipit
wagiwagi
open: split open
barrabarraa
open: take out; open
dhuma-li
opening; open
ganaay
opening: mouth; opening, entrance
ngaay
opposite moiety
ngaarriga
or: must, might; either ... or
-Yaa
or: now; then; or
-nga
orange: native orange tree
bambul
orange: native orange tree flowers
bambulngiyan
orchid
gubiyaay
orchid country people
Garriibarra
orchid: black orchid
garrii
orchid: ground orchid
guumay
orchid: wax-lipped orchid
gurriyaa
order: straighten up (tidy), put in order
baanda-li
Orion's belt (stars); boys
birraybirraay
ornament: kangaroo-tooth ornament
yambiyan
orphan (fatherless boy)
yumbuy
orphan (fatherless child)
gawun
orphan (motherless child)
biiwan
orphan (motherless child); black-faced cuckoo-shrike; Gunnedah
gunidjaa
other side
ngaarrigili
,
ngaarrigili
other side of river
gandaarr
other side: over there
ngarraagulay
other: another, other
murrunbaa
ouch!: hey!, look!, ouch!
yagaay
our (more than two people); to us (more than two people)
ngiyaningu
our (two people); to us (two people)
ngalingu
out of place; lonely, sulky
walingay
outside: plain, open ground; outside
wagi
over there
ngaarrima
over there (other side)
ngarraagulay
over there (that way)
ngaarrigulay
,
ngaarrimali
over there: right over there
ngaarringaarri
over there: there, over there
ngaarri
overseer
badjin maadha
owl: barking owl
muurrguu
owl: barn owl
nguunguu
,
wanggii
owl: boobook owl
guurrguurr
owlet nightjar
yirrin
own
guyungan
own: take; bring, fetch; carry; wear; own, have
gaa-gi
owner
wurrugaa
paddle: bathe, paddle; dive, duck under
wunga-y
paddock
baadi
paddock: give-and-take paddock
ngaambiyan
pain: burn; be hot; burn with pain; cook
gudhuwa-y
paint (self)
gaarra-y
paint: black paint
buuwan
paint: mud; paint
bidjaay
paint: white paint
bidjaay balaa
pair
bulaangaa
pair: emu pair
bulawaa
Pallal: dry, empty, bare; thirsty; Pallal
balal
pallid cuckoo
mungin.gagalawaa
pan: frying pan
burraanban
paper; note (paper money); letter
biiba
paperbark: swamp paperbark, tea-tree
nguu
parallel
bilabilaa
pardalote: red-browed pardalote
wiiwambin
pardalote: striated pardalote
wirrwirr
parent: foster parent
gulumaldhaay
parrot (feeding)
gaadhal
parrot: ground parrot (red-rumped parrot)
barrangga
parrot: mulga parrot; ringneck parrot; two stars
bulunbulun
parrot: red-winged parrot
bilay
parrot: ringneck parrot
nhan.garra
parsnip: native parsnip
madhay
part: half, part
mulan
passage: Adam's apple, throat; passage, cattle race
wun.guwi
past tense suffix
-nhi
,
-nyi
,
-y
past: yesterday (recent past), tomorrow (near future)
-ngayi-y
pathway
warruwi
pathway: initiation-ground pathway
dhunbarran
pea: budda pea
gayga
pea: Darling pea; location
gilaan.garra
peaceful dove
gurugun
peaceful, well mannered
gaba binaal
peacekeeper
gayaandhi
peach: native peach
garrayarray
peak: flood peak
wugi
peek: peep
wurungga-li
,
wuumi-li
Peelborough waterhole
Biyuulbarra
peep (peek)
wurungga-li
,
wuumi-li
peephole
wurunggal
peewee, magpie-lark
barriindjiin
,
birrgabirrga
peg: tooth; seed; peg
yiya
pelican
gulaanbali
,
gulayaali
pelt, throw at
garawi-li
pelt, throw at; point bone, kill
gayawi-li
pen up
wubarra-li
pen: echidna quill; pen, pencil
wiyayl
pencil: echidna quill; pen, pencil
wiyayl
pendant: shell; shell chest pendant
waa
penis head
nyiinmay
penis; tail
dhun
penis; testicles
manday
pennyroyal, river mint
buuybuuy
,
ngawingawi
people from
-barra
people: kurrajong-country people
Nhunggabarra
people: lignum country people
Mirriyaabarra
people: little (hairy) people
gudiny
,
winambuu
people: orchid country people
Garriibarra
peppery, spicy
yiiliyiili
perch (unidentified fish)
baraa
perch, roost
wana-y
perch: golden perch, yellowbelly
dhagaay
perhaps
-gaa
persistent rain
guuyaarrma
person: Aboriginal man; Aboriginal person
dhayn
person: Aboriginal person; Aboriginal man
mari
person: angry person
yiiliyiiliyan
person: clever man's spirit; person's spirit
malimali
person: old; old person
dhuningarraay
person: willy wagtail; troublemaker; nosey person
dhirridhirri
person's spirit
yawi
person's spirit: clever man's spirit; person's spirit
malimali
phascogale: red-tailed phascogale
marawanda
Piangobla
Bayn Gabilaa
pick
pickima-li
pick up, lift up
dhiyama-li
piece of bark
yarraadharr
piece of meat
dhiidjuul
piece: splinter, piece, fragment
bilgin
pied butcherbird
buubuurrbu
pig
bibirrgaa
,
biguun
pigeon: bronzewing pigeon
dhamarr
pigeon: squatter pigeon
mumumbaay
pigeon: topknot pigeon
gulawuliil
pigweed
dhamu
,
ganhan
pigweed: small pigweed
yiil
Pilliga
Bilaga
pillow
dhaygaluwi
pin: small sharp things; needle; nail; pin
binggi
pinch
nhima-li
pine: white cypress pine
gurraari
,
gurraay
pink cockatoo, Major Mitchell cockatoo
gagalarrin
pink-eared duck
wilidhubaay
,
wiligabuul
pins and needles
dhinayal
pipe
baaybuu
,
buuwarran
pipeclay: white pipeclay; Boggy Ridge
bagi
pipit: plain, open (treeless) country; Richard's pipit
wagiwagi
pipit: Richard's pipit
wagaaygaali
piss, urine; beer
giil
piss: urinate, piss
giili-y
pistol
birridul
pitch: throw, pitch; leave
wana-gi
pitiful: poor (helpless), pitiful; silly; alas!, oh dear!
