Complete collection of English-Nyungar translations
| Audio | Nyungar | Audio | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| -ngaar, tjaar | plural or dual suffix | ||
| -pa | being that which... | ||
| -wa | late, deceased | ||
| -win | -ing suffix | ||
| ali | that | ||
| aliwa | beware | ||
| baaberr | mushroom | ||
| baabily, balal | bat | ||
| baabin | friend | ||
| baag, baagan | taste, bite | ||
| baagwiny | fox | ||
| baakitj | fight, contest , battle | ||
| baalak | blackboy, grass tree (xanthorrhoea, species of) | ||
| baalang | their | ||
| baalang yong | melt | ||
| baalar | hide, conceal, secret | ||
| baalwin, balap | leave it alone | ||
| baam ngaan | cannibal | ||
| baam, baaminy | hit, strike, put | ||
| baan | open, exposed | ||
| baanak | openly | ||
| baanak waangk | speak out | ||
| baangarl | exchange, retaliation | ||
| baany | perspiration | ||
| baap | forehead | ||
| baarnak | burnt country | ||
| baat | rushes | ||
| babak | rain clouds | ||
| badanitj | lose, to | ||
| bal | he, she, it | ||
| bal koorl | leave it alone | ||
| bal ngoornt | leave it alone | ||
| bala, balabin, balap, balang | they | ||
| balang | hole | ||
| balart | possum | ||
| balbernang | hakea, species of | ||
| balbit | hammer, axe | ||
| balgart | heel | ||
| balyap, baadjap | dew | ||
| balyet | devil, spirit | ||
| bamangayn | smell, to | ||
| bammengar | bird, red-capped parrot | ||
| bandi born | hockey stick | ||
| bandil waabalangin | hockey | ||
| banengar | red-capped parrot | ||
| banggarl | spear | ||
| bara | astray | ||
| bara-good | very good | ||
| barabara | lizard, skink? | ||
| barang | get, bring, lift, carry, steal | ||
| barang-djinang | examine | ||
| barang-kaditj | recollect, bring to mind | ||
| barang-koorlitj | get and let go | ||
| barang-maarool-koorl | drag along (spear with toe) | ||
| barang-tjerdakan | keep alive | ||
| bardang | jump, leap, hop, afraid | ||
| bardi | bardi grub | ||
| bardip | lie, deceive, story | ||
| baridjarta | sea cockles | ||
| barik kawang | make a fire | ||
| baring | scab, scar, tattoo | ||
| barnap | motherless | ||
| barndi | bream | ||
| barra | coast banksia, slender banksia (banksia attenuata?, banksia grandis) | ||
| bart | no, not | ||
| bay | gums | ||
| be-ber | blowfly | ||
| belgay | tree, wattle | ||
| ben | fig | ||
| ben barda gooling | love | ||
| ben, benang | daylight, sunrise | ||
| benang | tomorrow | ||
| bendjer | lake | ||
| bengaralding | tomorrow | ||
| berak | pain, ill | ||
| beram kwarik | open, opening | ||
| berdari | kangaroo | ||
| berdayl | fish, flatfish | ||
| beyangal | prickles | ||
| bi | and | ||
| biak | gum | ||
| biank | tree, red flowering wattle | ||
| biararl | bark | ||
| biark-biark | little bit sore | ||
| biark-biarkan | confuse him | ||
| biat | throat | ||
| bib | breast, milk | ||
| bib doolanganer, daling kwobanar | lizard | ||
| bib mooly | nipple | ||
| bibelmen | tribe, Bibbulmun | ||
| bibilyer | bird, Australian bustard | ||
| bibinyang | bird, white-throated or white-browed treecreeper | ||
| bidab | tired, lazy | ||
| bidagal | friend | ||
| bidal | pearl shell | ||
| bidar bidar | heavy | ||
| bidawa | initiate | ||
| biditj | bark | ||
| bidjak | hair stick | ||
| bidjar ngoonara | sleep | ||
| bigart | wallaroo | ||
| bil | bird, grey currawong | ||
| bilar | salt | ||
| bilarbang | bird, Australian pelican | ||
| bildjart | mouse | ||
| bily | river, navel | ||
| bily doombart | pool (in river) | ||
| bily koombar | floods | ||
| bilyak | clay, white | ||
| bilykaar | river people | ||
| bin, binjang | pinch, scratch, scrape, wink | ||
| binda | bury | ||
| bindari | thunderstorm | ||
| bindi | post-pubescent unmarried woman | ||
| bint | stick, skewer | ||
| bipomit | bird, swamp harrier | ||
| bir | beetle | ||
| bir, djen bir | nail, finger/toe | ||
| birak | summer | ||
| birangoo | bird, rainbow bee-eater | ||
| birda boming noba | pregnant, heavily | ||
| birdin | daughter | ||
| birdiya | boss | ||
| birin | gum, resin | ||
| birit birit | bird, Australian pipit | ||
| birndi birndi | hair stick | ||
| bit | line, path, vein, sinew | ||
| bitj bidjap | Denmark | ||
| biwer | bird, yellow-throated miner | ||
| bobi | mud | ||
| bokadja | there, over there | ||
| bolgar baalang | swell, to | ||
| bolongar | evening | ||
| bong, bong abin | swell | ||
| boodal yok koorliny | meteor | ||
| boodalang | bird, Australian pelican | ||
| boodjar | land, ground, country | ||
| boodjar al daarabak | down, below, under | ||
| boodjar-el-doombang | bury | ||
| boodjin | ant | ||
| boogal | back, backbone, grave | ||
| bookar | brave, bold | ||
| bool ngaan | glutton | ||
| boola | many, plenty | ||
| booloolool wabin | hockey | ||
| boolya | magic, medicine | ||
| boonarak | bundle | ||
| boondjak | white-faced heron | ||
| booner | beetle | ||
| boont | fish, cobbler | ||
| boonyang | bird, chestnut quail-thrush | ||
| boonyininy | kissing | ||
| boor | hard | ||
| booralam | bird, painted button-quail | ||
| boorda, boordak | soon, close beside, next to, by and by | ||
| boordan | spear | ||
| booriak | bird, quail | ||
| booridjin | bird, hoary-headed grebe | ||
| boorn | tree, wood, stick | ||
| boorn yang | message stick | ||
| boorn-kep | saltbush | ||
| boornar | Autumn | ||
| boornarr | butterfly | ||
| boornin dogangayn | fall, to | ||
| boorolang | bird, kingfisher | ||
| boorong | heavy-rain | ||
| booyang | strange, stranger | ||
| booyi | smoke, tobacco | ||
| bor | blackboy, grass tree (xanthorrhoea, species of) | ||
| bordadar nili | down, below, under | ||
| bordingap | bird, Australasian shoveller | ||
| bordinyak | hungry | ||
| boril | spear | ||
| born | cut, to | ||
| borongin | tickle | ||
| boya | stone, money | ||
| boyal | bird, storm bird | ||
| boyangaar | Stony Hill people | ||
| boyar | improper relations | ||
| bwalok | stamp, to | ||
| bwar | inside | ||
| bwe-el | red | ||
| bwei | red ochre | ||
| bwogart | skin | ||
| bwok | cloak, skin rug, heap | ||
| bwoka bart | naked | ||
| bwol | two | ||
| bwon | pluck, to | ||
| bwongar | river banksia, swamp oak (banksia littoralis ) | ||
| bwonitj | island | ||
| bwonitj-bwonitj | kneel | ||
| bwoor | root of tree | ||
| daa | mouth | ||
| daa bart | dumb | ||
| daa-miyal | face, countenance | ||
| daadja mininy | shaking, quivering | ||
| daaling kwopbanar | lizard | ||
| daaling yoowart | dumb | ||
| daaliny | tongue, flame | ||
| daanganing | yawn | ||
| daaning | mend, to | ||
| daant | ankle | ||
| daap | knife | ||
| daaragal | stale | ||
| daatj | meat, flesh | ||
| daatj ngaan | cannibal | ||
| daatj pitj | meat, fish | ||
| daaw | bardi grub | ||
| daayak | open, opening | ||
| daayn, dooran | down, below, under | ||
