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Description of the Natives of King George's Sound.
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Long while since | Corram quatchet |
Evening | Corramellon |
Cold | Mulgàn |
Hot or warm weather | Ureler |
Young | Eeniung, Tooting |
Sleep | Copil |
Sleep together | Copil nahluc |
Listen | Yuccan |
Hut | Toorloit |
Wood | Poorne |
Honeysuckle | Moncat |
Grass-tree | Pāāluc |
Gum of grass-tree | Perin |
Land | Moorile |
Earth | Yahl |
Sand | Til |
Large Ant-hill | Weet, or Weetuch |
Stone | Pwoy |
Sea | Mammord |
River | Peerle |
Lake | Penger |
Flint | Pal, Tockil, Coorder |
Feathers | Keardit |
Bird | Keard |
Macaw | Noorlark |
Black Cockatoo | Currāāk |
White ditto | Munnit |
Bronze Pigeon | Moorhait |
Emu | Wait |
Kangaroo | Warre, fem. Yungur, male |
Other varieties | Naioit Wahl Tāāmur Quakur |
Bandicoot | Quernd |
Dog | Toort |
Opossum | Comal |
Ring-tail ditto | Nworra |
Duck | Wackerren Wainern |
Musk Duck | Coatchuck |
Black Swan | Marlie |
Eagle | Warlit |
Parrots | Tiajip Bernanore Towern Teer |
Hawk | Corriore |
Night Cuckoo | Combiac |
Snakes | Norne Docat |
——— Diamond | Wackul |
Lizards, Short | Youern |
——— Long-tailed | Wandy |
––– Guana | Munnāār |
Roots eaten | Meerne Tuboc Chocket Caumuck |
Rush | Pāāt |
Grass | Challup |
Crawfish | Challow |
Fresh-water Tortoise | Kilon |
Eggs | Pooye |
Hens, laying | Pooyiore |
Hens of Birds | Nāānk |
Males | Māām |
Cry or Call of Birds | Mai |
Seal | Barlard |
Whale | Mammang |
Shark | Martiat |
Fish | Wallah |
Quail | Pooriock |
Noisy, Scoldng | Wanker wanker, Yanger yanger |
Serious | Mennem |
Falsehood | Purtup |
Hurt or Sore | Baruck |
Ill | Mendeit |
Well | Toortock |
Laugh | Cowker |
Playful, Joking | Wimberner |
One who talks much | Mai a poole |
Deaf | Twank ā toot |
Tail | Neent |
Sinews | Peet |
Dead and Buried | Keppiuc chāānuc |
Buried | Yāhluc |