ngarragaa
pity someone: feel sorry for someone, pity someone
ngarraga-li
place far away: heaven, sky camp; place far away
balima
place of: time of; place of
-Baa
place: all over the place
wiyalwiyal
place: bird-trapping place
Dhiilgulaybaa
place: meeting place
bunbul
place: sharpening-tools place
Barrali Mugulbaa
place: stony place
maayamabaa
place: top; high place
gaburran
plain, flat
guniyal
plain, open (treeless) country
wagibaa
plain, open (treeless) country; Richard's pipit
wagiwagi
plain, open ground; outside
wagi
plain: Wee Warra Plain
Wii Warra
plains grass
ganalay
plains rat
wagimal
plains turkey, Australian bustard
gumbulgaban
plains turkey, bustard
barawaa
plait: twist, plait; kiss
yabi-li
plane: carpenter's plane
gaynda
planet Mars
Guwaybila
planet Venus
Murrudhi Gindamalaa
,
Nganundi Gindamalaa
planigale (rat-like marsupial)
garragali
plant: hide (plant)
dhuwinba-li
plant: hide, plant (self)
guuma-y
plant: prickle; prickly plant; roly-poly spirit
bindiyaa
plant: type of plant
muluumay
plate fungus; plate
bagal
plate: small coolamon; plate
wirri
platypus
buubumurr
,
dharragarra
play with
yuurrma-li
play; dance; gamble
yulu-gi
play: corroboree; play
yuurrma-y
pleased: happy; pleased; proud
gayaa
Pleiades (stars)
Bariyan Ngama
Pleiades: little girl; Seven Sisters (stars), Pleiades (stars); mallee willow
miyaymiyaay
plover
biramba
plover: banded plover
bundabul
plover: black-fronted plover
bilidjuu
plover: spur-winged plover, masked lapwing
baaldharradharra
pluck, pull out
buurra-li
plum: native plum
ngamumbirra
point
dhuba-y
point bone: pelt, throw at; point bone, kill
gayawi-li
point: face; forehead; point; surface
ngulu
point: nose; beak; point
muru
pointed club
murrula
pointers of Southern Cross: white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo
muyaay
poison
baadjin
,
bundhabundha
,
dhinagarral
poison bone
guuyarra
poison stick, poison bone
bugiyaa
,
gadhiigurrii
poke: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
policeman
biliirrman
,
gandjibal
,
maawulaaldaanga
policeman fly
gugun.gugun
policeman: wedge-tailed eagle; long-necked turtle; policeman
maliyan
poor
buwabildhalibaa
poor (helpless), pitiful; silly; alas!, oh dear!
ngarragaa
porcupine, echidna
bigibila
porcupine, echidna; Murrawal
marrawal
possessions
buwabil
possessor (family member)
-dhi
possible: all possible
-luu
possum-fur loincloth
gumilaa
possum: brushtail possum
mudhay
possum: gliding possum
bagu
possum: ringtail possum
garrawirr
possum: woman's possum-fur belt
wangal
post: corner post
giniybaal
post: gate post; hitching rail
yaarrbin
pot: iron pot
nhayamban
potato
budidaa
potato: native potato
buunggal
,
dhiilguwin
potato: velvet potato bush
dhiiburruu
potential spouse (for a man)
nganuwaay
pouch: bag; pouch (kangaroo)
man.garr
pour: spill; pour
yaarrima-li
,
gaarrima-li
powerful: strong, powerful
warranggal
praise
marramarrama-li
praise: expression of praise
waa
praise: sing; praise
bawi-li
pregnant
buribara
,
mubalyaal
prepare
buganma-li
prepare a bed; spread
dhiyaagarra-li
present progressive verb suffix
-nha
pretend
-gaalu
pretend fight
yaambuwiirr
pretend: gammon, pretend
yalbala
pretend: lie; pretend, false
yaal
pretend: lie; pretend, gammon
wagi
pretending!: silly, mad; pretending!
yaambul
prickle; prickly plant; roly-poly spirit
bindiyaa
prickly gecko
garragarraandi
priest: messenger; priest; counsellor
dhayndalmuu
principal: school principal
dhiirralbidi
progressive: moving progressive suffix
-laa-y
,
-waa-y
,
-yaa-y
progressive: present progressive verb suffix
-nha
progressive: regular progressive suffix
-dha-y
,
-gi-la-y
,
-lda-y
,
-rraa-y
,
-y-la-y
prominent (big)
-wan
pronunciation, accent; tune, intonation
dhaalan
protector: chest protector, breastplate
wirrgun
proud (nickname)
gudjibaal
proud: happy; pleased; proud
gayaa
pubic hair: body hair; pubic hair
budhi
pudding
budhun
puddle
dhan.gaay
puff out chest
biiwanma-li
puffed out: black-faced woodswallow; puffed out; boastful, bragging
biiwanbiiwan
pull
buurrma-li
,
miinma-li
pull off: tear off, pull off, strip off; tear
baarrama-li
pull out: pluck, pull out
buurra-li
punty bush
bandi
pup
waaraal
,
waayaal
pure honey
gugal
purpose verb suffix
-gu
purpose: movement to; purpose; belonging to; for
-gu
pus: boil; swelling; pus; soft, weak
mula
push
yurringga-li
push against, shove
garranba-li
push away; throw out
dhilay-rri
push down: knock down; push down
bundaama-li
put (on self)
wiima-y
put back, return
yuwanma-li
put down
wiima-li
put fire out
buudhu-rri
put in
wa-li
put in order: straighten up (tidy), put in order
baanda-li
put out (extinguish)
baluburra-li
,
baluwa-li
put someone to bed
dhanduwiyma-li
put up; hang up
mayabi-li
put up: build, put up; stand up; send; raise (bring up)
warrayma-li
python
dhuyumanga
python: carpet python
yabaa
python: Children's python
dhayaaminyaa
quail
barrabarruun
quandong
guwadhaa
quarrel
yayala-y
quarrel, row
garran
quarrian: cockatiel, quarrian
wiraarr
,
wiyaarr
queen native bee
guniinii
question word; hello, greetings
yaama
quickly: fast, quickly
barraay
quiet
dhabiyaan
quiet; tired
malu
quiet: be quiet; be still
dhabi-y
quieten, soothe, calm, settle down
binaal bunma-li
quietly: slowly, steadily; quietly
baluwaa
quill: echidna quill
wirayl
quill: echidna quill; pen, pencil
wiyayl
quills: remove quills
wiyayi-li
quinine tree; quinine bark
gadibundhu
quoll: native cat, quoll
bagandi
rabbit
bina guraarr
,
yurabirr
race: Adam's apple, throat; passage, cattle race
wun.guwi
rag
bidjaraay
ragged: torn, ragged
gadharrgadharr
rail: gate post; hitching rail
yaarrbin
rain
dhama-y
,
yuuruu
,
yuuyuu
,
yuuyuu bundaa-gi
rain-making stone
wuudalay
rain: funeral smoke; fine rain
dhuubaarr
rain: persistent rain
guuyaarrma
rain: water; rain; tear
gali
rainbow
yuluwirri
rainbow bee-eater
birrubirruu
raise (bring up)