| dabakarn | slow, careful, quietly | ||
| dabat | tumble | ||
| dabitj waring | roll over | ||
| dadabang koorl, wat koorl, dadamin koorl | steal, abduct | ||
| dakarn | break | ||
| dalang barang | after, behind (follow) | ||
| dalgar | rushes | ||
| dalgart | windpipe | ||
| damap | pant, to | ||
| dandagat | pleiades | ||
| dandang | climb, to | ||
| dangkarak | bird, red wattlebird | ||
| dardar, doram | clay, white clay, lime | ||
| dardong | raw | ||
| darlak | burnt country | ||
| darnak | carry on shoulders, back | ||
| databang koorl, wat koorl, dadamin koorl | steal, abduct | ||
| dayan | cloud | ||
| dedang | bird, western whipbird | ||
| del werding, djaman gwerding | spit | ||
| delyina korol kool | lie (false, untruth) | ||
| dem | ancestor, grandparent; grandchild | ||
| dema goolitj | bird, scarlet robin | ||
| demangar | young woman | ||
| den | log | ||
| denigar | hide, conceal | ||
| derding | thicket | ||
| derimit | big | ||
| dert | female genitals, vagina | ||
| dert-ngaaniny | copulate | ||
| did | bird, black-winged stilt | ||
| didang | fresh, new, lately made | ||
| dil | fresh, new, lately made | ||
| dinitj | rump | ||
| dit koorl | together | ||
| djaalyi | horn ornament for dancing | ||
| djaanak | ghost, devil, spirit, white person | ||
| djaanak-maat | Devil's leg (olax phyllanthi) | ||
| djaanak-mert | Devil's penis (hakea recurva) | ||
| djaatj | sun | ||
| djabarn | bird, grey currawong | ||
| djakat | edible root, parsnip? | ||
| djalyep | bird, red-capped parrot | ||
| djaoo | down (short hair) | ||
| djaran | tear | ||
| djaril | jarrah (eucalyptus marginata ) | ||
| djarrdjanang | kingfish | ||
| djel djinang | where find? | ||
| djelap | season | ||
| djelap ngaan | graze, to graze | ||
| djelap, djap | grass | ||
| djelgi | crayfish | ||
| djen | foot, step, track | ||
| djen barong | toe | ||
| djen bart | trackless | ||
| djen boogal | instep | ||
| djen ngaangginy | big toe | ||
| djen ngolor | instep | ||
| djeping | bird, bush stone-curlew | ||
| djeralbart maaril | thin | ||
| djerang | grease, oil, fat, handsome | ||
| djerdalak | greyheaded, old | ||
| djerdam | shoulder | ||
| djerding, djerdal | greayheaded, old | ||
| djert | bird, bird (generic) | ||
| djert may | birds' nest | ||
| dji | look out! | ||
| djidi-djidi | bird, willy wagtail | ||
| djilap | sharp | ||
| djina marnda bart | poor fellow | ||
| djinang | see | ||
| djinang-bart | invisible | ||
| djindang, djindi | star | ||
| djindoo | sun | ||
| djint | honey | ||
| djir | lizard, generic | ||
| djira | bird, gull | ||
| djirindam | season | ||
| djitily | cricket | ||
| djiwak | bird, kingfisher | ||
| djokat | sun | ||
| djolgoro | circle, circular | ||
| djoobak | root, edible | ||
| djooditj | chuditch, Western quoll | ||
| djook | sister | ||
| djool | edible root, wild potato, yam | ||
| djoomayn | lizard, generic | ||
| djoombar | hair, down, fur, feather | ||
| djoondoolar | flounder | ||
| djoop | kidney | ||
| djooradjooroo | bird, restless fly-catcher | ||
| djoorap | happy | ||
| djoorin | mouse | ||
| djoornda | daughter | ||
| djoota | bird, penguin | ||
| djooting | small, young | ||
| djorang | racehorse goanna | ||
| dokarn | cave | ||
| dombarn | hole | ||
| don | stab | ||
| donak | snake | ||
| doobitj, doogitj | snake, dugite | ||
| doogap | root, edible | ||
| dookarn | fix, cook | ||
| doolam | shark | ||
| doolbar | burn | ||
| doolgaytj | white person | ||
| dooly | fog | ||
| doolyar | leaf | ||
| doolyongar | gum | ||
| doonart | bird, Australian ringneck (28 parrot) | ||
| doonook | perhaps | ||
| doorarn | hole | ||
| doordaydj | mosquito | ||
| doordik kwetj | neck, back of | ||
| doordin | gum, resin | ||
| doorndak | brains | ||
| dooroo birap koording | vain, proud | ||
| doot | blunt | ||
| doowen-doowen | bird, Australian ringneck (28 parrot) | ||
| dordak | alive | ||
| dordep | bird, curlew | ||
| dornding | sheep | ||
| dornt | yellow | ||
| dowil | rock cod | ||
| dwabern | coitus, sex | ||
| dwagip | know, let know | ||
| dwaly-a-mook | silver mallet (eucalyptus falcata) | ||
| dwelyap | bird, Australian ringneck (28 parrot) | ||
| dwerak | cloud | ||
| dwerda boongarn | dolphin | ||
| dwerda paangarl | bottle-nosed dolphin | ||
| dwerda-wanet | dolphin | ||
| dwerdak | whirlwind | ||
| dwerdangal | dolphin | ||
| dwert | dingo, dog | ||
| dwert balgart | seal | ||
| dwert darer | dog's tail head dress | ||
| dwert djooting | dingo puppy | ||
| dwert mooyel, mooyel | dingo | ||
| dwongk biark-biarkan | confuse | ||
| dwongk bwalitj | one who knows well | ||
| dwongk kiany | forget | ||
| dwongk taoowil | remember | ||
| dwongk-kaadiny | listening | ||
| dwongka | ear, to listen, to understand, to know | ||
| dwongka bart | forget, silly, "no ears" | ||
| dwont | board for throwing spear | ||
| garbidj | mouse | ||
| gardar | berry | ||
| gilbitj | parrotfish | ||
| girdit | wrinkles | ||
| goola ngoornt goor | fall, to | ||
| goolgoor | quick | ||
| goomayn | bird, cormorant | ||
| goondjet | sore, boil | ||
| goongok | carry | ||
| goor | tree | ||
| goorik | gum, resin | ||
| goorndap, goorndap bap | shame | ||
| gooyang-gooyang | mosquito | ||
| gweramak | mosquito | ||
| gwerdilyang | bird, bell bird | ||
| kaabiriny | flap | ||
| kaadak yoogarding | dog's tail head ornament | ||
| kaaditj | hear, listen, understand, know | ||
| kaal | fire, camp, home | ||
| kaal barang | make a fire | ||
| kaal bidel | cinder | ||
| kaal bobangar | make a fire | ||
| kaal boorn | firestick, firewood | ||
| kaal dookarn | make a fire, cauterize | ||
| kaal goorang | make a fire | ||
| kaal ngadj togoolin | light a fire | ||
| kaalak narinyer | melt, to melt | ||
| kaalay | emu | ||
| kaalgoo kalong | make a fire | ||
| kaalgoor | crane, white-faced heron? | ||
| kaaliyapkaar, kaaliyap-wok | home people, relations | ||
| kaamining | robin | ||
| kaamp | meeting, gathering, crew | ||
| kaampkaar | eyelashes | ||
| kaan | clear, light, bright | ||
| kaanap | feather | ||
| kaandang | vomit | ||
| kaandi | hammer, axe | ||
| kaandji | clay, yellow | ||
| kaanebar | astray, to go astray, wander | ||
| kaangk | bring, carry, fetch | ||
| kaanya | shame | ||
| kaar | bitter, sharp, sour | ||
| kaaraly | long-tailed catfish | ||
| kaardar | Delphinus constellation | ||
| kaardarr | across | ||
| kaarding-kaarding | mutton fish shell | ||
| kaarert | ant | ||
| kaart | half of, part, portion | ||
| kaart-barang | pass clean through | ||
| kaart-born | cut in half | ||
| kaat | head, hill | ||
| kaat bwok | cloak, head cover | ||
| kaat djiow | hair | ||
| kaat kwedj | skull | ||
| kaat ngarnt | hair | ||
| kaat wara | mad, silly | ||
| kaat wirdendi | hair cutting ceremony | ||
| kaat-bwok | hat | ||
