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"belonging to ants," has three sub-totems—leech, cat-fish, and lace-lizard. This is analogous to the system of the neighbouring Buandik, and to the totems and sub-totems of the Wotjobaluk. In others the name is strictly local, and resembles the local designations of the Narrang-ga and of the Kurnai.
Name of Clan.[1] | English of the Name. | Totem. | |
Bamir-inyeri | rumaii, the west | wirulde or tangari | wattle gum |
Tanganarin | where shall we go? | manguritpuri or nori | the pelican |
Kandarl-inyeri | whales | kandarli | whales |
Lungundararn | seaside men | tyellityelli | fern |
Turarorn | coot men | turi or tettituri | coot |
Park-inyeri | deep water | kunguldi | butter-fish |
Kanmeraorn | mullet men | kanmeri | mullet |
Kaikalab-inyeri | watching | (1) ngulgar-inyeri | bull-ant |
(2) pingi | a water-weed | ||
Mungul-inyeri | thick or muddy water | wanyi | chocolatesheldrake |
Rangul-inyeri | howling dog | turiit-pani | dark-coloured dingo |
Karat-inyeri | signal smoke | turiit-pani | light-coloured dingo |
Pilt-inyeri | ants | nianinki | leech |
pomeri | cat-fish | ||
kallkalli | a lace-lizard | ||
Talk-inyeri | fulness | ? | leech[2] |
? | cat-fish | ||
Wulloke | Artemus sp. the wood sparrow | tiyawi | a lace-lizard |
? | leech | ||
? | cat-fish | ||
? | a lace-lizard | ||
Karowalli | gone over there | waiyi | whip-snake |
Punguratpula | place of bulrushes | peldi | musk duck |
Wel-inyeri | belonging to itself or by itself | nakare | black duck |
ngumundi | black snake with red belly | ||
Luth-inyeri | belonging to the sun-rising | kungari | black swan |
ngeraki | seal | ||
kikinummi | black snake with grey belly | ||
Wunyakulde | corruption of walkande, the north | nakkare | black duck |
Ngrangatari or Gurrangwari | at the south-west or at the south-east | waukawiye | kangaroo rat |