burrul burranba-li
raise: build, put up; stand up; send; raise (bring up)
warrayma-li
rake
girrandhaal
ram
buuldirran
randy: sexy, randy
gayaay
range: hill, mountain range
gaba
rat-like marsupial: planigale
garragali
rat: bush rat
dhunmidjirr
rat: kangaroo rat
dhurrawaay
,
gunharr
rat: kangaroo rat (bettong)
milaya
rat: plains rat
wagimal
rat: water rat
gumaay
rattle: shake; shiver; wag; rattle
dhirranba-y
rattling: loose, rattling
buwabuwa
raven: crow, Australian raven
waan
raven: crow, raven
waaruu
raw; green (unripe)
dhurrin
re-growth
gadjigadji
really do
giirruuma-li
really, truly
giirr
really: very, really
-ban.gaan
,
-wan.gaan
recent past: yesterday, tomorrow (near future)
-ngayi-y
recently: soon, directly; recently
yilaa
reciprocal: each other (reciprocal suffix)
-dha-y
,
-la-y
red
guwaymbarra
red kangaroo
ganuurr
red kangaroo; jackeroo, stockman
bawurra
red ochre
guuwarr
red soil
guwaygalaa
red soil; Kigwigil
gigwidjil
red-backed kingfisher
dhaadhiirr
red-bellied black snake
galibaay
red-browed pardalote
wiiwambin
red-eyed spirit: chough; red-eyed spirit
wiiyuu
red-kneed dotterel
dhibi
red-rumped parrot: ground parrot
barrangga
red-tailed black cockatoo
biliirr
red-tailed phascogale
marawanda
red-winged parrot
bilay
redbill, swamp hen
mayuubiyuu
redbreast: robin redbreast
guniibuu
reed
dhariil
reflection
nhalawilbayn
reflective: shiny, reflective, glittering
ngandanganda
regurgitate: vomit, spew, regurgitate
gaawi-li
rejoice, celebrate
marra gi-gi
relative suffix
-ldaay
,
-ndaay
,
-ngindaay
relative: dead relative
guuguu
relaxed
dhuurrguu
release, let go; sack
yanaaynbi-li
remember: know; remember
dhiirra-y
remember: understand; know; remember; think; love
winanga-y
remove (own)
dhuwima-y
remove quills
wiyayi-li
remove, take out; take off (clothes)
dhuwima-li
resist, stand strong
guurrama-li
respected elder: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man
dhilaagaa
respected elder: senior lady
yinarraa
rest, spell, ease up
buruwi-y
,
buuwi-y
restless flycatcher
garaayaa
retain: keep, retain, store
garrawa-li
return
wun.ga-li
return: come back, go back, return
dharrawuluwi-y
return: come back, return
dharrawu-li
,
dhurraluwi-y
return: put back, return
yuwanma-li
revolve: turn around, revolve; turn into, transform; tangle up
gayarra-y
rib
dharrarr
,
nhamun
rice
yarrarr
Richard's pipit
wagaaygaali
Richard's pipit: plain, open (treeless) country; Richard's pipit
wagiwagi
riddle
girribal
ride,
dhurriya-y
ride: sit; stay, stop, live; ride
wila-y
Ridge: rocky ground/ridge
murrila
right around
yalagidhaay
right over there
ngaarringaarri
right-handed; right (not left)
dhuruyaal
,
dhuuyaal
right: absolutely, too right
giirruu
right: all right
ngaayay
right: good, well; all right, correctly; well (healthy)
gaba
right: okay! all right!
ngaayaybaay
right: that's right!
ngaawawu
ringneck parrot
nhan.garra
ringneck parrot: mulga parrot; ringneck parrot; two stars
bulunbulun
ringtail possum
garrawirr
ripe: hop bush; ripe; cooked
yiilay
ripple
baynyi
ripple, wave
ngamulngamul
rise: climb; rise (sun/moon)
galiya-y
rise: come; rise (sun/moon); grow
dhurra-li
river bank
baga
river bend
wabu
river bug
babarrngaan
river grass (native millet); grain; Goolhi
guli
river gum flowers
yarraanbiin
river mint: pennyroyal, river mint
buuybuuy
,
ngawingawi
river red gum tree; Southern Cross (stars)
yarraan
river wattle flowers
gurrulayngayn
river wattle; Gurly Station
gurrulay
river; creek
bagay
river; deep water
gaawaa
river: Barwon River
Baawan
river: Bokhara River
Bugayirra
river: Boobera Lagoon or MacIntyre River
Gawubuwan Gunigal
river: Condamine River
Gundhimayan
river: great egret; Ballone (place and river)
baluun
river: Gwydir River
Guwayda
river: Namoi River
Ngamaay
river: other side of river
gandaarr
river: skinny; Narran River
nharran
river: straight river
garragarraan
river's edge; edge
miimii
road
dhurrabal
,
yuruun
roast: cook in a hole
dhawuma-li
robin redbreast
guniibuu
robin: hooded robin
biibin
rocky ground/ridge
murrila
roll
biyuurra-li
,
wangga-y
,
wanggama-li
roll (self)
biyuurra-y
roll about/around
biyuurragi-y
roll down a bank
dhabirra-y
roll up: fold, roll up
nguwa-li
roller: toy roller
wanggal
roly-poly spirit: prickle; prickly plant; roly-poly spirit
bindiyaa
roost: perch, roost
wana-y
root: tree butt, tree trunk; tree root; end
warran
root: young kurrajong root
gaagul
rope
yurrugu
rope: flying fox (made of rope/wire)
galgandi
rope: kurrajong tree; rope
nhimin
rope: string, rope; fishing line; hair-string belt
buurr
rosewood fruit
bunbarrayn
rosewood, bunnary tree
bunbarr
rotten
gulungguluu
rotten; smelly, stinking
nhuwi
rough, bumpy; knotty
madhamadha
round: hole; grave; round
gurru
row: quarrel, row
garran
rub
gaarra-li
,
gamaama-li
rubbish: mess, rubbish
dhaga
rubbish: moss; rubbish, leaf litter
gagarr
ruby saltbush
burra
rufous whistler
mulindjal
rum
walanbaa gungan
rum; wine
yurraamu
run; flow (water); drive
banaga-y
sack: release, let go; sack
yanaaynbi-li
sacred fire
yanguuwii
sacred kingfisher
bunduun
sacred mountain: name of a sacred mountain
Wubi Wubi
sacred stone
gabarraa
sacred things
buwarr
sacred tree: wilga; sacred tree
dhiil
sad
gana walingay
,
ganagiil
saddle
dhaadal
salt
dhal
saltbush
bandiyal
saltbush: large saltbush
binamayaa
saltbush: ruby saltbush
burra
saltbush: small saltbush
nhingil
same one
biyarruu
same, copied
yaluuyaluu
same: like, just like (in the same way as)
yalagiirray
sand goanna
biiwii
,
dhulii
sand; louse nit
garaay
,
gayaay
sand; sandhill
gumbugan
sandalwood tree
garruwi
sandalwood tree grub
garruuyal
sandalwood tree, budda tree; bitter, sour
badha
sandfly
mugiin.gaa
sandhill
garaay dhuyul
,
gayaayaan
sandhill wattle
girranbiiyan
sandhill: sand; sandhill
gumbugan
sated: full of food, sated, satisfied
yuularaay
,
yuuliyaay
satisfactory: okay!