| kaat-noorook | brain | ||
| kaat-yaala | mad, silly | ||
| kaating | lizard, generic | ||
| kaawin | laugh, smile | ||
| kaawnditj baamin | cough, to cough | ||
| kaay | firestick | ||
| kabarli | grandmother | ||
| kabart | Kabarda snake, a dugite variety | ||
| kabrr-kabrr | tame turkey | ||
| kadar | root of tree | ||
| kadeyak, kedalak | sundown, evening, night | ||
| kadi-kadi | motor car | ||
| kaditj-a-kaaw | silly, utterly ridiculous | ||
| kagalyang | slippery | ||
| kagar | east | ||
| kal boming | game, a game | ||
| kalang nyin | marry | ||
| kalar | shell necklace | ||
| kalari | bobtail lizard, shingle-back | ||
| kalarmaay | camp language, tribal language | ||
| kalerak, karamak | afternoon, evening | ||
| kalgam | crow, Australian raven | ||
| kalgart | fish, little | ||
| kalmering | shy | ||
| kalyang | grey teal duck | ||
| kalyarn | quartz | ||
| kamak | bluebell creeper | ||
| kambarang | Kambarang, October-November season, spring | ||
| kambart, kambarak | daughter-in-law, niece | ||
| kambayn, kambegor | tawny frogmouth owl | ||
| kanagal | above, on top of | ||
| kanbar | mosquito, march fly | ||
| kandil birdi | frost | ||
| kaniang | west | ||
| kanya | sacred kingfisher | ||
| kaoort | four | ||
| kapap | temples (head) | ||
| kapmaam | thunder | ||
| kar maya | spider's web | ||
| kara | red-tailed black cockatoo | ||
| karagadak | kill | ||
| karagala | deaf | ||
| karakar | wattle shrub, scrub, bushes | ||
| karam | yesterday | ||
| karam wetagin | throw it away | ||
| karang | angry, wild | ||
| karang-mit | fighter, wild fellow | ||
| karangal | enemy | ||
| karangat, koordangan | magpie, magpie lark | ||
| karart | straight | ||
| karat, karak | wool grass, lagurus ovatus | ||
| karayndji | mad, madness | ||
| karbany | coastal sword sedge | ||
| karbart | tea tree | ||
| karbinap | Carbinup (Mt Barker) | ||
| kardagat | great cormorant | ||
| kardan | jarrah tree | ||
| karder | racehorse goanna | ||
| kardil | vomiting, vomit | ||
| karding-karding | periwrinkle | ||
| kardit | spider's web | ||
| kardobirt | ant | ||
| kardoodjaanap | Kardutjaanap (Peak Charles and Peak Eleonora) | ||
| kargany | brown falcon, hawk | ||
| kari | karri, gum tree, eucalyptus diversicolour | ||
| karil yido | yesterday | ||
| karitj | wine, grog | ||
| karnin | seeds | ||
| karnt | mouse | ||
| kart nyining | middle, between | ||
| kata bamp, kata barder, kata barn, kata biragoort, kata dorling | bald, bald headed | ||
| kata kadak | afternoon, evening | ||
| katagayn | yesterday | ||
| kaurap | Qaurap, a lake 10 miles north of Esperance | ||
| kaya | yes, hi | ||
| kayali | East | ||
| kaybkayl taandangidj | Dempster Head | ||
| kaygan-aook | cry of the cockatoo-spirit, breath | ||
| kaylagoot | fish hawk, osprey | ||
| kaylgat, kelyak, ngaylyak | cheek | ||
| kaymal | mouse | ||
| kaynak | rushes | ||
| kaypal wabi | swoon, faint | ||
| kayt | fall, drop, jump down | ||
| kaytap | Caitup Creek | ||
| kebangarak | shore dwellers | ||
| kebrak | ship | ||
| ken | one, lone, single | ||
| keniny | dance, step | ||
| kep boogal koorl | water, running water | ||
| kep derimit | water, high water | ||
| kep kaarningy | water, brackish, salt, swamp | ||
| kep karap | water, brackish, salt, swamp | ||
| kep kin, kep wening | thirsty | ||
| kep kwont | water, soak | ||
| kep kwop | water, fresh | ||
| kep mool | water, pool | ||
| kep moordak | water, deep | ||
| kep nagl | water, low water | ||
| kep ngaan | drink, to drink | ||
| kep ngarditj | water, brackish, salt, swamp | ||
| kep ngayt | ripple | ||
| kep ngoora | well, spring | ||
| kep ngoornt | swim | ||
| kep wara | water, salt | ||
| kep wening | tide, flow | ||
| kep yoowarl koorl | tide, flow | ||
| kep, kayap | water | ||
| kep, kep dabat | rain | ||
| kep-a-daarap | drown, drowning | ||
| kep-daabitj | Cape Arid | ||
| kep-kep | drunk | ||
| kepa kerl | Esperance Bay | ||
| kepa kurl | Esperance | ||
| kerb | scrape, scratch | ||
| kerl | boomerang | ||
| kert koorl | go quickly | ||
| kert-kert | quick, quickly | ||
| kiabiltj | fish | ||
| kiadik-kwarn | daylight | ||
| kianyak yeyi! | enough! | ||
| kigin | granddaughter | ||
| kilang | sea turtle | ||
| kilgil | banded lapwin, plover, sparrowhawk | ||
| kilil | sergeant ant, bull ant | ||
| kin | without, nothing, never | ||
| kip | ant, small black ant | ||
| kirap | yellow-bellied sea snake | ||
| kit | heat | ||
| kitj | spear | ||
| kitj gwert | throw a spear | ||
| kitj-poordan-kaayoon-taaginy-ap | Gutchboordankendockenarup | ||
| ko-ent | scab, scar, tattoo | ||
| kobal | bowels, stomach, belly, guts | ||
| kobal koombar | swell, to swell | ||
| kobal-bart, kobal-wirt | hungry | ||
| kobalgadak | pregnant | ||
| kobang | lizard, generic | ||
| kobel | sleep | ||
| kodjadak | snapper | ||
| kodjap | gum, resin | ||
| kodjin | only, also, moreover | ||
| kogarn | spear-leaved yam | ||
| kokabart | boobook owl | ||
| kokandjeri | sheep | ||
| komberdang | dark | ||
| kon bilya | stingray | ||
| konda bwomap | heavy | ||
| kondang | mopoke, boobook owl | ||
| kondarn | berry | ||
| kongk, konggan | uncle | ||
| kongorn | pied oystercatcher | ||
| kooat | rainbow | ||
| koobang | friend | ||
| koobayn | perhaps | ||
| koobidjang | youngest born | ||
| koobitj | island | ||
| kooda | imitate | ||
| koodabak | bundle | ||
| koodang | manna | ||
| kooding kooding | four | ||
| koodjal | two, second, couple, pair | ||
| koodjal koodjal | four | ||
| koodjangitj | completed | ||
| koodji | white myrtle, honey myrtle | ||
| koodjin ngangar | shake, shiver | ||
| koogarda | barbless spears | ||
| kool | louse, lice, flea | ||
| kool-yoorang-aar | bits, crumbs, roots | ||
| koola goora | look for, observe, watch | ||
| koolamit | lad | ||
| koolang | child | ||
| koolarap | Pleaides | ||
| koolarl | fly, flying | ||
| koolbar | bush food | ||
| koolbardi, koorbaroo | Australian magpie | ||
| koolbitj | mushroom, species of | ||
| koolboo, koolboo, koolbiny | red ochre | ||
| kooldjak | black swan | ||
| koolga | bowels, stomach, belly | ||
| koolp-koolp-taan | cough | ||
| kooly | fog, mist, moisture, pus | ||
| kooly-war | liar | ||
| koolyak | paperbark tree | ||
| koolyam | deceive, lie | ||
| koolyang | manna wattle | ||
| koolyayn | zamia | ||
| koolyil barok | magpie lark | ||
| koomal | possum, western ringtail possum | ||
| koombal, koombaritj | all, all of us | ||
| koombar | big, heavy, large, great | ||
| koombaritj paagan | gorge, overfeed | ||
| koominyoo | community (use as a suffix) | ||
| koomp, koominy | urine, urinate | ||
| koondart | hip | ||
| koondjayl | squeaker? | ||
| koong, koordik | return, go back, turn, spin, twist | ||
| koongk | shoulder, aid, support | ||
