English meanings of Ngadjon words
English meanings of Ngadjon words
| English | Ngadjon |
|---|---|
| aboriginal people | murraamba |
| acting the goat | yiirrin |
| Alexander palm | bibiya |
| all large parrots | biimbirran |
| all small parrots | gurrambal |
| almond bark | dunu |
| always asking for things | jangany |
| animal hole in tree | daanyjirri |
| animal pad/regular track | burmyja |
| animal track | jina |
| ankle | dagul |
| another one | yunggurru |
| answer call or question | ngawi-nyu |
| ant - big, red, savage | burgulum |
| ant - black ant in rotten wood | budumbarram |
| ant - black sugar ant | wamu |
| ant - brown | wawuja |
| ant - gree tree ant | niwaa |
| ant - small, black, in house | munyimunyi |
| ant - small, black, stinging | bunda |
| ant - very black | gijam |
| any edible animal | rubiny |
| any strange tribe | margany |
| arm | garrgal |
| armlets (lawyer cane) | balburru |
| armpit | ganjanyganjany |
| armpit | ngamu |
| ascend (not river) | waanyji-n |
| ascend (up river) | wandi-n |
| ashamed | giyany |
| ashes | bumba |
| ask | nganba-n |
| ask for food (eg baby bird) | ngiingi-nyu |
| asleep | wurrmba |
| assume identity of totem | wurrali-nyu |
| Australian magpie | jawajawa |
| avoidance sfyle | jalnguy |
| axe - traditional, small | gawarala |
| axe - white man's | barri |
| azure kingfisher | jiwunyu |
| baby | jaja |
| baby, new born | gulaa |
| back | juja |
| back of mija | digirr |
| backbone | juja |
| bad spirit | burrawungaa |
| bag | baygi |
| bald | bajala |
| bald head | dingaa-dingaa |
| bandicoot, long nosed | bingu |
| bare (eg no feathers, fur) | gurrguu |
| bare place | dirrba |
| bark | guga |
| bark (dog) at someone | wanga-n |
| bark of tree | guga |
| barn owl | birrgala |
| basket - long, wide-necked | yinggarr |
| basket fern | daanyjirri |
| bathe | ngaba-nyu |
| be hungry | jiba-baja-n |
| be jealous | gayga-ganda-nyi |
| be shy | nguuji-nyu |
| be wobbly, shaky | julmbuli-nyu |
| bee | jambandurru |
| beech (white) | dubuu |
| beef | bulugi |
| beef wood, crab apple | daaguu |
| bees wax | nigarr |
| bees' wax | garrmaa |
| beetle (lives in logs) | galabaa |
| before that | wudu |
| bell sound | malgumalgu |
| belong to (place) | nyaaba-nyu |
| belongs to someone else | yurrga |
| belt | bilgi |
| bend oversold | bunggu-bana-n |
| big (& older) sibling | bangan |
| big (eels) | gunuji |
| big (grubs) | guuru |
| big (scrub turkey) | juuginy |
| big (-water-goanna) | jagaa |
| big camp | jimurru |
| big carpet snake | gundaya |
| big handle of dilly bag | bilandaa |
| big mob, lots & lots | guymburrgan |
| big short spear | warrba |
| big stripey lizard | yuurragi |
| big toe | yunggany |
| bigger frog | yaabur |
| billy can | biligan |
| bird poo | j irrgin |
| bite | baja-n |
| bite meat off bone | birrba-nyu |
| bite piece off | ginga-nyu |
| bitter | jamaa |
| black bean | ganyjuu |
| black bream | guya |
| black butcher bird | galbu |
| black goanna | ngunaa |
| black goanna | gugaa |
| black goanna, big | garrnggan |
| black pine | jubula |
| black sapling | warrbaa |
| black scrub rat | yubuu |
| black scrub snail | jaaga |
| black snake, white belly | gajamaa |
| black wood beetle | bibaa |
| black, (& dirty, dusty) | gingin |
| blame someone | ngunju-n |
| blanket | bilaynggirr |
| blanket (calico) | gambila |
| bleeding heart tree | wubundaa |
| blind | muuga |
| blind in one eye | babun |
| blood | waguli |
| blows at | buya-n |
| Blue Nun tree | mabiimabii |
| blunt | julu |
| body | yumaa |
| bodyfeathers (ceremonial) | muunggaa |
| boil | burrubaa |
| bollywood | jabam |
| bone | babala |
| bone marrow | miju |
| bonewood | gujunggurru |
| boomerang | mangany |
| boot, shoe | bunjurru |
| bottle (generic) | bandarra |
| bottom spine of dilly bag | munu |
| bottom, buttocks | mambu |
| bow and arrow | bunarra |
| bowel | guna |
| brain | miju |
| branch | jarra |
| branch broken & dragged away | darraa |
| break | gaanyja-n |
| break (non rigid thing) | bunda-n |
| break off with hand | bana-n |
| breast bone | gubaguba |
| breast, breastmilk | ngamun |
| breastfeed baby | guungga-n |
| breath | gawandaa |
| broken, split/torn in two | girrgil |
| brother in law | ganyjirri |
| brown coloured frog | dadawu |
| brown frog | junggii |
| brown goshawk | biju |
| brown lizard | wuugalam |
| brown lizard | manjan |
| brown pigeon | judulu |
| brown pine ? | jaygul |
| brown tamarind | galarri |
| bubble (on water) | jiinjii |
| build house frame | gada-n |
| bull oak, northern silky oak | jungan |
| bullet | bulin |
| bullock | bulugi |
| bullock's horn | binnguy |
| bumble bee | birrbindili |
| bump on shield | gunuu |
| burn (eg sun, stinging tree) | ganda-nyu |
| burn, cook, make fire | nyaju-n |
| burr | bugambugam |
| burst, come out of water | banda-nyu |
| butterfly (generic) | gunggamburr |
| bury | nyarri-baga-n |
| bush fire | bugan |
| bush guava | juba |
| bush tucker | wuju |
| bush turkey | moongarra |
| busy | manyu |
| butcherbird | guburany |
| butt (bottom) of tree | julu |
| butt of tree | bujurr |
| buzzing - bees | durrga-n |
| by oneself | nyuwala |
| cabbage crowsfoot | binggu |
| calf (of leg) | waga |