miyaay
satisfied: full of food, sated, satisfied
yuularaay
,
yuuliyaay
sauce: juice, gravy; soup, sauce
wirrun
saucepan
ngaymbuwan
savage: angry; savage
yiiliyanbaa
saw
baladi
,
bul
sawdust: dirt (debris); sawdust
djulu
say: talk (to), speak (to); tell; say; make (someone do something)
guwaa-li
scab
giigal
scabby
giigaliyaay
scale
giinba-li
scaly tribe
giinbaligal
scar
yurrun
scar: initiation scars, cicatrices; carving, engraving; mark, writing; scar
mubirr
scarf
gambada
school principal
dhiirralbidi
scold: tell off, scold
yaya-li
scoop: dip, scoop
dhiyarra-li
scorpion
dhula
,
gunha
scrape
galaanbi-li
scrape: smooth off; scrape; calm
gaynma-li
scraper
gayn
scratch: dig; scratch
mawu-gi
scratch: nail, fingernail, toenail; claw; scratch (claw mark)
yulu
scrub: bush, scrub; seed
yurrul
seagull, silver gull
giinbaywarraymal
,
maanggiiwarraywarraymal
search for, look for
gayarra-gi
search for, look for; find
ngaawa-y
season: good season
ngulawaa
seat
gulaban
secret
wadhagii
secret name
mudhun
section: men's social section
Gabii
,
Gambuu
,
Marrii
,
Yibaay
section: women's social section
Gabudhaa
,
Maadhaa
,
Yibadhaa
section: women's social section; meeting
Buudhaa
sedge: type of sedge
barrawan
see; look; watch
ngami-li
,
ngarra-li
seed cake
dharrii
seed or grass necklace
dhiiriil
seed; foetus
dhinggal
seed: bush, scrub; seed
yurrul
seed: grass seed
dhunbarr
seed: sheaf of grass seed
yaamarra
seed: tooth; seed; peg
yiya
seek: hide and seek game
waaguu
self: body, self
burrbiyaan
self: body, spirit (human), self
dhubayn
selfish: stubborn; selfish; sulky
gundhuwundhuu
semen
barabin
send
wuurrma-li
send: build, put up; stand up; send; raise (bring up)
warrayma-li
senior lady (respected elder)
yinarraa
senior man: grandfather (father's father); great-uncle (mother's mother's brother); senior man (respected elder)
dhilaagaa
sequentially; string of stars
mandaymanday
series of steps (sequence)
manday
set: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
set: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
set: go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
settle down: quieten, soothe, calm, settle down
binaal bunma-li
seven
guulay
Seven Sisters: little girl; Seven Sisters (stars), Pleiades (stars); mallee willow
miyaymiyaay
sew
muyawa-li
,
nhinga-li
sex: have sex, make love
dhaa-rri
sex: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
sexy, randy
gayaay
shade house: bough shed, shade house
buuwayamba
shade, shadow
dhadhin
shadow spirit: human shadow; shadow spirit; location
malawil
shadow: shade, shadow
dhadhin
shag: darter, long-necked shag
ganandhaal
,
gunambaal
shake
dhirranba-li
shake down
buwama-li
shake; shiver; wag; rattle
dhirranba-y
shallow
ganaay
shallow waterhole
gilgaay
shame: shield, broad shield; cover; shame
burriin
shame!, oh no!
barrabandu
shameless, no shame
giyaldhalibaa
shape: grey colour or shape
guwin
sharp
dhalaybaa
,
yadhala
sharp: small sharp things; needle; nail; pin
binggi
sharpen
barra-li
,
yadhaba-li
sharpening-tools place
Barrali Mugulbaa
shave (self)
wiirra-y
shave; shear
wiirra-li
shaved: cut, mown, clipped; shaved
garragarraa
she: he, she (doer/doer to)
nguru
,
nguu
sheaf of grass seed
yaamarra
shear: shave; shear
wiirra-li
shearing handpiece
bagaay
shed: bough shed, shade house
buuwayamba
sheep
dhimba
sheep intestines (large)
yaray
sheep intestines (small)
galinggaa
sheet: bark sheet
dhayaarr
shell chest pendant: shell; shell chest pendant
waa
shell: boss shell
dhuurranmay waa
shell: nose bone/shell
muyu waa
shelly log
dhan.gal
shield
yiilaman
shield, broad shield; cover; shame
burriin
shift, drag
dhuurrma-li
shin: lower leg, calf of leg, shin
buyu
shine
guuya-li
,
guuyal
shingleback lizard
garrbaali
,
manggaay
shiny
guuyalaraay
shiny, reflective, glittering
ngandanganda
shirt
dhuwadi
shit: defecate, shit
guna-gi
shit: faeces, shit
guna
shitty: cranky, shitty
gana garraa
shiver
yii-gi
shiver: shake; shiver; wag; rattle
dhirranba-y
shoe: boot, shoe
manduwii
,
nhangana
shoot
dhuudhinma-li
shooting star
mirii yanan
shop, store
garrawal
short
buyaduul
,
dhambi
,
dhambidjuul
short cut
bagaarr
short of breath
buliirral ganaay
short-necked turtle
waraba
,
wayamba
shorty, tiny
badjindi
shoulder
walarr
shoulder blade
biilaa
,
biilara
shout: call, shout (at), yell (at), sing out
gaga-li
shove: push against, shove
garranba-li
shovel
dhagadhaal
show
ngarranma-li
showy: flash, showy
dhirradhirra
shrike-thrush: grey shrike-thrush
dhan.galaadhil
,
dharruwii
shrimp
dhugaalubaa
,
mirrindjaa
shrimp: ant (any, black); shrimp
giidjaa
shrivelled
milamilaa
shrunken
milamilaa
shut
muwi-li
shy
guyan
sick
wiibil
sick: be sick
wiibi-li
sick: feel sick, be sick
dhaala-gi
sickness spirit
yarayawu
side
nhirrin
side (location)
-gili
side: far side
mulandha
side: other side
ngaarrigili
,
ngaarrigili
side: other side of river
gandaarr
side: over there (other side)
ngarraagulay
side: this side
nguwagili
sideways, to the side
dhaan
silent
garaydhalibaa
silly, mad; pretending!
yaambul
silly: mad, crazy; stupid, silly; eccentric
wamba
silly: poor (helpless), pitiful; silly; alas!, oh dear!