| koongkar | sweat, perspiration | ||
| koonin | baby, child, small, young | ||
| koonin(bin)yang | small piece, give a little bit, cheating | ||
| kooninyiny | baby, having a baby, pregnant | ||
| koonitj | head | ||
| koonyak | soft, muddy | ||
| koor | around, in a circle | ||
| koorak | moustache | ||
| koorap | kurup, bush food | ||
| koorditj | grave | ||
| kooril | coastal daisybush | ||
| koorl | go, move | ||
| koorlart | river gum, flooded gum | ||
| koorli | bush turkey, Australian bustard | ||
| koorndoo | milk, exudation | ||
| koornt | bell bird | ||
| kooro wilin | whirliwnd, willy-willy, cyclone | ||
| koorogoor | Australian shelduck | ||
| koort | heart | ||
| koort boodjar | island | ||
| koort wara | sad, grief, sorrow | ||
| koort-bam | embrace, hug | ||
| koort-kadak, koort-maat, koort-taayalk | lover, sweetheart | ||
| koort-kayoonool | agreeable, unanimous | ||
| koort-kwop | good-natured | ||
| koort-paagan-yooag | want, long for | ||
| koortmit | soul | ||
| koot | bag, womb | ||
| koot-a-ken | relationship term; one bag, one womb | ||
| kootj | bit, enough | ||
| kooy | milk | ||
| kop | charcoal | ||
| kor koorl, koragool | go back | ||
| kor naa? | what again? really? | ||
| kora | long time ago | ||
| koran | Christmas tree | ||
| korap | blunt | ||
| korbilya | behind, before | ||
| koreri | musk duck | ||
| koring | children | ||
| korndarn | buttocks, rump, posterior, haunches | ||
| kornin | beans, edible | ||
| kort | husband, wife, spouse | ||
| kowaa! ko! | hey! | ||
| kowar | purple-crowned lorikeet | ||
| koyli | hail | ||
| koytj | hammer, axe | ||
| koytj boorn, koytj maat | handle, axe handle | ||
| koytjkoomaaragap | Koichgomorlgup near Broomehill Station | ||
| kwadjangat | before, forward, in front of | ||
| kwagar | quokka | ||
| kwagarn | haemadorum, species of | ||
| kwalka | white of egg | ||
| kwalok | ant, scorpion? | ||
| kwan | excrement, rectum, faeces, anus | ||
| kwandong | quandong, native peach | ||
| kwanert | pie of mashed-up peas | ||
| kwar, kwarl | wallaby, western brush wallaby | ||
| kwaraagap | Mt Eleonora | ||
| kwarabil | duck, grey or black | ||
| kwarak | muscle, sinew | ||
| kwararl | ridge-fruited mallee, gum tree | ||
| kwardany | corpse | ||
| kwardap | black-breasted buzzard | ||
| kwardilyang | police bird, devil bird | ||
| kwardiny | pigface, edible root | ||
| kwarditj boming | jeer, jest | ||
| kwaring-kwaring | dust storm, whirlwind | ||
| kwarn-kwarn | sooty oystercatcher | ||
| kwarribak | butterfly | ||
| kwayar | sand, sand frog | ||
| kwaydj | enough | ||
| kwaytj | navel | ||
| kwedja wetj | ugly | ||
| kwedjak | musk duck | ||
| kwedjang | before, in front of, long time | ||
| kwel | name, title, tree, sheoak | ||
| kwelak | hip bone | ||
| kwelak ken | dodge (spears) | ||
| kwent | bandicoot | ||
| kwerat | daughter | ||
| kwerbarnt | duck, grey or black | ||
| kwerdap | Lake Caitup | ||
| kwerlam | purple swamphen | ||
| kwerning | plant product, prepared seed, nut of zamia palm | ||
| kwernt | echidna | ||
| kwert | short, throw | ||
| kwetj | bone, thin, sharp | ||
| kwinyak | dream | ||
| kwobadak | good, well done, best, handsome | ||
| kwondager | policeman | ||
| kwonert | seeds | ||
| kwongkan | sandplain | ||
| kwont | death adder | ||
| kwontj | semen | ||
| kwop | good, well | ||
| kwop djinang | desire, want | ||
| kwopitj-kwop | very good; what's good is good | ||
| maadabitj | skipjack, tuna | ||
| maadjang | hair stick, nose stick | ||
| maadji | rope | ||
| maaladj | grow, growing | ||
| maaly | brain | ||
| maam | father | ||
| maam yok | mother-in-law | ||
| maam, kap maam | God, the father | ||
| maamgart | bardi grub | ||
| maan- | manage, get it, keep making it | ||
| maanabitj | poor fellow | ||
| maandi | young woman | ||
| maandi-bart | tame, youthless | ||
| maangar | friend, friendly | ||
| maanya | tomorrow | ||
| maar | wind, air, clouds, atmosphere | ||
| maar bardil | palm of the hand | ||
| maar bir | fingernail | ||
| maar keniny | gale, wind | ||
| maar kobal | palm of the hand | ||
| maar ngaangk | thumb | ||
| maar ngoongap, maar warditj | wind, west wind | ||
| maar warditj, maar yooler | wind, north wind | ||
| maar wiritj | wind, south wind | ||
| maar yalamer | wind, east wind | ||
| maar-al-baarang | pull out, pull up | ||
| maar-nyindjay | golden wattle | ||
| maarak | arm | ||
| maarak ngoonmarn | arm, right arm | ||
| maarak tjoor | arm, left arm | ||
| maarakaar | hands, both hands | ||
| maarling-maat | 28-parrot | ||
| maarngaly-oo-worlal | stranger, uncomfortable, 'limb in the sky' | ||
| maarnin | shrub, persoonia scabra | ||
| maat | leg, track, family | ||
| maat bart, maat yoowart | trackless | ||
| madjet | shark | ||
| maia | home, camp, bed, nest | ||
| mala bart | silly | ||
| malagoor | quail | ||
| malak | shade, shadow | ||
| malar | drunk | ||
| malgar | thunder, magic, sorcery | ||
| mali | black swan | ||
| malyarak | noon | ||
| malyin | star | ||
| mamar | manna, from gum trees | ||
| mambagart | sea, ocean | ||
| mambooroo | message stick | ||
| manap | children | ||
| manar | goanna, lace monitor? | ||
| mandja | exchange | ||
| mandjang | old, feeble, greyheaded | ||
| mandjoora | Mandurah | ||
| mandoornap, mandooboornap | Frenchman's Peak | ||
| mangan bami | sparrow hawk | ||
| mangara | white person | ||
| mangart, mangaytj | jam tree, acacia acuminata | ||
| manggal | branches, foliage, leaves | ||
| manitj | policeman | ||
| manitj-el dak | die, dying | ||
| manitj-kaanak | plume | ||
| manitjmat | Manitchmat - one of the southern families | ||
| maoo | yate tree, eucalyptus cornuta | ||
| marabir | new moon | ||
| marak | north | ||
| mardar | red, red ochre | ||
| mardin | edible root | ||
| mardit | sibling, sibling order | ||
| marert, marderdang | dark, darkness, night | ||
| marl | bandicoot | ||
| marlagar | owl | ||
| marlgan | cold, cold weather | ||
| marli | whip snake | ||
| marnang | east | ||
| marnbi | common bronzewing pigeon | ||
| marngk | tea, tea leaves | ||
| marning | well, spring | ||
| marning-mirning | tree martin, swallow | ||
| marrboo | creeper | ||
| marri | marri tree, corymbia calophylla | ||
| mata ngelin, mata woodi, mata yoordal | bandy legged | ||
| mawn | away, recede | ||
| maya | sound, sing, voice, noise | ||
| maya bart | dumb, voiceless | ||
| maya kora | echo | ||
| mayar | leaf | ||
| mayer | appetite | ||
| mayer-bart | no appetite | ||
| maytj-taanangarap | Maitj-taanangarap, a small sand hill west of Esperance | ||
| medjerak | wild fig | ||
| melyin, welin | cry, scream, wail, tears | ||
| menangal | season | ||
| menboonignarlinoop | Menboonignarlinup | ||
| merak | west | ||
| merderang | mullet, fish | ||
| merdidjangkap | Lake Mortijinup | ||