| calf (of leg) | ngaga |
| call by kin label | maya-nyu |
| call out in pain | waynggi-nyu |
| call over for something | ngiba-nyu |
| call to/beckon someone | gayba-n |
| camp out | bungiirra-nyu |
| camping place near buluba | bayan |
| candlenut | ngabala |
| canoe | ginu |
| can't get somewhere | giijamba-nyu |
| carpal bones (wrist) | wada |
| carry other than in hand | dimba-nyu |
| cassowary | gumbagan |
| casuarina | nyiwunyiwu |
| cat | buji |
| catch & hold down | bulu-dadi-n |
| catch something thrown | jtmba-nyu |
| catch, grab | nyima-n |
| cave | burraya |
| cave in | nyindala-nyu |
| celery pine, silver bass wood | ganuganu |
| centipede | damarri |
| chair | jiya |
| charcoal, hot coals | jilin |
| chase (as in children playing) | mandala-nyu |
| chase after, run down | bugama-n |
| chase away | yarrnga-n |
| cheek | jagaa |
| chest | jindi |
| chewed up food in mouth | ngugu |
| chicken snake | midimidi |
| child (generic) | jaja |
| child with no father | dungun |
| child with no mother | wulnggulaa |
| chin | ngangguu |
| chop/split rotten log | banyi-n |
| chrysallis (first stage) | guna |
| chrysallis (second stage) | ganguu |
| chrysallis (third stage) | gumbala |
| chrysophyllum (pearwood) | munggulaa |
| cicatrices on stomach | miingga |
| clap hands when dancing | wada |
| clay - red | guwirr |
| clay - soft, kids can eat it | munggu |
| clay - white | gamburr |
| clay - yellow | magirram |
| clear the ground | yarrba-n |
| clearing | bugan |
| climb tree | bili-nyu |
| climb tree using lawyer cane | bumirra-nyu |
| clothes | gambi |
| clothes line | layin |
| cloud | ngulban |
| coarse (wild flour) | burrbuny |
| coast | digarra |
| coast | malan |
| collar bone | dandal |
| comb | guwum |
| come | bani-nyu |
| come into mob, join | guugu |
| come out, go outside | mayi-n |
| comically behaved | marrbaja |
| communicate with eyes | gayga-nyula-n |
| cook on frame over fire | warrga-wanda-n |
| cook something over flame | ngaama-n |
| cooked | nyamu |
| cooking frame for eels | warrga |
| cool | dinu |
| cordyline | waaruba |
| cotton | gadin |
| cough, clear throat | ngirmgga-nyu |
| cover by piling things on | guba-n |
| cover over | dadi-n |
| cow | gawu |
| crack bone with teeth | duugu-n |
| cracked | gajala |
| crackle, sizzle (eg fire) | jigirri-nyu |
| cramp | murmu |
| crawl (eg insects on person) | garrma-n |
| crawl (eg person, snake) | juurra-n |
| cream silky oak | didaja |
| cream silky oak | jangaja |
| creek | winyju |
| cricket | ginyjalam |
| cricket | gurrundulu |
| crocodile | ganyarra |
| crooked, bent | bangun |
| cross boomerang | birrbubirrbu |
| cross river by walking on log | baangga-n |
| cross river/line/ road | mabiirri-nyu |
| crotch | bila |
| crow's nest fern | banduy |
| crows foot | birrarr |
| cry of warning ( bird) | dungga-nyu |
| cry, sob, weep | dunggarra-nyu |
| cuckoo | gurrii |
| cunjevoi | gumbi |
| cup | gaba |
| current | garraja |
| curved woomera | balurr |
| cut | gunba-n |
| cut steps in tree | daji-nyu |
| cut thin layer off | babi-n |
| cut to make bleed | binba-n |
| cyclone | warawara |
| cymbidium orchid | bunggiyam |
| cypress pine | gamara |
| dance (females in corroboree) | ngaaba-jana-nyu |
| dance (in fun) | nyamba-nyu |
| dance (mourning) | jalmbi-nyu |
| dance (shake-a leg) | bila-balnga-nyu |
| dancing song-style | marrga |
| dark brown skin colour | ngumbu |
| darkness | ngulmurru |
| daughter - said by father | galbin |
| daughter - said by mother | daman |
| daughter in law | guyugan |
| Davidson plum | wiraa |
| dawn | barrany |
| daylight | garri |
| deaf | baba |
| death adder | gunyjilbaa |
| debris after flood | bubuu |
| deep (water) | ngagu |
| descend (down river) | dada-nyu |
| descend (not river) | bunga-n |
| devil bush | balalaa |
| dew | mugubara |
| diarrhoea | bigarram |
| dig (deeper than digu-n) | nada-n |
| dilly bag | janyju |
| dingo | buyubarra |
| dirty (water) | ngujun |
| disintegrate | buunyji-nyu |
| dive (in water) | muuma-nyu |
| divide in two | gambanma-n |
| do "gently" | yama |
| do hard | jungurru |
| do before anyone else | nguni-n |
| do properly | ngunda-n |
| do quickly | gaymbi-n |
| do something at night | ginda-n |
| do something wrongly | wurra-gada-n |
| do too little | dunga-n |
| do too much | gudi-n |
| dog poo | gugun |
| dog's urine | binbi |
| dollar bird | didilnggurra |
| door | duwa |
| doorway to mija | jawa |
| doze off | wurrmi-nyu |
| drag dillybag through water | jarrgi-nyu |
| dragonfly | yirrinyjila |
| draw/paint with finger | bangga-n |
| dream about | gaj'aarra-nyu |
| dress (gown) | gawun |
| drink | gunyja-n |
| drums for dance | bungun |
| dry | bumba |
| dry, wilting (leaves) | migun |
| duck down to protect oneself | daba-jana-nyu |
| dumb, unable to talk | nunumu |
| dusk, just getting dark | nguwaa |
| dust | bumba |
| dynamite | bawurra |
| ear | manga |
| ear drum | gungu |
| ear wax | gudun |
| ear wax | garrmaa |
| earlier on today | gala |
| earth | jabu |
| eastern whipbird | guwan |
| eat | jangga-nyu |
| echidna | nganggayin |
| echidna spike | banggaa |
| edge of scrub | dirran |
| eel (great big one) | bigali |
