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Glossary
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Gummarl, place where some one has died.
Gundooee, solitary emu.
Gunyahnoo, south-east wind.
Gurburreh, north.
 
Illahwaylayah, good-bye (said by one going).
Innerah, mistress.
 
Kumbooran, east.
Kurreah, alligator.
 
Mäh, totem.
Marmbeyah, white devil who carries a green boondee.
May, wind.
Mayamah, stone.
Mayrah, wind.
Meamei, The Girls, Pleiades.
Mil, eye.
Minggah, spirit-haunted tree.
Mirrieh, poligonum.
Moodai, opossum.
Moogaray, hailstones.
Moorillah, pebbly ridge.
Mubboo, beefwood-tree,
Mubboon, small creek running into larger one.
Muggil, stone knife.
Mullayerh, mate, companion.
Mullee Mullee, dream-spirit (of a wirreenun).
Mulloka, water-spirit.
Mundehwaddah, north-west wind.
Munggheewurraywurraymul, sea-gull.
Mungoonyarlee, iguana (largest kind of).
Murgah Muggui, trap-door spider.
Murroomin, bark.
 
Noongah, kurragong tree.
Noongahburrah, belonging to the Noongah country.
Noorahgogo, orange and blue beetle.
Nooroonooroobin, south wind.
Noorumbah, hunting-ground.
Numbardee, mother.
Nurroolooan, south.
Nyunnoo, grass humpy.
 
Oobi Oobi, Byamee's mountain dwelling-place in the other world.
Oodoolay, round rain-making stone.
Oolah, red, prickly lizard.
Oonah, give.
Ouyouboolooey, black snake.
 
Piggiebillah, spiny Echidna.
Purleemil, woman's name (= starry eyes).
 
Wa-ah, shell.
Wahlerh, manna running down stems of branches
Wahn, crow.