ngarragaa
silver bream, sooty grunter
gambaal
silver gull: seagull, silver gull
giinbaywarraymal
,
maanggiiwarraywarraymal
silver ironbark
dhiinyaay
silver wattle
dhaniyaa
similar to: like, similar to
-giirr
sinew
dhunbil
,
gugirrii
sinew string
dhunbilyabi
sinewy: strong, sinewy
dhunbiliyaay
sing out: call, shout (at), yell (at), sing out
gaga-li
sing; praise
bawi-li
singe
dhinba-li
sip: chew; sip
nguuguuba-li
sister
buurrii
,
miimi
sister-in-law; sweetheart
gambaay
sister; grandmother (mother's mother)
gaadhii
sister: father's sister
ngama
sister: older sister
bawa
,
dhawurran
sister: older sister, sister
baawaa
sister: older sister; younger sister
bagaan
sister: younger sister
bariyan
sister's daughter: niece
gunugayngaa
sister's husband: brother-in-law; brother-in-law (wife's brother)
biraman
sister's husband: father; mother's sister's husband
biiyalaa
sister's son: nephew
gunubingaa
sit
ngarri-y
sit; stay, stop, live
yilawa-y
sit; stay, stop, live; ride
wila-y
sitting emu
ngurran.gali
six
yuli
skeleton spirit
guwaybuyan
skin
biirra-li
,
yulay
skin cracks
yaydja
skink: striped skink
baganbi
skinny; Narran River
nharran
skip
burrumba-y
,
dhangga-li
skipping game
burrumbal
sky camp: heaven, sky camp; place far away
balima
sky; heaven
gunagala
skylark
mulaydjalbii
sleep
yuwarr
sleep; lie (down); camp, stop, stay; live
dhanduwi-y
sleep: eye dirt
dhala
sleep: go to sleep
yuwarra-y
sleep: stay; sleep; camp
baabi-li
sleepy lizard
wurumal
sleight of hand: trick
dhanggiway
slime
nhulaan
,
waylurr
slime: diarrhoea; snail slime/track
gindjul
slime: dribble; slime
wiiluun
slimy
nhulaanbil
slip
buli-y
slippery
bulilbulil
sloping river bank
wanba
slow worm: legless lizard, slow worm
binadhiwuubiyan
slowly
guraay
,
guwaaybaa
slowly, steadily; quietly
baluwaa
small berry
yawurr
small brown ant
wamuwaa
small club
gudhurru
small coolamon; plate
wirri
small dragon lizard
gumawuma
small grindstone
giba
small hailstone
yiyagungawuma
small locust, cicada
ngininnginin
small mussel
giinbay
,
maanggii
small pigweed
yiil
small saltbush
nhingil
small sharp things; needle; nail; pin
binggi
small waterhole
gilgal
small waterhole; lagoon
dhanggaal
small, little
badjin
,
bubaay
,
dhugaay
small, little; child
gaay
small: child; small, little
gaaynmara
small: little, small; one
-DHuul
smallpox
buuwirr
,
dhumadhuma
smell
buwi-y
,
ngawi-y
smelly: rotten; smelly, stinking
nhuwi
smiling
dhirrabil
smoke (ceremonial)
wuyugi-li
smoke; fire
dhuu
smoke: blow; smoke tobacco
buubi-li
smoke: ceremonial smoke; smoke
wuyugil
smoke: funeral smoke; fine rain
dhuubaarr
smoked: blackened, smoked
dhuumuyu
smooth off; scrape; calm
gaynma-li
smooth; calm
gayn.gayn
snail
gindjulgarra
snail slime/track: diarrhoea; snail slime/track
gindjul
snake
dhuru
,
dhuyu
snake bean
wilay
snake track
gay
,
wayal
snake: bandy bandy snake
dhuyubagan
snake: black snake
ngurray
,
wuyubuluuy
snake: brown and yellow snake; Babarra
babarra
snake: brown snake
warrala
snake: fierce snake
wularr
snake: grey snake
ngabi
,
nhiibi
snake: king brown snake; snake
ngandabaa
snake: red-bellied black snake
galibaay
snake: tree snake
waya
snake: woma snake
mangan
sneak, creep
dhila-y
sneeze; hiccup
giguwi
,
giguwi dhu-rri
snore
ngurruula-y
snot: mucus, snot
mirril
snotty gobbles: mistletoe, snotty gobbles
baan
soak
dhanggima-li
soak: well, soak, spring
girruu
soap
dhuubuu
social group
Bumbira
,
Magula
,
Ngara
socks
dhagin
soft
mulamula
soft drink
guwiirr gungan
soft: boil; swelling; pus; soft, weak
mula
soil: baked soil
barrin
soil: black soil
banuwa
soil: red soil
guwaygalaa
soil: red soil; Kigwigil
gigwidjil
soldier bird, miner bird
dhiidjiinbawaa
solid: hard, solid; strong; tough
walanbaa
solid: hard, solid; tough
walan
some
-Waa
some: few; some
gulbirr
someone (doer to)
ngaanduwaa
someone (doer/done to)
ngaanawaa
,
ngaandiyaa
someone: from someone
ngaanngundiyaa
someone: to someone
ngaanngundawaa
someone's
ngaannguwaa
something
minyagaa
somewhere: at somewhere
minyaayawaa
somewhere: to somewhere
minyaarruwaa
son
wurrumay
son of Byame
Gindhayndaamuwi
son-in-law: father-in-law; son-in-law
bambuy
son-in-law: mother-in-law (wife's mother); son-in-law (woman's daughter's husband); grandmother (father's mother)
garrimaay
son-in-law: mother-in-law's brother; son-in-law
badhuul
son: boy; son
birray
son's child: grandchild (son's child)
nganawayngaa
son's or daughter's child: grandchild, son's or daughter's child
nhanuwaaydji
son's son: grandson
waaruu
song
yugal
song: dirge, funeral song
guunay
song: initiation song
burrambuurra
song: little song
yugali
soon
baayan
soon, directly; recently
yilaa
soothe: quieten, soothe, calm, settle down
binaal bunma-li
sooty grunter: silver bream, sooty grunter
gambaal
sore
bayn
sorry
gagilbiyal
sorry!
madja
soul, spirit (human); heart wood; inside
dhuwi
sound: noise, sound
dhural
soup: juice, gravy; soup, sauce
wirrun
sour
giyalgil
sour: sandalwood tree, budda tree; bitter, sour
badha
south
dhadhin
south-west wind
dhurralbuu
Southern Cross: river red gum tree; Southern Cross (stars)
yarraan
Southern Cross: white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo; pointers of Southern Cross
muyaay
sow thistle
dhiinyaan
spangled grunter (fish)
babi
sparks
dhidhilan
,
dhuwindhuwi
sparks: belah wood sparks
murrguwidjuwii
sparrow
wubu
speak of the devil!