| merdidjap | Margaret River | ||
| merding, mo | three | ||
| mereny | food, meal | ||
| mernang-mernang | vain, proud | ||
| merning | wallaby | ||
| mert | penis | ||
| meylin | muscle, sinew | ||
| miagitj | forehead | ||
| miak | moon | ||
| miak bir, miak dowel, miak-al warinyin | moon, waxing | ||
| miak djenik bayil, miak wen | moon, waning | ||
| miakak maya baminy | halo of the moon | ||
| miakang | moonlight | ||
| miang | ant, small black ant | ||
| miangan | beard | ||
| miarang-ngoornt | die, dying | ||
| miaritj | dew, dew drop | ||
| midap | ghost fungus, mushroom, phosphorescent fungi | ||
| milgoo | initiation ceremony | ||
| mimbat, mimban | eyebrow | ||
| mimkaar | fish, weird | ||
| mimooangk | humpback whale | ||
| min | lip | ||
| min dookerning | melt, to melt | ||
| min min | honey eater | ||
| mina bart | dumb, voiceless | ||
| mina, minap | jealous | ||
| minang | south, north | ||
| minar | masked owl | ||
| minditj, mindik | pain, sick, wound, hurt | ||
| mindiyert | pink melaleuca, tea tree | ||
| mindj | dried, parched up ground | ||
| mingarn | eyebrow | ||
| minidjit | red-capped robin | ||
| mining | eyelash | ||
| minitj | face | ||
| minitj bart, minitj wara | ugly | ||
| minok | manna, edible gum | ||
| mint | kangaroo tick | ||
| minyabal | ant | ||
| minyal | snake, little sand snake, yellow | ||
| minyit | ant, red | ||
| mir | spear thrower | ||
| miragab | Mt Merrivale | ||
| mirarn | meteor, devil | ||
| mirbarang | bury, to bury | ||
| mirdar, mirdar keniny | dance of Minang people | ||
| mirn, mirnitj | pigface, edible root | ||
| mirn-ngaankaar | pigface-eater | ||
| mirning | moustache | ||
| mirr | band of men | ||
| mirrabiny | Mirrabiny (place?) | ||
| mitj | hockey, ball | ||
| miyal | eyes | ||
| miyal bart, miyal wara | blind | ||
| miyal birabin | wink | ||
| miyal keniny | giddy | ||
| miyal tjint | eyelash | ||
| miyal-bigart | eyelid | ||
| miyal-kaalya | royal spoonbill | ||
| miyal-nalyak | eyelid | ||
| miyal-ngoornt | eyebrows | ||
| miyal-paardaly | eyelid | ||
| miyal-tjernt | eyeball, white of eye | ||
| mod | shade | ||
| modak | grave | ||
| modak-idjin | bury, make a grave | ||
| mogar | season | ||
| mogerray | Mogerray (person's name) | ||
| mogin | dingo | ||
| mon | heel | ||
| mondak, moordak | down, deep, under | ||
| mondjenang | season | ||
| mooalyak | first | ||
| moodert | eel-tail catfish | ||
| moodjang | improper relations, incest, adultery | ||
| moodjar | Christmas tree | ||
| mooginy | like, same as, similar | ||
| mooik | paperbark tree, species of | ||
| moolak moonang ngatang | pierce, stab | ||
| moolal | long time ago | ||
| moolan | hill, high country | ||
| moolar | purple swamphen | ||
| moolart | frost | ||
| moolitj | white ants' nest | ||
| moolmoolangin | whirlwind, strong wind, hurricane | ||
| moolok | backbone | ||
| mooloowa, moolewal, wal wonggar | thorny devil | ||
| mooly | nose | ||
| mooly boorn | nose piercing | ||
| mooly djong wooniny | sneeze, to sneeze | ||
| mooly doordaroo | nose piercing | ||
| mooly gwerding, mooly kaan, moolyaritj | sneeze, to sneeze | ||
| moolyadon | nose piercing | ||
| moolyal bardi | evening star | ||
| moolyert | nose piercing | ||
| moondagap | member of the Salvado family tree | ||
| moondak nyining | hide, conceal | ||
| moondam | edible roots and berries | ||
| moongk | shoulder | ||
| mooningyap | Mooningyap, a swamp west of Dalyup river | ||
| moont | bush, scrub | ||
| moora moora | hair stick | ||
| moorak | coccyx | ||
| mooralawng | quail, painted button-quail | ||
| moorar | mourning | ||
| moorart | full, satisfied, enough | ||
| moorart mert | improper relations, incest, adultery | ||
| moordarr | King George Whiting | ||
| moordat | mouse | ||
| moordawa | Murdawa, tribe behind Bibbul | ||
| moorditj | strong, hard, fast | ||
| moorditj koorl | go quickly, hurry | ||
| moorditj-djen | ant, small black ant | ||
| moordiyap | go quickly, hurry, run, fast | ||
| moori | circumcision | ||
| mooriyak baaminy | choke, strangle | ||
| moorn | dark, darkness, black | ||
| moornkaarlawng | name of a moiety | ||
| moornok | summer | ||
| moort | family, tree | ||
| mop | skin, bark | ||
| mop-pok | mopoke, boobook owl | ||
| morap | fly, may fly, sand fly | ||
| mordawa | initiate | ||
| morr-yaap | little grebe | ||
| moyanang | edible roots and berries | ||
| moyang | coward | ||
| moyer | nephew, niece | ||
| moyer yog | daughter-in-law | ||
| muwal | sea gull | ||
| mwooridj | brown quail | ||
| naab | rub, anoint | ||
| naagl | small, little one, baby | ||
| naak | frost | ||
| naalap | how many? | ||
| naan | stop, wait | ||
| naanang | being what? | ||
| naanap | Nannup | ||
| naarang, naarlang | rum, grog, wine | ||
| naariny | burn | ||
| naatj | what? | ||
| naatj-a-waangk | what do you want? | ||
| nagbwool | four | ||
| nalyak | cuticle, hide, skin | ||
| narda | water tree | ||
| narnak, narnitj | neck, back of neck, nape | ||
| nart | thigh | ||
| nat nyining | pant, to pant | ||
| nemim | leech | ||
| nep | little bit, small | ||
| ngaadang | injure, wound | ||
| ngaag | ask for, beg, want | ||
| ngaagily | steal | ||
| ngaagilyang | thief | ||
| ngaakaarn | whitebait | ||
| ngaakaarnok | social proper name | ||
| ngaalyin | black-tailed native-hen, coot, swamp hen | ||
| ngaamaroor | black wattle, coastal wattle, coral bush | ||
| ngaambarangap | Namarup Lake and Hill | ||
| ngaamert | Australian shelduck | ||
| ngaamin | everlasting | ||
| ngaan wen | drunk | ||
| ngaangk | sun, mother | ||
| ngaangk bokadja ngardang | sunset, West | ||
| ngaangk boolongay | sunrise | ||
| ngaangk dwert | female dog, bitch | ||
| ngaangk yagid pogedj yarang | noon | ||
| ngaangk-el wen | sunset | ||
| ngaaniny | eat, drink | ||
| ngaarak | heat | ||
| ngaardang | stalk, hunt, creep on game | ||
| ngaardangar | north-north-west wind | ||
| ngaarl | face | ||
| ngaarliny | drunk, crooked | ||
| ngaart, ngaardang | also, too, even | ||
| ngaat | sapling for hut building; camp | ||
| ngaawily | groper fish | ||
| ngaayn | pant, to pant | ||
| ngaayn gwerding | yawn | ||
| ngabang, ngarang | cover, shut | ||
| ngabangat | teal duck | ||
| ngabin | smear, grease | ||
| ngabong | salt | ||
| ngaderak | collar bone | ||
| ngala | we | ||
| ngalak | we, we two | ||
| ngalang | our | ||
| ngamak | brother | ||
| ngamakman | niece, daughter-in-law | ||
| ngamar | waterhole | ||
| ngambarn | scab, scar, tattoo | ||
| ngambin | common bronzewing pigeon | ||
| ngamboo | egg | ||
| ngamerel | bush | ||
| ngan | mine, my own, me | ||
| nganaytj | we two, husband and wife | ||
| nganbara | chin | ||
| ngandji | hot | ||
| nganing, ngoyang | blood relations | ||
| nganip | joey | ||