| eel (old one) | gurrii |
| eel (spotted) | jaban |
| eel bone ornament | wagay |
| egg laid by house fly | nyinyin |
| egg shell | bidin |
| egg yolk | miju |
| elbow | buurru |
| elder brother | mugirray |
| elder sister | yayin |
| eldest brother | muynggul |
| eldest child, first born | galurrumi |
| emerald dove | gurrbum |
| empty | warm |
| empty (place) | gunyu |
| empty out, spill, spit | bungga-n |
| English language | wajan |
| engrossed in something | nyuyu |
| euodia | gulabi |
| evening star | bunu |
| explain relationship | nyala-n |
| eye | gayga |
| eyeball | bambu |
| eyebrow | wujaa |
| face | nganyi |
| fair time ago | gubila |
| fall down | baji-nyu |
| falling star | jigubina |
| falling star | jigubina |
| falls (rain, dew etc) | jinda-nyu |
| fan palm (Licuala ramsayi) | girbu |
| Faraday's vine | bugu |
| fast | gija |
| fat | jami |
| father | nguman |
| father a child | buumbi-nyu |
| father in law | nyubi |
| father who has lost child | murrgabi |
| father's brother | nguman |
| fathers father | bulu |
| father's father's brother | bulu |
| father's father's sister | bulu |
| father's mother | babi |
| father's mother's brother | babi |
| father's mother's sister | babi |
| father's sister | jajirra |
| feather head dress | bujuru |
| feel ashamed | murri-nyu |
| feel cold | buja-nyu |
| feel sore | murmggi-nyu |
| feel uncomfortable, unhappy | bamba-nyu |
| feel with stick | ngaaga-n |
| feel, touch (with hand) | guuja-nyu |
| feeling sore and stiff | junggin |
| female's daughter's child | gumbu |
| female's son's child | babi |
| fem (blechnum) | baaji |
| fever | burrjarr |
| fibula | jijaa |
| fig (Boonjie) | bunyji |
| fig (Moreton Bay) | banba |
| fig (no fruit) | balun |
| fig (parasitic) | gabi |
| fig (red leaf) | dagurrba |
| fig (sandpaper, large leaf) | guluga |
| fighting ground | buluba |
| fighting over one woman/man | jabura |
| file | bayil |
| fill in (hole), shut, block | guuba-n |
| find | gajarrma-n |
| find and claim something | ngungga-n |
| fine bone in gill of eel | nyiyi |
| fine weather/day | gundarri |
| finely ground (wild flour) | gawima |
| finger nail | biguny |
| finish it off | munya-ma-n |
| finished, all gone | munya |
| fire | buni |
| fire fly | bulaa |
| fire/light goes out | nguda |
| firestick | jiman |
| firestick tree | jiman |
| first born | nguniibarra |
| first born | galubarra |
| first one | galurrumi |
| fish (generic) | guya |
| fish net | mugarru |
| fish scale | bidin |
| fishing line - rod, line, hook | yumbaa |
| fix up | ngunda-n |
| fix up | yiji-n |
| flame | janggaa |
| flame tree | giwan |
| flange of tree | dumbii |
| flash, glitter | barrmbi-nyu |
| flat country | yabala |
| flat rock | bajala |
| flat skin of grub after squeezing | magara |
| flat stone | bajala |
| flat top on mountain | wugu |
| float | waangga-n |
| flood | biimarra |
| flour | gaygamali |
| flower (generic) | mangga |
| fly | warri-nyu |
| flying fox - black | guginy |
| flying fox - large, grey | guynggur |
| flying spark | jibiny |
| foam in fresh water | wurrgulum |
| fog (coastal) | mugubara |
| fog, mist on mountains | wujarr |
| follow (person, track etc) | banja-n |
| follow, come behind | marri-n |
| foot, footprint | jina |
| forearm (radius) | manggu |
| forehead (lower) | banbi |
| forehead (upper) | dalu |
| forest | warrgin |
| forest carpet snake | gabuu |
| fork | bugu |
| forked stick | daba |
| four | yungganganyjaa |
| fresh water jew fish | gijawulu |
| freshwater turtle | banggurru |
| frighten | marrba-nyu |
| frightened, scared | bilga |
| frog | wiji |
| frogmouth | galgaman |
| front part of | mirra |
| frost | yiwaa |
| full (bag, mouth - not belly) | jaagadaa |
| full up with food | manyjaa |
| fur, hair (of animal) | jinggu |
| gardenia | bagi |
| gardenia | mirrijin |
| gardenia (orange or brown) | wunyinwunyin |
| gathered together | balmbu |
| gathered together in a heap | dugu |
| get a fright | gula-n |
| get bogged | jangi-nyu |
| get caught | jangi-nyu |
| get excited | dunji-nyu |
| getting wild | yayuu |
| ghost, spirit | ngunyiny |
| girl (2-20) | gajin |
| girl, group of girls | nabi |
| give | wuga-n |
| give birth | yuba-n |
| glad | durrgan |
| glass | gilaji |
| go & fetch | wawu-n |
| go home | nguuba-nyu |
| go past without seeing | garru-gada-n |
| go right around something | waymbaga-nyu |
| go straight past | bajunda-nyu |
| go walkabout | buugi-nyu |
| golden whistler | wiraynggun |
| good | gurriny |
| goods from north | yirrganyji |
| grass (for dillybags) | jiigan |
| grass sopping up "rag" | warrgay |
| grass spread out for mattress | nanggu |
| grass tree | wiyin |
| grasshopper | bundan |
| gravel, coarse sand | burrbuny |
| greedy | jumu |
| green swamp frog | nguwany |
| green tree snake | bunmara |
| green, raw | ngabu |
| grey headed robin | windan |
| grey headed robin | yindan |
| grey jew fish | ganyu |
| grey milkwood | juyuga |
| grey plover | gurimbarr |
| grey rat, medium size | muginy |
| grind (food or axe) | nuba-nyu |
| grinding stone (bottom) | wadirr |
| grinding stone (top) | mugaa |
| grog (Loan word) | gurrugu |
| ground oven, hot stone | jamarra |