galaay
speak: talk (to), speak (to); tell; say; make (someone do something)
guwaa-li
spear thrower (woomera)
wamara
spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
spear; swamp oak, belah tree
bilaarr
spear: emu spear
munun
spear: fishing spear
dhindi
spear: jagged spear
mirringamu
spear: toy spear
widjuwidju
spears: game with discs and spears; bark discs
wanggalay
special uncle
mandhii
speckled
ngayarray
speechless: dumb
dhalaydhalibaa
spell: rest, spell, ease up
buruwi-y
,
buuwi-y
spew: vomit, spew, regurgitate
gaawi-li
spicy: peppery, spicy
yiiliyiili
spider
gayiya
spider web
gayiyabarra
spider: huntsman spider
gurra
spider: trapdoor spider
marrgamarrgaay
spill; pour
gaarrima-li
,
yaarrima-li
spill: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
spill: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
spin
baayama-li
spin (eggs)
garima-li
spinach: native spinach
galan.galaan
spine: backbone, spine
guriya
,
guuyaa
spirit
Dharramalan
,
Munhibarabin
,
Yulanbay
,
Yuurrila
spirit breath
yawi buliirral
spirit dog
Mirriwuula
spirit emu
gawarrgay
spirit holder: clever man's bag; spirit holder
bundurr
spirit light: fire; firewood; light; clever; bobby fish; spirit light
wii
spirit-haunted stone
nguruma
,
nguuma
spirit-haunted tree
mingga
spirit: a spirit
Milaygiin
spirit: axe-face spirit
Nguluyuundu
spirit: bad spirit
bagii
spirit: battle spirit; location
Wurrawaadhiyan
spirit: birth spirit
wadhaagudjaaylwan
spirit: birthplace spirit
ngarrama
spirit: body-snatching spirit
wiiwiimal
spirit: body, spirit (human), self
dhubayn
spirit: bora spirit; bullroarer; brother-in-law
gayandaay
spirit: bora-ground spirit
nhaagal
spirit: car; cart; whirlwind spirit
wilbaarr
spirit: chough; red-eyed spirit
wiiyuu
spirit: clever man's spirit; person's spirit
malimali
spirit: creation spirit; waterhole at Gingie
Gali Gurunha
spirit: evil spirit
giniirr
spirit: ghost, spirit; white man
wanda
spirit: human shadow; shadow spirit; location
malawil
spirit: long-nailed spirit
Yuluwaya
spirit: man-like spirit
murraagu
spirit: person's spirit
yawi
spirit: prickle; prickly plant; roly-poly spirit
bindiyaa
spirit: sickness spirit
yarayawu
spirit: skeleton spirit
guwaybuyan
spirit: soul, spirit (human); heart wood; inside
dhuwi
spirit: tree spirit
giniybarra
,
maambiyaa
spirit: weather spirit
wabuwi
spirit: whirlwind spirit
warrawilbaarru
spirit: woman spirit
yuurri
spirits of the lower world
yiiliyanbaa wanda
spit
dhubi-li
,
dhubil
spiteful
nhimalnhimal
spitfire grub
maliga
splash: wave, splash
yaarrngan
spleen
marran
splinter, piece, fragment
bilgin
split open
barrabarraa
split; burst, bust; crack
baarray-rri
split: crack; split; burst
baarra-y
split: thread, filament; split
barra
spoilt child, cry-baby
yungiirr
spoonbill
maadhaabulaa
spotted
mundimundi
spotted bowerbird
wiidhaa
spotted nightjar
buugudaguda
spotty river gum tree
yumu
spouse, husband, wife
guliirr
spouse: potential spouse (for a man)
nganuwaay
spout: bee's wax, wax spout
mayaarr
spread out
warruma-li
spread out to dry
guwima-li
spread out: make bigger, spread out
waluwarr bunma-li
spread out: wide, spread out
waluwarr
,
warru
spread: prepare a bed; spread
dhiyaagarra-li
spring wind
yarragaa
spring: car spring
gadjul
spring: well, soak, spring
girruu
spur-winged plover, masked lapwing
baaldharradharra
spurt: gush out, spurt
yuuga-y
squash; knead
bama-li
squat
ngadaluwi-y
squatter pigeon
mumumbaay
squeeze
bamba bayama-li
stab: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
staggering
dhaandhaan
staggering drunk
dharraadhaandhaan
stale
murrurwalingay
stamp: hop; jump; stamp; flap
baa-y
stand strong: resist, stand strong
guurrama-li
stand up: build, put up; stand up; send; raise (bring up)
warrayma-li
stand; stand up, get up; swell
warra-y
standing
warrawarra
star
gawubarray
,
mirii
star: budgerigar; a particular star
gidjirrigaa
star: Canopus
Wamba
star: Morning Star, Venus (planet)
Maliyan.gaalay
star: shooting star
mirii yanan
stare
bamba ngami-li
stare; watch carefully
bamba ngarra-li
starling; unknown bird
dhurrubuu
stars: little girl; Seven Sisters, Pleiades; mallee willow
miyaymiyaay
stars: mulga parrot; ringneck parrot; two stars
bulunbulun
stars: Orion's belt; boys
birraybirraay
stars: Pleiades
Bariyan Ngama
stars: river red gum tree; Southern Cross
yarraan
stars: sequentially; string of stars
mandaymanday
stay; sleep; camp
baabi-li
stay: sit; stay, stop, live
yilawa-y
stay: sit; stay, stop, live; ride
wila-y
stay: sleep; lie (down); camp, stop, stay; live
dhanduwi-y
steadily: slowly, steadily; quietly
baluwaa
steady on!
yaa
steal
gaarrama-li
,
manuma-li
steep bank
ngandirr
,
nganggil
steps: series of steps (sequence)
manday
stick
mama-li
,
mama-y
stick horse
wulbul yaal
stick into
dhuwi-y
stick; tree
giniy
stick: bendy stick; stock whip
wulbul
stick: bora message stick
dhulu buurra
stick: ceremonial stick
wilgu
stick: clever man's stick
birru
,
wii muyaan
stick: club (throwing stick); bark throwing stick
wagarraa
stick: drawing stick
dhumbaay
stick: feathered stick
maadji
stick: forked stick
dharran
stick: hitting thing; hitting stick; hammer
bumal
stick: message stick
maang
stick: poison stick, poison bone
bugiyaa
,
gadhiigurrii
stick: tree; stick; branch
muyaan
stick: tree; stick; message stick
dhulu
stick: yamstick, digging stick
ganay
sticks: tree for storing poison sticks
bugarru
sticks: wood; sticks
wugan
sticky
mamalmamal
still (continuing)
mayabuu
still: be quiet; be still
dhabi-y
stilt: black-winged stilt
buyuwaalwaal
sting: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
stinking: rotten; smelly, stinking
nhuwi
stinky; western grey kangaroo (nickname)
nhuwiwan
stir; twist; turn
gayma-li
stock whip: bendy stick; stock whip
wulbul
stockman: red kangaroo; jackeroo, stockman
bawurra
stoke
wiigunma-li
stomach, belly, guts
mubal
stone
maarama
,
ngurrala
stone axe, tomahawk
birran.gaa
,
gambu
stone axe, tomahawk; axe
yuundu
stone knife
magal
stone; money
maayama
stone; money (coins)
yarral
stone: death stone
dhinagarralawaa
,
wuyugarralawaa
stone: magic stone
muuliyaay
stone: rain-making stone
wuudalay
stone: sacred stone
gabarraa
stone: spirit-haunted stone
nguruma
,
nguuma
stony place
maayamabaa
stool: log bridge; stool, bench
gulaay
stoop
dhubi-y
stoop: bend down, stoop; lean over
dhuli-y
stop it!
