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Glossary
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Gummarl, place where some one has died. |
Gundooee, solitary emu. |
Gunyahnoo, south-east wind. |
Gurburreh, north. |
Illahwaylayah, good-bye (said by one going). |
Innerah, mistress. |
Kumbooran, east. |
Kurreah, alligator. |
Mäh, totem. |
Marmbeyah, white devil who carries a green boondee. |
May, wind. |
Mayamah, stone. |
Mayrah, wind. |
Meamei, The Girls, Pleiades. |
Mil, eye. |
Minggah, spirit-haunted tree. |
Mirrieh, poligonum. |
Moodai, opossum. |
Moogaray, hailstones. |
Moorillah, pebbly ridge. |
Mubboo, beefwood-tree, |
Mubboon, small creek running into larger one. |
Muggil, stone knife. |
Mullayerh, mate, companion. |
Mullee Mullee, dream-spirit (of a wirreenun). |
Mulloka, water-spirit. |
Mundehwaddah, north-west wind. |
Munggheewurraywurraymul, sea-gull. |
Mungoonyarlee, iguana (largest kind of). |
Murgah Muggui, trap-door spider. |
Murroomin, bark. |
Noongah, kurragong tree. |
Noongahburrah, belonging to the Noongah country. |
Noorahgogo, orange and blue beetle. |
Nooroonooroobin, south wind. |
Noorumbah, hunting-ground. |
Numbardee, mother. |
Nurroolooan, south. |
Nyunnoo, grass humpy. |
Oobi Oobi, Byamee's mountain dwelling-place in the other world. |
Oodoolay, round rain-making stone. |
Oolah, red, prickly lizard. |
Oonah, give. |
Ouyouboolooey, black snake. |
Piggiebillah, spiny Echidna. |
Purleemil, woman's name (= starry eyes). |
Wa-ah, shell. |
Wahlerh, manna running down stems of branches |
Wahn, crow. |