| ground, dirt | jabu |
| group of people | jalajala |
| grow | wuji-nyu |
| growl (dog) | ngidirri-nyu |
| grub (generic) | jambun |
| grub in blackboy tree | jiyayam |
| grub in butt of rotten tree | bayinbam |
| grub in rotten wood | gaanyjim |
| grub place in log | guuru |
| grub wood, white carrabeen | darram |
| grumble | baanyja-nyu |
| gully with no water | jarrba |
| gully with running water | jarrga |
| gums | mandi |
| gun (generic) | gama |
| hailstone | dirra |
| hair (grey) | bulbu |
| hair (head hair) | murraa |
| hair (on the body) | jinggu |
| hairy mary grub | giirarum |
| hairy mary grub | ginga |
| half caste | jiirrijiirri |
| half caste | badambadam |
| half caste | jiirrijiirri |
| half caste | badambadam |
| half full | bibu |
| halfway | muga |
| hammer | ngama |
| hand | mala |
| handkerchief | nganggija |
| handle of spear | jugan |
| hang up, scoop up | wanda-n |
| hard alder | mujalin |
| hard, solid | gagaa |
| harmless black snake | ngurrja |
| hat | gabarra |
| have a bellyache, diarrhoea | gaanyji-nyu |
| have a feed | manyja-nyu |
| have heart beating fast | nangga-n |
| have pins & needles | gidarra-nyu |
| have swollen (body part) | gaaja-n |
| have swollen body (all over) | gaajarrba-nyu |
| head | dingaa |
| head to one side | guyii |
| headache | digirr |
| healthy | bambun |
| heart | dulgu |
| heavy | birrjan |
| heel | juga |
| help, give a hand | mala-wuga-i |
| help, join in | miwa-n |
| helps at initiation ceremonies | wungumali |
| hide, put inside | janma-n |
| hiding place | gananyja |
| hip | bilumba |
| hit (down) with rounded tool | baarra-n |
| hit with rounded implement | biji-n |
| hole | jawa |
| hole | bilmba |
| hole | nyarri |
| hollow log | mulu |
| honey from sugarbag | mayi |
| hook | badi-n |
| hook - any type | giya |
| Hope's cycad | junbari |
| horizontal strips in dilly bag | gaarri |
| horse | yarraman |
| hot | nyigila |
| hot stone (inside carcass) | jamarra |
| house fly | ngalalum |
| human flesh | jalginy |
| hungry for fruit, vegetable | ngamii |
| hungry for meat or fish | marrginy |
| hunt someone away | nyarrngga-n |
| husband | mungun |
| imitate someone's voice | jaangi-nyu |
| in a few days, next week | barraa |
| in front | galurru |
| in front, "first" | galurru |
| in middle (of mass) | jiwa |
| initiated man | mularri |
| inside | gunda |
| intact, no holes etc | nungu |
| intersection | biirrum |
| iron | ngayan |
| itch, want to scratch | minji-n |
| ivory bass wood | gumbagii |
| ivory walnut | nibaa |
| ivory wood, icewood | mujirra |
| jaw bone of eel | wagay |
| jealous | nyinyinba |
| jew lizard | yinggaa |
| jitta | jidu |
| join on | jaaba-n |
| jump | jinbi-n |
| Kanaka | ginayga |
| kangaroo | yuri |
| kangaroo, large | burara |
| kauri pine | duguy |
| kerosene | garijin |
| kick | danga-n |
| kidney | wanggamu |
| king fem . | jinadaba |
| king parrot | bilmbirran |
| kiss | nyunja-n |
| knee | bunggu |
| knife | naybu |
| knob on tree | balban |
| knock to ground | nyiga-n |
| kookaburra | gunggaga |
| ladder | lada |
| ladybird | bindabinda |
| ladybird | giinggan |
| lake, lagoon | bulin |
| lamp | lawam |
| language | ngirrma |
| lap | galu |
| large billed scrub wren | jarrgim |
| large frog | damu |
| large intestine | jambin |
| large smooth music stick | gugulu |
| larger freshwater turtle | wurrigaa |
| later on today | gilu |
| laugh | miyanda-nyu |
| Laurel leaf vine | bindaa |
| lawyer cane (black) | bunmarra |
| lawyer cane (hairy mary) | yabulam |
| lawyer cane (smallest) | barrga |
| lawyer cane rope for climbing | gamin |
| lawyer vine | nigu |
| lawyer vine | jungganyu |
| lay (eggs) | jirrbi-n |
| lazy | mayngirr |
| lead, show the way | gayga-budi-n |
| leaf | gubu |
| leaf spouting (for water) | gubu |
| lean on | wambi-nyu |
| leaning, at an angle | yuugarra |
| leatherhead | jagaru |
| leave | gaaga-n |
| leaves ofjungganyu | guygi |
| leech (long, stripey) | ngubirrbi |
| leech on land | judirr |
| left hand | jaguy |
| left hand boomerang | jaguy |
| legendary man | ngagangunu |
| lemon aspen, lemonwood | yarrgii |
| lice | gibajala |
| lice | maabu |
| lick | ginbi-n |
| lie down | bungi-n |
| lift up | maba-n |
| light (weight) | wubii |
| lightning flash | jalmin |
| lignum | maynggur |
| like to do | ngiimi-nyu |
| limp | daambarra-nyu |
| lips | nganda |
| listen, hear about | ngamba-n |
| little finger, little toe | ngiirriny |
| little of | midi |
| little rat, sharp nose | yugaba |
| little water snake | mundu |
| lively, spirited | yinyu |
| liver | jiba |
| lizard in rotten wood | wurrambal |
| lizard in scrub | barrabarranyjila |
| locust | dalaa |
| locust - brown locust | jujany |
| locust - forest locust | julari |
| locust - scrub locust | wiiri |
| locust-smallest one | wanyjalwanyjal |
| log across river or road | dandu |
| long (stick, road, string etc) | julngarru |
| long log | dalu |
| long time, indefinitely | wayu |
| long way | gani |
| look | nyagi-nyu |
| look back | birrma-nyu |
| look for (turkey eggs only) | wungaba-nyu |
| look for carpet snake | yarrmaarri-nyu |
| look for, search | guni-nyu |
| look round something | waagi-nyu |