wanagidjay
stop, cease doing
garri-y
stop: don't, stop
garriya
stop: sit; stay, stop, live
yilawa-y
stop: sit; stay, stop, live; ride
wila-y
stop: sleep; lie (down); camp, stop, stay; live
dhanduwi-y
store: keep, retain, store
garrawa-li
store: shop, store
garrawal
storm
walawala
storm: dust storm
burran
story: word; message; language; story
gaay
straight river
garragarraan
straight, true
warragil
straighten up (tidy), put in order
baanda-li
strange
gulguu
strange: new, strange
guliyaan
strange!
ngibaay
stranger
gandaadhaay
stranger to corroboree
muuwi
stranger, foreigner; strange, odd
wiyaybaa
striated pardalote
wirrwirr
string of stars: sequentially; string of stars
mandaymanday
string, rope; fishing line; hair-string belt
buurr
string: sinew string
dhunbilyabi
stringybark: house; stringybark gum tree
gundhi
strip off: tear off, pull off, strip off; tear
baarrama-li
stripe
bagan
striped
baganbagan
striped skink
baganbi
strong
gugirriibiyaay
strong, powerful
warranggal
strong, sinewy
dhunbiliyaay
strong: hard, solid; strong; tough
walanbaa
strong: hard, strong
ngaarr
stubborn; selfish; sulky
gundhuwundhuu
stuck tight: tight, stuck tight; constipated
garran.garraan
stump: hollow tree; tree stump
ngadhul
stupid: mad, crazy; stupid, silly; eccentric
wamba
suck, suckle
ngamu-gi
sucker: tree sucker
buugiin
suckle: suck, suckle
ngamu-gi
suffix: benefactive
-n.giili-y
,
-Vli-y
suffix: command
-la
,
-na
,
-nga
,
-ya
suffix: each other (reciprocal suffix)
-dha-y
,
-la-y
suffix: future tense
-gi
,
-li
,
-rri
,
-y
suffix: moving progressive
-laa-y
,
-waa-y
,
-yaa-y
suffix: past tense
-nhi
,
-nyi
,
-y
suffix: present progressive verb
-nha
suffix: purpose verb
-gu
suffix: regular progressive
-dha-y
,
-gi-la-y
,
-lda-y
,
-rraa-y
,
-y-la-y
suffix: relative
-ldaay
,
-ndaay
,
-ngindaay
sugar
dhuga
sugar ant
barrawaraay
sulky: out of place; lonely, sulky
walingay
sulky: stubborn; selfish; sulky
gundhuwundhuu
sulphur-crested cockatoo: white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo
muraay
sulphur-crested cockatoo: white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo; pointers of Southern Cross
muyaay
summer
yaaybaa
,
yaraaybaa
sun
dhuni
,
yaay
,
yaraay
,
yayaay
sun: climb; rise (sun/moon)
galiya-y
sun: come; rise (sun/moon); grow
dhurra-li
sun: eclipse of sun
yaraay warra-y
sun: get down; spill, drip, leak; go down, set (moon/sun)
gaarri-y
sun: go down, set (moon/sun); spill, drip, leak
yaarri-y
sun: go into; go down, set (moon/sun); dress self
wuu-gi
sun: halo around moon or sun
garrul
sunbake
wuulaabila-y
Sunday school
dhayaanmaa
sundown: down, down there; under; west
ngadaa
sunrise
yaraay dhurra-li
supplejack tree
ganayanay
suppose
dhagil
suppose: thought
ngadhan.gaa
surface: face; forehead; point; surface
ngulu
surprise: expression of surprise
nhaan
surveyor
gamidjina
swagman
burriimaan
swallow
gurruubi-li
,
milimamal
,
wuwi-li
swallow: welcome swallow
dhunbarra
swamp box
guburruu
Swamp Camp
Murrgu Walaay
swamp grass
yiindal
swamp hen: redbill, swamp hen
mayuubiyuu
swamp oak, belah tree
murrgu
swamp oak: spear; swamp oak, belah tree
bilaarr
swamp paperbark, tea-tree
nguu
swan: black swan
baayamal
,
barayamal
,
burrunda
swap: trade, swap
ngaambi-li
sweat
nguruwi
,
nguuwi
sweep
biimba-li
sweet
guwiirr
sweet dough
nhaamanhi
sweetbread
gulawularr
sweetheart: manna; sweetheart; mallee willow
guwiirra
sweetheart: sister-in-law; sweetheart
gambaay
swell: stand; stand up, get up; swell
warra-y
swelling; swollen
wurrun
swelling: boil; swelling; pus; soft, weak
mula
swift (a bird)
biirruun
swim
gubi-y
swim on surface: float (self); swim on surface
dhangga-y
swollen eye
mil warra
swollen: swelling; swollen
wurrun
swoop down
wuuli-y
sword
garralan
table
man.ga
taboo
budun
,
gamaal
taboo, forbidden
wanaal
tadpole
nguuluwi
tail
dhiil
tail: emu tail
bubudhala
tail: penis; tail
dhun
take back: bring back, take back
gaaguwi-y
take off: remove, take out; take off (clothes)
dhuwima-li
take out; open
dhuma-li
take; bring, fetch; carry; wear; own, have
gaa-gi
talk
gaayaa wana-gi
talk (to), speak (to); tell; say; make (someone do something)
guwaa-li
talk to each other: converse
guwaala-y
talk: lot of talk
burrulaa garay
talkative
dhalaybidi
tall: long; tall
guraarr
,
guyaarr
tangle
yulaanbi-li
tangle; waterhole name
yulanbiirr
tangle: turn around, revolve; turn into, transform; tangle up
gayarra-y
tap
dhuradhuraba-li
tap: spear, stab; sting; poke (with pointed object); tap; have sex, make love; write; carve
dhu-rri
tar vine
wudhugaa
Tarilarai
Dhariilaraay
taste
dhadha-li
,
dhadha-y
tasteless: blunt; tasteless, unsweetened
nhunduu
tattletale, dobber
dhubayan
tawny frogmouth
buluurr
tea
dhii
tea bag
dhii man.garr
tea leaves
dhii garril
tea-tree: swamp paperbark, tea-tree
nguu
teach
ngamilma-li
,
dhiirra-li
teacher
dhayaanduul
,
dhiirral
teacher of the law; clever, intelligent
binangarrangarra
tear
nguluurr
tear off, pull off, strip off; tear
baarrama-li
tear: water; rain; tear
gali
teenage girl (restricted word)
malagan
teeth on edge
dhirragal
tell
buuyawiya-li
tell a lie: lie, tell a lie
dhanggi-li
,
yaal dhanggi-li
tell about
dhubaanma-li
tell off, scold
yaya-li
tell: talk (to), speak (to); tell; say; make (someone do something)
guwaa-li
temporary waterhole
gurruway
tempting: very good, tempting
maayndjul
ten
banay
,
bulaarruu maa
tense: future tense
-gi
,
-li
,
-rri
,
-y
tense: past tense
-nhi
,
-nyi
,
-y
tent
guwilii
Terewah
Dharrawaawul
termite mound
guwiigaa
termite: white ant, termite
baamagaaliyan
tern: whiskered tern
budhagalagala
testicles, balls
bugalaa
,
buru
,
buu
testicles: ball, ball game; testicles, balls
burugalaa
,
buugalaa
testicles: penis; testicles
manday
that
ngaarrma
,
-nha
that way: over there
ngaarrigulay
,
ngaarrimali
that, the
nhamali
that, the; there
nhama
that, those
nguuma
that's enough!
