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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
The following are the names of men, with their meanings:— | |
Kaawirn kuunawarn | 'Hissing swan' |
(Chief of the Kirræ wuurong—'blood-lip'—tribe, named after the noise the swans made when he robbed their nests.) | |
Wombeet tuulawarn | 'Rotten spear' |
(From the old decayed spears his father carried.) | |
Gnuurnecheean | Hunting bag |
Puunmuttal | Bite meat |
Weerat kuyuut | Eel spear |
Pundeet puulotong | Dragger out of fat |
Teel meetch willa neung | Untied eel spear |
Wittin yuurong | Strips of skin |
Yambeetch | Swamp weed |
Laaweet tarn{ae} | You eat my food |
Wuromkil wuurong | Long lip |
Purteetch wirrang ween | Fight with fire-stick |
Wol muutang | Lightwood tree |
Gnunnahiniitch | Bat |
Peaalko{ae} | Redgum tree |
Wuruum kuurwhin | Long grass burning |
Wuuro killink | Long waterhole |
Nuurtekel wing | Deaf |
Muuro{ae} wuulok | Seed of long grass |
Tiyeer bariin | Spear knee |
Puunmirng | Swamp—local name |
Puunbat | Local name |
Marrohmuuk | Swamp—local name |
Puulepeetch | Bald head |
Tuulirn beem | Red head |
Naaweetch | Swamp water |
Tumeetch puuruutch | Calves with large veins |
Warrowill | Swamp—local name |
Wombeetch puyuun | Decayed kangaroo |
Wullæ merrii | Stony |