| ngany | I (used when not doing something, e.g. 'I am happy') | ||
| ngarda | down, below, under, south | ||
| ngardam, ngardarap | spear | ||
| ngardangar | enemy, creep on, hunt | ||
| ngardik | lake | ||
| ngarditj | salt | ||
| ngari | salmon | ||
| ngaril | centipede | ||
| ngarily | ribs | ||
| ngarn | hang down | ||
| ngarnak | beard, chin | ||
| ngarnak-wayan | black-faced cuckoo shrike | ||
| ngarnda ngobilyang | scarlet robin | ||
| ngarnt | chest, breastbone | ||
| ngarnt kool kart | cough | ||
| ngaw | mallefowl, mallee hen | ||
| ngaw ngawing | cry, shout, noise | ||
| ngayam | dingo | ||
| ngayam doowering | sunrise | ||
| ngayam gwerding | sunset | ||
| ngaydia kwaytgar | sunset | ||
| ngayl | hair, underarm | ||
| ngaytj | I (used when doing something to someone, e.g. 'I am hitting him') | ||
| ngilart | half-caste | ||
| ngilgaytj | ngilkat/Gilbert's potoroo | ||
| ngilya | baby | ||
| ngin | who | ||
| nginang | whose | ||
| ngindjin | hair stick | ||
| ngingap | mosquito | ||
| nginyat-a-nginyat | ugly | ||
| ngoarl | all, all of us | ||
| ngobany | dingo | ||
| ngobilyang | red | ||
| ngok | honey | ||
| ngolyak | bury, to bury | ||
| ngooarloor | bent back | ||
| ngoobar | sand dunes, sand hills, coastal hills | ||
| ngoobari | hair stick | ||
| ngooer | zamia, fruit of | ||
| ngooit | knot, excrescence on tree | ||
| ngook | sweet, honey | ||
| ngoolak | white-tailed black cockatoo, Carnaby's, Baudin's cockatoo | ||
| ngoolak nyin, ngoolak bart | food, forbidden food | ||
| ngoolya wini | initiate, going 'beedawa' | ||
| ngoolyar | brother-in-law | ||
| ngoolyar yok | sister-in-law | ||
| ngoomp-born-born | cut scars | ||
| ngoon, ngoont | brother | ||
| ngoonan | gums (body part?) | ||
| ngoonara | circumcision | ||
| ngoongaloor | cheek | ||
| ngoonyok | mushroom, species of | ||
| ngoop | blood | ||
| ngoop paagan | suck blood | ||
| ngoora | possum | ||
| ngoordang | bardi grub | ||
| ngoorl | bark | ||
| ngoorndidjiny | Noonegin (place) | ||
| ngoorndongin | dream, to dream | ||
| ngoornmon | right hand | ||
| ngoornt | lay, lie down, sleep | ||
| ngoower | tears | ||
| ngooyoower | white person | ||
| ngordakan nyining | kneel | ||
| ngorlak | tooth, teeth | ||
| ngorndagan | to flutter, keep on the wing | ||
| ngort | horse | ||
| ngow | granite bottlebrush, melaleuca elliptica | ||
| ngower | barking owl | ||
| ngoy | elbow | ||
| ngwerany | beautiful, pretty, handsome | ||
| ngwornin | duck, pacific black duck | ||
| ni | listen! | ||
| nidj, nidja | this, here | ||
| niern | hide, to hide | ||
| nin-nin | hawk, collared sparrowhawk | ||
| ninam | berries | ||
| ninonyi | tease | ||
| nint | road | ||
| nir | hair | ||
| nirnt | tail | ||
| nobiny | young of animals | ||
| nodjin | bush food | ||
| nol | shade | ||
| nooal | you two | ||
| nooarn nooning | whistle | ||
| nooarnalap | Nuarnalap | ||
| nooerndilaar | small intestines of a kangaroo | ||
| noogert | sleep | ||
| noolbarn | belt of fur or hair, girdle | ||
| noolyam | mosquito, house fly | ||
| noolyinak | hair stick | ||
| noombat | numbat | ||
| noombit | flowers (generic) | ||
| noondit | heavy | ||
| noongar | ENGLISH | ||
| noorak | egg | ||
| nooroo galyet | suture | ||
| noort | smell, foul, decay, blowfly | ||
| noort waangkiny | fart | ||
| nop | boy, son, child | ||
| norn | tiger snake | ||
| nornap | Nornup swamp, Snakeup | ||
| not | shade, shadow | ||
| noytj | dead | ||
| nyalyil | bird | ||
| nyedik | shavings | ||
| nyemerak | duck, pacific black duck | ||
| nyial | blue haze, mist | ||
| nyial, nyiarr | self, myself | ||
| nyiamaak-taananggaarap | Nyiamaak-taanangkaarap, creek with springs W. of Oldfield River | ||
| nyiarimba | Australian pelican | ||
| nyiarwi | fat | ||
| nyidangit | grey fantail | ||
| nyidiny | cold, cold weather | ||
| nyidiyang | white person | ||
| nyin, nyininy | sit, stay, be | ||
| nyinang, noonang, nyoondak | your, yours | ||
| nyindan koolgar | sunrise | ||
| nyindjit | hair stick | ||
| nyingap | fly, sand fly | ||
| nyingarn | echidna | ||
| nyirabin | autumn, winter | ||
| nyiranggool, nyirayoo | mosquito | ||
| nyooarily-piran-kar | honey possum | ||
| nyooarilyer | policeman | ||
| nyooarilyoo | narrow, tight | ||
| nyoonok, nyoondok, nyoondal, nyoondoo | you | ||
| nyoorarang | tie, bind, join | ||
| nyoordang | rainbow | ||
| nyooyarily | belt of fur or hair, girdle | ||
| nyorlem | ghost, spirit, devil | ||
| nyungar, yungar | Nyungar, people | ||
| nyungaritj | Orion constellation | ||
| paad | go, move off, pad, walk | ||
| paadjang | pajang, glow wattle | ||
| paag | touch | ||
| paagan | hurt | ||
| paalgart | echidna | ||
| paarang waangkiny | Bunbury, Vasse dialect | ||
| paardalanginy | move camp | ||
| paardanginy-nyianagap | Paardanginy-nyianagap (place?) | ||
| paardgartgoong | banksia prolata | ||
| paarn | fly away, clearn, clear, sweep away | ||
| paarn-yogar | missing women | ||
| paarndyilangap | Bremer Bay | ||
| paart | part of, half of | ||
| paat | rays of the sun, grass | ||
| paat-e-paat | flat whattle (acacia glaucoptera) | ||
| paay | buttocks, rump, posterior, haunches | ||
| paayoopoor | pelican | ||
| par | dot, spot | ||
| parangarang | blowfly | ||
| parapara | stubble quail | ||
| pardebaat | roots for firewood | ||
| paredjert | chuditch, Western quoll | ||
| parnang | smell, to smell | ||
| pawyin | zamia palm, nuts or seeds | ||
| paylak | gun, rifle | ||
| payn | wild strawberry, pigface | ||
| pedi | older brother | ||
| pelok | ankle | ||
| pi | fish, generic | ||
| piak | fishing line | ||
| pianer | masked owl | ||
| piap | pointed, sharp, to become | ||
| piargany | birthmark | ||
| piarlang | lightning, flash, glittering | ||
| pibal | paper, book | ||
| pibip | cape barren goose | ||
| pidj | dry | ||
| pidjap | gravy | ||
| pidjari | perspiration, sweat | ||
| pidjoo-pidjoo | receding | ||
| pierdingkaar | nephews or nieces | ||
| piert-paap | weak, unwell, useless | ||
| pil | pig | ||
| pioodjapiny | sore throat, to get | ||
| pioor | game, bird | ||
| pira | belt of fur or hair, girdle | ||
| pirin-pirin | rainbow bee-eater | ||
| piyany | subincision of penis | ||
| polarr, polidja | around that way, in that direction, to that whcih is there | ||
| poly | yellow-throated miner | ||
| pombal | cataract, blind | ||
| pong | bornt at, originating from | ||
| pooal | down, below, under | ||
| pooliak | bullock, cattle | ||
| poon | aux | ||
| poornang | black bream | ||
| poot | into | ||
| pooyar | cushion bush (calocephalus brownii) | ||
| porlang | white-faced heron | ||
| pwagak | down, below | ||
| pwagool | happy | ||
| pwamitj | mix, wrap up | ||
| pwarak, paardgak | last one in the family | ||
| pwarepwar | dusky moorhen | ||
| taa-kaalak | burn one's mouth | ||