| look thoroughly | guri-n |
| look up at | waba-n |
| lose | yiwa-nyu |
| lots of (volume, size) | bangan |
| lots of (volume,length) | juda-jala |
| lots of bright/white things | bulambulam |
| lots of girls | nayinba |
| lots of stones | murrmun |
| lots of teenage boys | gugaynggugay |
| lots of times | yuwurr |
| loud noise | mungga |
| love-song style | yilal |
| lumpy (tree only) | balbanbalban |
| Macleay / kerosene pine | gamarrgamarr |
| maggot | bungu |
| mahogany (northern brush) | wijan |
| maiden's blush | jurrgu |
| main river (runs all year) | malan |
| make a lot of noise | manma-nyu |
| make noise to frighten | nyuuga-n |
| make someone smile | miyaama-n |
| male's daughter's child | ngagi |
| male's son's child | bulu |
| man - warns of danger | gububarra |
| man of the woods | dambun |
| man, male any age | yaarra |
| maple silkwood | banabana |
| march fly | bunuu |
| mark down arm | junggu |
| married couple | ngaybii |
| married couple | bujir |
| married woman | budir |
| marry | ganga-n |
| masked plover | dilbidilbi |
| measles, scratching | yigirri |
| meat juice, gravy from cooking | gimirri |
| meat, flesh | jaaguu |
| meet by chance | dija-n |
| meet by chance on road | gawa-dija-n |
| message | wanda |
| middle aged woman | jambiba |
| milk | milgi |
| milky pine | jaanggan |
| mix up, muddle | yinyarramba-n |
| mix/muddle up things | nami-n |
| moan in pain | jiimbarra-nyu |
| money | mani |
| moon | gagalum |
| mopoke owl | gugu |
| Moreton Bay tree | gaarrubaa |
| mosquito | maybiny |
| moss | burraambun |
| moth (generic) | gunggamburr |
| mother | yabun |
| mother in law | waymin |
| mother of new born | giirraa |
| mother who has lost child | mangguy |
| mother's brother | gayan |
| mother's father | ngagi |
| mother's father's brother | ngagi |
| mother's father's sister | ngagi |
| mother's mother | gumbu |
| mother's mother's brother | gumbu |
| mother's mother's sister | gumbu |
| mother's sister | yabun |
| motionless | mindun |
| motorcar. | mudaga |
| mountain | mungan |
| mountain scrub frog | danggu |
| moustache, beard | nyumbuu |
| mouth | jawa |
| mouth of river | jawaa |
| move around, fidget | jubimarri-nyu |
| move back (to make room) | jaji-nyu |
| mud | jaambuu |
| multi prong spear | barrban |
| multi prong spear for eels etc | gangabi |
| mythical person (first man?) | jujaba |
| name (person, animal) | dirra |
| name (place) | wurra |
| nape of neck | waju |
| narrow place, gorge | nambanamba |
| nasal discharge | nyurri |
| native ginger | wunun |
| native grape | malananggaa |
| native mangosteen | jidin |
| native monsteria | yanggaja |
| native pepper | jibaa |
| native tamarind | bimbirrbimbirr |
| near, close | burrim |
| neck | gurrga |
| necklace | dibirri |
| necklace (from grass bugle) | waanggarr |
| necklace (from shells) | guyanjal |
| nephew (father's side) | galbin |
| nephew (mother's side) | daman |
| nest (bird's incl turkey's) | jajaa |
| nesting material | yirri |
| new | gunyu |
| nice looking | jibaamila |
| niece (father's side) | galbin |
| niece (mother's side) | daman |
| night (used for counting) | ngumba |
| night time | ngulmurru |
| nightjar, hammerbird | dinggan |
| nits lice eggs | niwarra |
| no good | junggin |
| noise - breaking twigs | gada |
| noise - moving to corroboree | gaybii |
| noise -kids playing | wayngginy |
| noise made by male dancers | nginggirr |
| noise of cassowary | jurrga-n |
| noise of frog (and some birds) | guma-nyu |
| noise of scrub turkey | wunggunda |
| noise -trees rubbing | gurrmin |
| noise -walking on dry leaves | gada |
| noisy pitta | wangawa |
| north | gunggarri |
| northern chowchilla | jawujala |
| nose ornament | dagan |
| nose, nostril | guwu |
| not sweet enough (drink) | binyju |
| not yet | yinyja |
| now | yanyja |
| nut shell | bidin |
| nutmeg | gurrmba |
| offended, upset | mundu |
| old (grey haired) lady | wulbuny |
| old man | gurrangala |
| older teenage boy (18-19) | jalma |
| older, single man | yaanggaa |
| older, single woman | yaanggaaga |
| on horseback, on shoulder | binda |
| on lap | ngami |
| one, together | yungguu |
| outer wing (lower part) | danggaa |
| outer wing (upper part) | yigu |
| owl | yagay |
| pad on forehead for dilly bag | jabilaa |
| pademelon, scrub wallaby | guhaa |
| paint brush | jundaa |
| pandanus | yagal/yagaa |
| pandanus (climber, slender leaf) | biyarran |
| pannikan | gunbulu |
| pannikin | banigin. |
| parallel cousin | juugaa |
| paralysed | murrmu |
| patterned (eg striped, dots etc) | gijaa |
| paw (dog, pig, horse,etc) | muurrun |
| peaceful dove | gurrugu |
| pectoral muscle | wugu |
| peel off | gunyji-n |
| peewee | biyilbiyil |
| penni-nerved grape | muurrii |
| people/place to the south | gunyin |
| people/place up north | yirrganyji |
| personal conception site | yubandaa |
| petrol (benzine) | binyjin |
| pheasant coucal | bunbunbu |
| pick up, gather | mangga-n |
| piece of jambun (head part) | dinggaa |
| piece of jambun (tail part) | munu |
| Pig | bigibigi |
| Pig | bigibigi |
| pillow (of grass, wood etc) | daaru |
| pinch with fingernails | ningga-n |
| pink oak, sarsparilla | baarranggaa |