giirrnga
that's right!
ngaawawu
their (more than two people); to them (more than two people)
ganungu
their (two people); to them (two people)
gaalingu
them: from them (more than two people)
ganungundi
them: from them (two people)
gaalingundi
them: to/at/on them (more than two people)
ganungunda
them: to/at/on them (two people)
gaalingunda
then
-laa
then: at that time, then
yalagiirrmawu
then: now; then; or
-nga
there
marra
,
marram
,
ngayrr
,
ngiirrma
,
ngiyarrma
,
nguwama
there (close)
marrama
there, over there
ngaarri
there: down, down there; under; west (sundown)
ngadaa
there: over there
ngaarrima
there: over there (other side)
ngarraagulay
there: over there (that way)
ngaarrigulay
,
ngaarrimali
there: right over there
ngaarringaarri
there: that, the; there
nhama
therefore: because, therefore
waama
they (more than two people - doer to)
ganugu
they (more than two people - doer/done to)
ganunga
they (two people - doer to)
gaali
,
ngurugaali
they (two people - doer/done to)
gaalinha
,
gaalinga
thick
nhunduwaa
thief
manumadhaay
thigh, leg; creek; tree branch
dharra
thigh; gully, creek
mabun
thin, bony
bilga
,
burabura
,
buyabuya
think: understand; know; remember; think; love
winanga-y
thirsty
galingin
,
yarigin
thirsty: dry, empty, bare; thirsty; Pallal
balal
this side
nguwagili
this way, in this manner
yalay
this way, to here
dhaay
this; here
nhalay
thistle: milk thistle
balamba
thistle: sow thistle
dhiinyaan
thorny: prickly, thorny
bindiyaabiyaay
those: that, those
nguuma
thought (suppose)
ngadhan.gaa
thousand
dhawadha
thread, filament; split
barra
three
gulibaa
throat; neck
wuru
,
wuyu
throat: Adam's apple, throat; passage, cattle race
wun.guwi
throw
waa-li
throw at: pelt, throw at
garawi-li
throw at: pelt, throw at; point bone, kill
gayawi-li
throw out: push away; throw out
dhilay-rri
throw, pitch; leave
wana-gi
throwing stick: club; bark throwing stick
wagarraa
thug: hit man, thug
bumaldaay
thumb
gunidjarr maa
thunder
dhuluuma-y
,
dhuluumay
,
dhuwaarrgaa
thunder cloud
dharringarra
thunder; lightning
murrumay
tickle
gidjigidjiba-li
tidy: straighten up, put in order
baanda-li
tie up; knot
yulaa-li
tie up: hang up; tie up
bindaybi-li
tight, stuck tight; constipated
garran.garraan
Timbumburi Creek
Dhimbambaraay
time
-u
time of creation
bulaan
time of creation, dreamtime
burruguu
time of; place of
-Baa
tin can
giyaan
tin can: tin mug, mug; can
gaala
tin canoe: bark hut; tin canoe
dhaadharr
tin dish
dhindiirr
tin: tree bark; tin; canoe
nganda
tiny: shorty, tiny
badjindi
tip: chasings, tip
gubiyalanhay
tired; lazy
yinggil
tired: quiet; tired
malu
tired: very tired, exhausted
yarrbun
tit: yellow tit, weebill (bird)
mindjarru
to and fro
nganbinganbi
to her: her(s), his; to her, him
ngurungu
,
nguungu
to here (nearby)
marragula
to here: this way, to here
dhaay
to me: my; to me
ngay
to someone
ngaanngundawaa
to somewhere
minyaarruwaa
to the side: sideways, to the side
dhaan
to them: their (more than two people); to them (more than two people)
ganungu
to them: their (two people); to them (two people)
gaalingu
to us: our (more than two people); to us (more than two people)
ngiyaningu
to us: our (two people); to us (two people)
ngalingu
to who?
ngaanngunda
to who?: whose?; to who?
ngaanngu
to you: your (more than two people); to you (more than two people)
nginaayngu
to you: your (one person); to you (one person)
nginu
to you: your (two people); to you (two people)
nginaalingu
to: in, at, on; to (dative)
-Ga
to: movement to; purpose; belonging to; for
-gu
to: where to?
minyaarru
to/at/on him/her
ngurungunda
,
nguungunda
to/at/on me
nganunda
to/at/on them (more than two people)
ganungunda
to/at/on them (two people)
gaalingunda
to/at/on us (more than two people)
ngiyaningunda
to/at/on us (two people)
ngalingunda
to/at/on you (more than two people)
nginaayngunda
to/at/on you (one person)
nginunda
to/at/on you (two people)
nginaalingunda
tobacco
biyaga
today: now (immediately); today
yilaadhu
toe: big toe
gunidjarr baburr
toe: foot; footprint, tracks; toe
dhina
toenail
dhina yulu
toenail: nail, fingernail, toenail; claw; scratch (claw mark)
yulu
toes: fingers; toes
bambugal
toilet
gunagalaa
tomahawk
dhamiyaa
,
giirrgal
tomahawk: stone axe, tomahawk
birran.gaa
,
gambu
tomahawk: stone axe, tomahawk; axe
yuundu
tomato: native tomato
bulumburr
,
gumi
tomorrow
ngurrugu
tomorrow: yesterday (recent past), tomorrow (near future)
-ngayi-y
tongue; finished!; cheeky!
dhalay
tonight
yilaa buluuya
too right: absolutely, too right
giirruu
tooth
yira
tooth; seed; peg
yiya
toothless
yiyadhalibaa
top; high place
gaburran
top: be on top; be up
ma-y
top: hat; lid, top
gabundi
topknot pigeon
gulawuliil
topknot: bird's topknot
dhigun
torn, ragged
gadharrgadharr
totem: hand; finger; five; totem
maa
totem: healer's totem
yanbiyaay
totem: matrilineal totem
yarudhagaa
totem: meat
dhinggaa
totem: meat; animal
dhii
touch: feel, touch
dhama-li
tough: hard, solid; strong; tough
walanbaa
tough: hard, solid; tough
walan
town
gundhilgaa
toy club (waddy)
budhal
toy club: game with toy club
garril budhal
toy roller
wanggal
toy spear
widjuwidju
track
yawa-li