| taa-waal | lingo, word | ||
| taa-wara | "mud slinging", speaking badly about someone | ||
| taadjoona | waddy | ||
| taal | hook, fish hook | ||
| taal-nyian | run | ||
| taalgitj | rabbit-bandicoot | ||
| taaling | blue flag orchid | ||
| taaliny | banksia | ||
| taambiritj | bury it, hide it | ||
| taamen | grandparent, ancestor, grandchild | ||
| taamialak | twenty-eight parrot | ||
| taanabili | behind | ||
| taanding ngornt | wool | ||
| taandjiny | needle tree | ||
| taangkaal | taangkaal | ||
| taant | knuckle, dented, jagged | ||
| taapioolarak | tapeworm plant, creeper | ||
| taar | barb of a spear | ||
| taarbal | entrance, estuary | ||
| taarnding | white | ||
| taarp | enter, dive | ||
| tal | quartz | ||
| talameritj | water snake, yellow | ||
| talap | ashes, dust | ||
| talar | bush, shrub | ||
| talyerak, tjaltjraak | tallerack, white mallee | ||
| talyerak-moorak | farm west of Pink Lake | ||
| tamabi | tired, lazy | ||
| tamar | wallaby, tamar wallaby | ||
| tani-taynba | upward | ||
| taw | trellis vine, daemia kempeana | ||
| tawel | thigh | ||
| tawil | barbel, oendant | ||
| tawn | town | ||
| taylyirak | beer | ||
| tening | paint, to paint with ochre | ||
| tiariny | big, heavy | ||
| tid | firm, secure, tight | ||
| tidar-wok | name of totemic class | ||
| tiert-yaalap | Gegelup Point, Israelite Bay | ||
| tjaabiany | circumcision | ||
| tjaadilang | tea tree | ||
| tjaagan | drop, to drop | ||
| tjaang-ngarnk | little wattlebird | ||
| tjaardangitj | put it through, put it inside | ||
| tjalka mara | echidna | ||
| tjandja | urine | ||
| tjandoo | whistling kite | ||
| tjayly | saliva, froth | ||
| tjaylyiny | Dalyup River | ||
| tjedalang | beetle | ||
| tjedang waning | sharpen | ||
| tjeraly | north | ||
| tjerd-yaaly | clay, white earth | ||
| tjerdak | Christmas tree, orange flowers of | ||
| tjerdalap | Mount Chudalup near Windy Harbour | ||
| tjerl | pinion, wing tip | ||
| tjerlyiaranap | Chillinup | ||
| tjerndalar | flatfish, species of | ||
| tjerndi | Western swamphen | ||
| tjernt, tjert | brightness, whiteness | ||
| tjert | shirt | ||
| tjert-e-yayr | Tjoort Cave, west of Pink Lake | ||
| tjertak-wober | Picnic Point near Esperance | ||
| tjerting-mwalyak-noordak-baarang-baarang-ap | a rock south of Mt Ragged, west of Israelite Bay | ||
| tji | a moment, a short period of time | ||
| tjiadip | red-capped parrot | ||
| tjidap, tjilang | each other (suffix) | ||
| tjidjaar | cousins | ||
| tjik | baby | ||
| tjildjan | white-bellied sea-eagle | ||
| tjimarloo | butcherbird | ||
| tjimbal-tjimbalayn | itch | ||
| tjinkan | whittle, shave, make thin | ||
| tjinyoowaal | tea tree | ||
| tjip-tjip, tjip barang | itch, tickle | ||
| tjirak | wild cherry | ||
| tjiral | scorpion, centipede | ||
| tjooanyil | tender | ||
| tjooar-djen | trackless, untraversed | ||
| tjooboobarang | amuse | ||
| tjooboodaan | tickle | ||
| tjoogangar | choke, strangle | ||
| tjooian | rushes | ||
| tjoolagar | bony | ||
| tjoor, tjoorl | left arm, left hand | ||
| tjoora-tjoora | camel | ||
| tjoowiny | body hair, fur | ||
| todiar | cave | ||
| tolong | goanna | ||
| tooart | tuart tree (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) | ||
| tooart-e-yar | teasel banksia | ||
| toodjber | leaf | ||
| toodoolar | ant, small black ant | ||
| toolybaarangap | Mount Toolbrunup in the Stirling Ranges | ||
| toombari | quandong, native peach | ||
| toor | star | ||
| toordi | scorpion | ||
| tooytj | hot, sticky, warm | ||
| torndirap | Torndirrup National Park, Albany | ||
| totl | dried, parched up ground | ||
| towak | club, waddym womera, throwing stick | ||
| towil | always, lasting | ||
| wa | where | ||
| waal ngoodjab | Frenchman's Peak | ||
| waalak | gullet? (throat?) | ||
| waalang | coral vine | ||
| waalarl-waalarl | petrophile teretifolia | ||
| waaly | red swamp banksia | ||
| waam | stranger, other, different | ||
| waamp | possum | ||
| waan | woman's digging stick | ||
| waanak | arm | ||
| waanan | crayfish | ||
| waanang | old | ||
| waander | wandering in the bush, bush walk | ||
| waang | quandong, native peach | ||
| waangk, waangkiny | speak, talk, ask, tell | ||
| waangka bart | mute, be silent | ||
| waaniny | bush with red berries | ||
| waaoo! | exclamation of surprise and warning | ||
| waap | how | ||
| waar | waves | ||
| waarang | three | ||
| waarangap | Mount Trio in the Stirling Ranges | ||
| waaranoo | porpoise, bottle-nosed dolphin | ||
| waarany | word | ||
| waarany-pibal | dictionary | ||
| waard | warder, watcher | ||
| waarderitj | aware, watchful | ||
| waarlar | carelessly, suddenly, unawares | ||
| waarlar-kaalap | tough | ||
| waart | distinguishing mark, fame, renown | ||
| waaway | goanna, species of | ||
| wabangar | wild turkey | ||
| waber | player | ||
| wabin-wabin | vain, proud | ||
| wabiny | play, playing | ||
| wada min | afraid, coward | ||
| wadarn | sea, ocean | ||
| wadi | spearwood | ||
| wadily-wadily | reed, beach grass | ||
| wading | hunting | ||
| wadjela | white person | ||
| wadjela birditj | judge | ||
| wagari | headband, fillet | ||
| walat | together, with, belonging to | ||
| walbangara | trapdoor spider | ||
| walga | lightning | ||
| walgabardi | message stick | ||
| walgal | sandalwood tree | ||
| walitj | eagle | ||
| walyal | lungs | ||
| walyalar | lung disease, consumption | ||
| wamap | octopus | ||
| wambaloo | stripes | ||
| wanmaya | north west | ||
| wara | bad, no good | ||
| warda wat | grey butcherbird | ||
| wardanak | autumn | ||
| wardandi | Wardandi tribe | ||
| wardang | crow, Australian raven | ||
| wardap-wardap | barking owl | ||
| wardar | possum | ||
| wardi | north west | ||
| wardi wardi | wild parsnip | ||
| waril | leaf | ||
| warildjara | scrub, bush | ||
| warin-warin | restless fly-catcher | ||
| warlak | divided, separated | ||
| warn-e-kaal | west | ||
| warnang | WA peppermint | ||
| warnily | WA peppermint | ||
| warr | female kangaroo | ||
| warr djoongk | nose piercing, bone of female kangaroo | ||
| warrong | wallaby, crescent nailtail | ||
| wart bin | choke, strangle | ||
| wat djinang | search, look for | ||
| watawat, wow-wow | shag | ||
| waya karing, we kating | duck, species of duck | ||
| wayag | sorry! | ||
| waydang | heap, bundle | ||
| waydjarap | Wagerup | ||
| waydjat | temples (head) | ||
| waydjiny | Wagin | ||
| waydjinyikap | Waychinicup River | ||
| wayenbart | brave, fearless | ||
| waytj | emu | ||
| webin | cobbler | ||
| wedj djendji, wedj ngalop | emu feathers | ||
| wedj djerang | emu fat | ||
| wedji mooran | emu wren | ||
| weeabindee | young man | ||
| welabin, wenya balabin, wenyanginy | dream | ||
| wen, wening | die, dead | ||
| wendang | big | ||
| wendi | cave | ||