| pins and needles | jiirramburr |
| pins and needles | gijam |
| pipe | baybu |
| place to north | janggirr |
| place where camp has been | burmyja |
| place with no food | yaagan |
| plant | jarra-n |
| plate | biliji |
| platypus | gugula |
| play cubby house | gawali-nyu |
| playing up | yaybu |
| plenty, lots (more than 4) | gaabu |
| pocket in scrub | bayan |
| point of spear | gaarra |
| point out by shouting | wanimba-n |
| poison peach, raft tree | bunuu |
| poke \vith stickjnto | gida-n |
| policeman | buhjiman |
| policeman (old word) | wabarrwabarr |
| possum, grey, green tail | yabi |
| possum, ring tail | midin |
| possum, ringtail | nguda |
| possum, small | bungaa |
| possum, stinking | dimin |
| possum, striped, white back | jula |
| pothos vine | guyu |
| prawn (biggest one) | binduba |
| prawn (freshwater) | mawa |
| praying over dead body | bulmbun |
| pregnant | gujaa |
| pregnant (same as gujaa) | dubuy |
| press/squeeze tightly | nyirrba-n |
| pretty | manbaa |
| prickle | gingaa |
| promiscuous, randy | jingu |
| prop up | wanju-n |
| provide food | murrma-nyu |
| pull branch to get fruit | yiwuumba-n |
| pull off | bubi-n |
| pull out with jerk | bunyja-n |
| pull to pieces, pull down | buda-nyu |
| pull, drag | yambu-n |
| pull/jerk out of hand | mala-bunyja-n |
| push abruptly, shove | biimba-n |
| push in sweeping movement | winba-n |
| push right away | birri-n |
| put down | yuba-n |
| put in | gunda-n |
| put on/in | biiba-n |
| put standing up | jarra-n |
| put things together | balmbuma-n |
| Putt's pine | yidayida |
| quail | jibiri |
| quandong (northern/white) | juwumba |
| quandong (silver) | ngunara |
| quartz stone | buyabarra |
| Queensland maple | marrgan |
| Queensland silver ash | juguba |
| quick, very fast | warrrnan |
| quiet, introspective | gulaa |
| quiet, soft (sound) | jubuny |
| raft | warrjan |
| rag | raygi |
| rain | wurruny |
| rainbow | yamani |
| rainbow bee eater | dirrandirran |
| rainbow fish (very small) | wirgaa |
| rake away, dig | digu-n |
| rattle | narrnggi-nyu |
| red | gurrbingurrbin |
| red & black sky (at sunset) | jidaa |
| red (also red clay) | guwirr |
| red ash, sarsparilla | marragula |
| red back fairy wren | banjal |
| red bellied black | ngudan |
| red oak | gurraa |
| reflections, glint on rainbow | ngirri |
| refuse invitiation | dungga-nyu |
| refuse to | banju-n |
| restless, unsettled | waymar |
| rheumatism | murru |
| rhinosceros beetle | burru |
| ribs, side | wangirr |
| rickety bush | yawala |
| ridge on top of mountain | jurru |
| right hand | yuramu |
| right hand boomerang | yuramu |
| ripe | dungun |
| ripple | barrabarra |
| river bank | dangii |
| river weed (edible) | gunga |
| roar (eg thunder) | ngumarra-nyu |
| rock baby to sleep | lululumba-n |
| Rockinghamia (narrow leaf) | wanaa |
| rolled up, gathered together | balmbu |
| roof of mouth | warrbi |
| roost for bird | birru |
| root of tree | munjuu |
| rope | rubu |
| rose gum | yagira |
| rose tamarind | jambin |
| rotten log | wubun |
| rotten, stinking | buga |
| round, smooth, whole piece | rnugumba |
| rounded frame for mija | dandaa |
| rouse, growl at someone | wija-n |
| rub (eg firestick) | jubi-n |
| rude, nasty | jingun-jingun |
| rufous fantail | buurrujingaa |
| rufous shrike, flycatcher | gugubarbi |
| run away (in fright) | juda-nyu |
| run, move fast | jinggali-nyu |
| salt water | biriny |
| salty | marrginy |
| sand | wagii |
| sand fly | muyngiriny |
| sandstone - used as rasp | burnirri |
| sarsparilla vine | banjirr |
| sassafras (northern) | jidingan |
| sassafras (scentless) | bandaba |
| satin ash (grey) | baanggirra |
| satin ash (paperbark) | wagunwagun |
| satin bower bird | guda-balumbaa |
| satin bower bird | warrgandala |
| sawdust (from lawyer vine) | wingga |
| sawdust (made by jambun) | maja |
| scale of fish | bidin |
| scar or any mark | bijany |
| scar over ribs | jindul |
| scented maple | gabura |
| scented maple | dalgil |
| scoop up with hand | giwu-n |
| scrape layer off, trim | giba-n |
| scrape up | nangi-nyu |
| scraps in bottom of dillybag | wanga |
| scratch (remove skin) | yarmggi-nyu |
| scrub | buyu |
| scrub fowl | jarruga |
| scrub hen, white browed | gubiriyam |
| scrub itch | wubawuba |
| scrub rosewood | ngulibii |
| scrub turkey | mungarra |
| sedge | burrgii |
| see | nyagi-nyu |
| seed | manga |
| send | bila-n |
| send someone to a place | munu-bila-n |
| separate into strands | yiirra-n |
| septum | dagany |
| sergeant | jarjin |
| seven sisters | gurrburu |
| shade | wunggu |
| shadow, reflection | malii |
| shag, big | gulbir |
| shag, small | bugulbugul |
| shake | dubi-n |
| shake involuntarily | banba-nyu |
| shake something to move bits | naangi-nyu |
| shake, wave | baygu-n |
| shallow (water) | jala |
| share out | munyja-n |
| sharp | garrga |
| shell cut up (20 c size) | guyandal |
| shell cut up (5c size) | dibirri |
| shelter, camp, house | mija |
| shield | bigin |
| shin | dam baa |
| shine on, throw light on | rnarra-nyu |
| shining flycatcher | banayirrmban |
| shining starling | jiyirri |
| shirt | yugarri |
| short | gundun |
| short while | gin-gin |
