Human body parts in Ngadjon and English

ESA Logo

Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge

Human body parts in Ngadjon and English

Parts of Body
Ngadjon English
babala bone
bambu eyeball
banbi forehead (lower)
bidulu shoulder blade
biguny finger nail
biguny toe nail
bila crotch
bilumba hip
binda shoulder
bindiny tail bone
bugii stomach
bulbu hair (grey)
bunggu knee
bungun womb
buurru elbow
dagany septum
dagul ankle
dalu forehead (upper)
dam baa shin
dandal collar bone
dingaa head
dingaa-dingaa bald head
dirra tooth
dubuu stomach (internal organ)
dulgu heart
duyi tears
gali side, waist
galu lap
ganjanyganjany armpit
garrgal arm
garrmaa ear wax
gawandaa breath
gayga eye
gubaguba breast bone
gudun ear wax
guga skin
guna bowel
gungu ear drum
gumggur throat, front of neck
gurrga neck
guwu nose, nostril
jagaa cheek
jaguy left hand
jalnggulaa tongue
jambin large intestine
jarra thigh
jawa mouth
jiba liver
jijaa fibula
jina foot, footprint
jindi chest
jinggu hair (on the body)
juga heel
juja back
juja backbone
jujuu umbilicus
junguy vein
jurru upper arm
mala hand
malagan small intestine
mambu bottom, buttocks
mandi gums
manga ear
manggu forearm (radius)
miju brain
miju bone marrow
murraa hair (head hair)
nayngga urine
ngaga calf (of leg)
ngamu armpit
ngamun breast, breastmilk
nganda lips
ngangguu chin
nganyi face
ngayi voice
ngiirriny little finger, little toe
ngugu under chin
nugu vomit
nyumba spittle
nyumbuu moustache, beard
nyurri nasal discharge
wada sole of foot
wada carpal bones (wrist)
waga calf (of leg)
waguli blood
wajin sweat
waju nape of neck
wanggamu kidney
wangirr ribs, side
warrbi roof of mouth
wugu pectoral muscle
wujaa eyebrow
yagin temple (side of head)
yigu upper arm
yumaa body
yunggany big toe
yunggany thumb
yuramu right hand

Ngadjon - English Glossary    English - Ngadjon Glossary
Animals     Birds    Ceremony and Tradition     Family    Fish    Insects and Small Creatures
Land and Water    Loan Words    Parts of Body    Plants Other   Plants Trees    Reptiles and Amphibians
Scientific Names   Sounds    Things We Use    Time    Weather and Sky    Additional Words and Place Names