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Vocabulary of the Natives of King George's Sound.
Fire | Carle |
Cooked | Tokenor |
Hot | Carloc |
Plenty | Carle nent |
Wild Dog | Yaccan toort |
A Ghost | Noit |
A Man | Yungur. Also a male kangaroo |
Woman | Yock |
Young and pretty | Yock prindy |
Old man | Narnaccarrack |
Middle aged | Narnacpoll—full bearded |
Young man | Narnatowaller—beard growing |
Youth | Narnac poort—no beard |
Boy | Coolon |
Girl | Wainernung |
Infant at breast | Peep anger |
Pregnant | Corpullel |
Married man | Yock a duck |
Single man | Manjahly |
Doctor | Mulgarradock |
Blacks | Mohurn |
Whites | Torndiller, or Maupern nerran nerran |
Father | Cuinkur |
Mother | Eecher |
Mother of many | Eecher poole |
Barren | Eecher poort, Padjee wernung |
Moonshine | Meuc cong |
Full moon | Coppern |
Other stages | Wern a warra Kuit a weet Moreuc |
Seasons, beginning with June and July, or Winter. | |
Mawkur | |
Meerningal | |
Maungernan | |
Beruc | |
Meertilluc | |
Pourner | |
Winds | |
S.W. | Bernang |
N. | Cheeriung |
E. | Yerlimber |
S. | Meernan |
N.W. | Woortit |
One | Kain |
Two | Cojine |
Three | Tāān |
Four | Orre |
Five | Poole |
A few | Kain kain |
Many | Poole, or Orpern |
Names of Tribes. | |
Mearn-anger | Warrangle |
Murram | Weil |
Yobberore | Corine |
Classes | |
Erniung | Tāā man, or Tem. |
Moncalon | Torndirrup |
Obberup | Cambien |
Mahnur | |
Names of Men. | |
Weeburn | Naikennon |
Meindert | Mawcurrie |
Wongar | Eringool |
Murrinan | Ninderowl |
Cowerole | Toolingat Wally |
Wallingool | Tāāton |
Manquenar | Nourtuckeen |
Wong | Woorungoorit |
Tarragan | Mongiore |
Wowenur | Parteit |
Youredill | Dalwin |
Colbum | Corapan |
Yettit | Wannua |
Wernton | Nandobert |
Mobun | Pandure |