| shorter (more difficult) route | ganggu |
| shoulder | binda |
| shoulder blade | bidulu |
| show by holding up | jumba-n |
| show off | yuwa-nyu |
| show, point out | nyula-n |
| sibling (generic) | juugaa |
| sick & destined to die | wulmba |
| side ( body, road, swarnp etc) | jurri |
| side (of fire, island) | waguu |
| side of hill | yirrgaa |
| side, waist | gali |
| sieve | bunggi-nyu |
| sign to show direction | buma |
| signs marking track | jilan |
| silver bream | dawugan |
| simple, half witted | banjal |
| sing | baya-n |
| singing | gugulu |
| singing style | gam a |
| sister in law | ganyjirri |
| sit on heels | jurra-baga-nyu |
| skin | guga |
| skin disease like mange | yigirri |
| sky | yigan |
| sleep | yuna-nyu |
| slide down | yurrjuli-nyu |
| slime on fish eg eel | mula |
| slip over | yunju-ri |
| slow | yadi |
| slow (faster than yadi) | wunma |
| slug | burmgu |
| small (& younger sibling) | midi |
| small (grubs) | gija |
| small bat | gulabi |
| small brown rat | maga |
| small grey frog | jirin |
| small grub in candlenut tree | gija |
| small grub on milky pine | mandija |
| small hill, little ridge | juuga |
| small intestine | rnalagan |
| small lizard / goanna | dunjil |
| small long grub in logs | yurra |
| small rat | bana balbanggay |
| small red bellied fish | jirrgan |
| small red bellied lizard | majan |
| smaller handle of dilly bag | manyjambun |
| smash into, knock over | dumba-n |
| smashed into small pieces | munyi |
| smell | nyuma-n |
| smiling (in amusement) | miyaa |
| smoke | garran |
| smokey/yellow/ginger colour | garran-garran |
| smooth lizard | waagawaaga |
| smooth, clear, empty | dirrbaa |
| snake (generic) | ngudan |
| sneak up quietly | gaarra-n |
| sneaking about | bijurru |
| snore | bunggurraa |
| soak | ngaba-n |
| soap | jubu |
| soft (fruit, wood, meat) | bujala |
| soft(meat), fragile (person) | jalma |
| sole of foot | wada |
| son - said by father | galbin |
| son - said by mother | daman |
| son in law | wuurribu |
| sore | ngujaa |
| sour | marrgi ny |
| sour | julmun |
| spangled drongo | bajinjilajila |
| speak,say | wurrba-nyu |
| spear (generic) | banggaa |
| spear something | jurrga-nyu |
| spider (generic) | jam ana |
| spider's web | jamarra |
| spinning top | bundurrman |
| spirit home in ground | jindagaa |
| spirit of dead man | guvvii |
| spirit of woman | giinggan |
| spit a curse at someone | biibu-n |
| spittle | nyumba |
| split | durrwa-n |
| spoon | buun |
| spotted catbird | jiguya |
| spread blanket for bed | daju-n |
| spread clothes to dry | yiya-n |
| spread out, scattered | warrjila |
| spring | bugun |
| spurwpod | gin |
| spurwood | ngarrulu |
| squatting (on haunches) | ganggamara |
| squeeze | ju uma-n |
| squeeze, jam in | nambi-n |
| stagger | jurrmbuli-nyu |
| staghorn fern | barrabii |
| stale, gone off | buna |
| stand | jana-nyu |
| standing up stick | bumbal |
| stare | ginja-n |
| staring, gazing | nguyiny |
| stars (generic) | dulubu |
| stay, sit | nyina-nyu |
| steam | wuuwii |
| steep bank | gujirri |
| steep bank | digaa |
| step mother | jarraga |
| stick | yugu |
| stick to carry fish | biga |
| stick to skin | maaga-n |
| sticky | ganj un |
| stinging nettle vine | bumbilan |
| stinging tree | jangali |
| stink beetle | bujimburram |
| stomach | bugii |
| stomach (internal organ) | dubuu |
| stone | nanggaa |
| stone fish | bugu |
| stop someone doing somehing | jabi-n |
| store, shop | juwa |
| storm bird | gurrilngurril |
| straight (road, stick) | yangarra |
| stranger | jarraa |
| stretcher to carry someone | biyarr |
| string | murrgurr |
| striped | gamaa |
| stripey edible snail | gawaa |
| stuff mouth with food | mamba-n |
| stutter | wunggurr |
| sulking | jamaa |
| sulky, dray | jalgi |
| summer | garrimaa |
| summer | garrimaa |
| sun | gain |
| swallow (solid matter) | buuga-nyu |
| swamp hen | bulindal |
| swamp mahogany | juyuga |
| sweat | waj in |
| sweep with bramble/weed | gurra-n |
| sweet | guli |
| swim | juwi-nyu |
| sword | gulmbin |
| sv/ord | bagurr |
| table | dibul |
| tablelands | gambii |
| tadpole | gunamba |
| tail bone | bindiny |
| tail of bird (feathers) | junga |
| tail offish or eel | banggan |
| tail of mammal | wana |
| tail of snake | jirri |
| taipan | walguy |
| take no notice | miju-n |
| take out of fire | wida-n |
| take short cut | baanggi-nyu |
| take shorter & harder route | ganggu-baji-nyu |
| take/bring in hand | budi-n |
| takes a long time | wundi-nyu |
| tame dingo | guda |
| tap end (eg egg) | j ini-n |
| tapping of boomerangs | biirrin |
| Tarzali silkwood | mungurrmi |
| tassel fern | gijum |
| tasteless (food) | binyju |
| tear deliberately | gini-ma-n |
| tears | duyi |
| teenage boy, no marks | wugun |
| teenage girl (14-15) | yaburru |
| tell someone off | mayma-n |
| tell someone to go away | nganda-mada-n |
| tell to do, let do | giiba-n |
| tell to go away | wayi-nyu |
| temple (side of head) | yagin |
| thick jungle | gudu |
| thick scrub | duugu |
| thick, long (grass) | buungu |
| thigh | jarra |
| thin | wigi-wigi |
| thirst)' | ngayirany |
| threaten (with words) | dirra-ngaya-nyu |
| three | warranyungguu |
| throat, front of neck | gurnggur |