| wending | climb, to | ||
| wera mernong | menstruation | ||
| werarn | edible root or berries | ||
| werdam | kill, strike, beat, assault | ||
| werni | paperbark dish, trough | ||
| wert | neck, throat | ||
| wet | common bronzewing pigeon | ||
| weyak | coward | ||
| weyarn, wirn | afraid, frightened, ghost, spirit, devil | ||
| weyarnitj | forbidden, sacred, taboo | ||
| wi | and | ||
| wi-maaro | lightning | ||
| wianyert | water tree | ||
| wiaroo | club | ||
| wiayoo | game, beast/animal being chased | ||
| widja | spit, to spit | ||
| wierany | acrros, over, straight | ||
| wil, wilya | rope | ||
| wilar | swan | ||
| wilarak | sandalwood tree | ||
| wilki | clay, red ochre | ||
| wilyoor-waar | silver wattle | ||
| windilya | circle, circular | ||
| windja | where | ||
| winyarn | poor fellow | ||
| wioo | bandicoot, anteater | ||
| wirer | snake, little snake | ||
| wirgalbart | parrot, rosella | ||
| wirgo | lightning | ||
| wirlbi | across | ||
| wirlo | bush stone curlew | ||
| wirlomin | tribe, Wirlomin | ||
| wirn-e-maytj | emu, mythological | ||
| wirnang | west | ||
| wirndang | tired | ||
| wirwirang | shame | ||
| wit doogalyak | white ant, termite | ||
| woberdi | wine | ||
| wog-galan | ill, to be very ill | ||
| wogal | carpet snake, rainbow serpent | ||
| wok | breath, to breathe, spirit, ghost | ||
| woly | woylie, brush-tailed bettong | ||
| womera | spear thrower | ||
| wont | wandoo, white gum tree | ||
| wooagarn | spear-leaved dioscorea | ||
| wooayam | coastal shrub | ||
| woobar | echidna | ||
| wooding | white ants' nest | ||
| woodjap | blackboy stem | ||
| woodjari | run-aways | ||
| wooer-kaat | herring | ||
| wooerl-yert | long, tall, ungainly | ||
| woola | after, tomorrow | ||
| woolatj | white ants' nest | ||
| woolgan | rainbow | ||
| woolitj | muscle, sinew, calf of leg | ||
| woolongin | fasten, to | ||
| woolyarak | white-tailed black cockatoo | ||
| woombooloo | feathers, down | ||
| woon | so, in such a way, thus | ||
| woonangin, wanding | do, doing | ||
| woondangadak | aunt, avoidance term? | ||
| woondi yagayn | quivering dance | ||
| woondoo | belt of fur or hair, girdle | ||
| woondoo baaminy | spin, to | ||
| woonerak | similar to, being so | ||
| woora | far, long, tall | ||
| woorak | salmon gum | ||
| wooramap | heaven | ||
| woordak | shade, shadow | ||
| woorli | paperbark tree | ||
| woorlok | seaweed | ||
| woornda | shield | ||
| woorndal | daughter | ||
| woort | mushroom, fungus | ||
| wor | barking owl | ||
| worl | sky | ||
| worla, worlak | whirl, vortex | ||
| worldji-kwadap | Mt Hannett | ||
| wort | away, remote, distant | ||
| wort koorl | go away | ||
| wotj | creeper plant, fishing net | ||
| yaak | stand | ||
| yaal | hole, hollow, grave | ||
| yaalak | east wind | ||
| yaaling | muscle, sinew | ||
| yaaly | clay | ||
| yaambitj | spoon | ||
| yaan | go, walk | ||
| yaandil | swamp yate | ||
| yaanert | hip-joint | ||
| yaanidjan | cause something to happen | ||
| yaap-a-wilban | white-fronted chat | ||
| yaara-tjayny-kwarang | avocet | ||
| yaarn | what? why? | ||
| yaatj | thigh | ||
| yaatj bingkoor | circle, circular | ||
| yaawart | kangaroo, horse | ||
| yaawiny | moon | ||
| yaderdi | grey butcherbird | ||
| yagang | directly | ||
| yagangap, yorongap | pacific gull, sea gull | ||
| yakayn | turtle, western swamp tortoise | ||
| yalak | wait, not yet | ||
| yalooar | dance song | ||
| yalyer | sand | ||
| yamba | eaglehawk | ||
| yang, nyangar | give, exchange, divide | ||
| yap | temples (head) | ||
| yard, yardeli | do, doing | ||
| yardi | yardi, dance ceremony | ||
| yarnbart | where | ||
| yarnding | wallaby | ||
| yarng | throw, to chuck | ||
| yarra | out | ||
| yarra koorl | go quickly | ||
| yawarlong-kerap | Lake Warden | ||
| yawing | paperbark tree | ||
| yayndjap | Yanchep | ||
| yayndjert | bullrush | ||
| yayntj | emu tail feathers, filament | ||
| yent | gum tree | ||
| yerdap | sparks | ||
| yerderap | duck, pacific black duck | ||
| yerr | cave | ||
| yerreroo | hair stick | ||
| yert | breast, chest, front | ||
| yet | duck, pacific black duck | ||
| yeyi, yi | now, today | ||
| yiadaly | feather | ||
| yiadaly-wok | feather(y)-natured | ||
| yiamp | bark, of tree | ||
| yibal | today | ||
| yidja karam | today | ||
| yiert | peg, strip, stripe | ||
| yilitj | search, look for | ||
| yimang | forehead | ||
| yimer | tarantula, spider | ||
| yinak | spouse | ||
| yinang | widower, widow | ||
| yiniyin | rushes | ||
| yinyang | fresh, new, lately made | ||
| yira | high, above | ||
| yira koorl | arise, get up, ascend | ||
| yirdaritj | stranger, vagabond | ||
| yiripar | jealous | ||
| yirt | travel, in file | ||
| yit | chest | ||
| yit, yida bangar | lightning | ||
| yiyar | edge | ||
| yoberak | bobtail lizard, shingle-back | ||
| yodjedak, yodjedang | joey | ||
| yodjerdi | kookaburra | ||
| yogalarang | Pleaides | ||
| yogalgarra | Pleaides | ||
| yogart goonbelang | sunrise | ||
| yogart wen | sunset | ||
| yogaynang | mushroom, fungus | ||
| yoginara | Pleaides | ||
| yok | woman, sun | ||
| yok nyooanang | married | ||
| yok taadjalak | promised/betrothed woman | ||
| yok-a-maan | women, wife's father | ||
| yoli ombala | snapper | ||
| yolyany | flesh, muscle | ||
| yondi, yondarn | lizard, skink (?) | ||
| yongerbart | fish, generic | ||
| yongka | kangaroo | ||
| yongka maat | kangaroo paw | ||
| yongkerbart | fish, generic | ||
| yooawarl | flour | ||
| yoobarl | bark, of tree | ||
| yoodan | tie, bind | ||
| yoodilyer | policeman | ||
| yoodjak ngoornding | die, to die | ||
| yooert | good taste, melodius | ||
| yooga | spider | ||
| yoogil | shell, species of | ||
| yook | root, edible | ||
| yoolap | hungry | ||
| yoolart | blue-tongue lizard | ||
| yoolyar | ugly | ||
| yoomarn | tired, lazy | ||
| yoomp | magic, medicine, sorcery | ||
| yoont | yellow | ||
| yoorap ngoon door | lose, to lose | ||
| yoorat | forehead, top of head | ||
| yoordabilil | improper relations | ||
| yooreritj | stirred up, wet | ||
| yooritj | cheek | ||
| yoorn | bobtail lizard | ||
| yoorndal | daughter | ||
| yoorong | yoorong | ||
| yoowantj | barn owl | ||
| yoowarl | here | ||
| yoowarl koorl | come here | ||
| yoowart | no, not | ||
| yoower | temples (head) | ||
| yooyak | fish, plichard | ||
| yooyl | tired, lazy | ||
| yoran | happy | ||
| yorl | saltwater paperbark, melaleuca cuticularis | ||
| yotj | testicles | ||
| yowarlak | grass tree, blackboy tree, Xanthorrhoea | ||
| yowerang | Pleaides | ||
| yowir | drunk | ||
| yowli | mutton bird |
This is the complete list of original translations extracted from the Nyungar dictionary file. Words are listed alphabetically.
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