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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.
Parputeen | Full |
Yeetpuyeetch kamaruung | Breathless |
Marrokeear tung an | Broken teeth |
Purtkæræ | Knock dirt off tree |
Gnaknii neear | Stutter |
Koronn | Feather |
Kuulern karrank | Wattle bloom |
Peertob | Lake |
Piik kuuruuk | Water weed |
Tumbuurn | Native daisy |
Moyuup | Flower (with edible root) |
Nullor | Drosera |
Peekirn | Flower of the yam |
Mundarnin | Snap with mouth |
Muinpa apuurneen | Kneading |
Kummorntok | Name of bird |
Weeitcho tærinyaar | Playful leaves |
Tuppuun | Water lily |
Names of women, without their meanings:— | |
Meen baaburneen |
Kuulandarr |
The distinction of gender between these proper names, though not recognizable by the white man, is discerned at once by the aborigines.
Besides proper names, some men are nicknamed after peculiarities in their persons, or habits, such as—
Kuunjeetch | Blind |
Kiiam mirng | One eye |