| throw /pour water at | jiingga-n |
| throw away | mada-n |
| throw line for fish | mada-mbi-nyu |
| throw something fine | banyji-n |
| thumb | yunggany |
| thunder, thunderstorm | jigurru |
| tick (large) | mindiliny |
| tick (smaller) | girri |
| tickle | gidimba-n |
| tie up, wrap | jaguma-n |
| tied up | jagu |
| tiger cat | maybu |
| tired out, exhausted | binggun |
| toe nail | biguny |
| tomahawk - large | jamiya |
| tomorrow, the next day | barrayarrany |
| tongue | jalnggulaa |
| tooth | dirra |
| tooth billed catbird | wirranba |
| toothache | jungguny |
| top of eg sun at midday | warrbi |
| top of tree | yawa |
| topknot pigeon | gulgal |
| Tones Strait pigeon | ruguju |
| Torresian crow | waja |
| town | dawun |
| track, road | yaagaa |
| train | yinyjin |
| tree (generic) | yugu |
| tree (gets bright red leaves) | gumbulu |
| tree fern | galaji |
| tree fem | gawam |
| tree fern (shiny leaf) | guugu |
| tree kangaroo | mabi |
| tree shoot | junju |
| tree with corrugated bark | banyjaabanyjaa |
| triplets | warranyuyguu |
| trousers | jarrunyja |
| trunk of tree | yumaa |
| truthful | jundu |
| turkey eggs | bumboo |
| turkey net | warrany |
| turkey trap - made from sticks | jimama |
| turn off path (into bush) | bagaga-nyu |
| turpentine tree | gulumbi |
| turtle shell, mussel shell | bidin |
| twigs, bramble, kindling | waynggarra |
| twins | jujuu-bula |
| twist, stir | bayi-n |
| two | bulayi |
| type of fem | gunyjagunyja |
| type of skin disease | gurrgurr |
| umbilicus | jujuu |
| umbrella palm | garuba |
| umbrella tree | malagany |
| under chin | ngugu |
| underneath | ngiirra |
| understand | ngarnba-n |
| uninhabited | baygaa |
| unknowingly, for no reason | bambaa |
| upper arm | yigu |
| upper arm | jurru |
| urine | nayngga |
| vanish | wuurra-nyu |
| vein | junguy |
| velvet bollywood | baambu |
| verandah | burranda |
| very long time ago | bandagaa |
| very small creek | jarrba |
| very thin | garrigarrga |
| vine (generic) | gamin |
| vine (thorns) | ngurunguru |
| vine with edible fruit | malaymalay |
| visit for food/drink | maymi-nyu |
| visits tribes carrying words | gunawu |
| voice | ngayi |
| vomit | wugi-n |
| vomit | nugu |
| waft (eg smell) | guji-n |
| waken | waambi-n |
| wallaby | gurrili |
| wallaby (agile) | buurraria |
| walnut | bum ban |
| walnut (black) | guwaa |
| walnut (brown) | nganyjara |
| walnut (Mueller's) | dalgil |
| wander aimlessly, lost | barrma-nyu |
| want to do | jinbarra-nyu |
| want to go (somewhere) | garrgi-nyu |
| warm (something) | manyji-n |
| warn by touching or low voice | wanngin-ma-n |
| warn of potential danger | nyiyama-n |
| warn of real danger | gindi-ma-n |
| wasp - black, nests in sand | binyjin |
| wasp - nests in hole/hollow | wirrbi |
| water (generic) | bana |
| water bag | duguba |
| water blocked eg log | dugu |
| water goanna | bajirri |
| water gum | waangur |
| water skink | gaguju |
| water snake | buyuba |
| water swirling at corner | balilum |
| waterfall | binda |
| waterhole | ngagu |
| wax (something) | danda-n |
| weave, plait | bunya-n |
| wedge tail eagle | gurrijala |
| weed (small, purple leaves) | wulala |
| week | mala |
| well behaved | manu |
| wet, rained on | gujan |
| wheel | wiyil |
| whip bird | jarun |
| whisper | ngayin |
| whistle | gubii |
| white | badaa |
| white ant (nests in trees) | gaju |
| white ant nest | gaju |
| white ant nest | burnggan |
| white ants (nest on ground) | bumggan |
| white apple | mtuu |
| white cockatoo | gayambula |
| white crowsfoot | junbany |
| white man | guwuy |
| white man | waybala |
| white necked heron | bungubungu |
| white oak, soap box | wunda |
| white quartz, glass | guyan |
| white tail rat | durrgim |
| white tailed kingfisher | giragira |
| white woman | mama |
| wide (eg road) | biji-jala |
| widow | jilinmi |
| widower | bilmbu |
| wife | mungun |
| wild cucumber | bangula |
| wild raspberry | bulunbarri |
| wild, angry, savage | guli |
| willie wagtail | jigirrjigirr |
| wind | buyuwuny |
| wind | gimbirr |
| windbreak | gujarra |
| window | winda |
| wing (nearest body) | wugu |
| wing of trap | gag" |
| winter (frost) | yiwaa |
| wipe, rub | jurra-n |
| wire | waya |
| witch doctor | gubibulu |
| woman, female any age | yibi |
| womb | bungun |
| women dancing to gama | ngaaba |
| women's fighting stick | jubu |
| wompoo pigeon | bagamu |
| won't give back | wudi-n |
| wood | yugu |
| wood chips | dagaa |
| woomera | jarin |
| worm (generic) | wugun |
| worm , lives in water | rnanambarr |
| wring clothes | bana-bayi-n |
| wrinkle | wiirruwirri |
| yabby | yigarra |
| yam stick | ganda |
| yellow (also yellow clay) | magirram |
| yellow cockatoo feathers | jurra |
| yellow oriole | dulgujulu |
| yellow robin | jibujibu |
| yellow spotted honeyeater | birraji |
| yellow walnut | ganggi |
| yesterday | ngumbuga |
| young (girl only) | jalam |
| young bird, wallaby, snake etc | ginyju |
| young boy | barrngan |
| young girl | giira |
| younger brother | yabuju |
| younger sister | jaman |
| youngest child | gunyubarra |
| youth, half grown boy | marrgarra |
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