Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia and also A descriptive vocabulary of the language of the aborigines/A descriptive vocabulary of the language in common use amongst the aborigines of Western Australia/Part 2/C
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Cabbage-tree—Nuytsia floribunda—Mut-yal.
Calf, of the leg—Walgyt; Uloyt; Toy.
Call, to—Mirow.
Carelessly—Wallarra.
Carry, to—Gang-ow; Katte (Upper Swan).
Carry, to, in the arms—Munang.
Carry, to, on the back—Wăndang.
Carry, to, in a bag—Gotang.
Carry, to, on the shoulder—Dinang,
Carry, to, off—Watto; Bărrang.
Cast, to—Gwardo; Gwart.
Casuarina, species of—Kwela; Knude.
Cat, native (a species of weasel)—Dasyurus Maugei—Barrăjit; Bărjadda.
Cataract (or film over the eye)—Bămbala.
Caterpillar—Narna.
Cave, a—Gărrab; Dumbun.
Cedar (colonially)—Mod-yart.
Centipede—Canbărra.
Certainly—Yambong; Bundojil.
Champion (one of the braves of a tribe)—Bugor.
Change, to—Minyt wallak ijow; Wallak ijow.
Chap, in the skin—Jitalbărra.
Charcoal—Bidil; Kallabidyl; Murh-ro; Kup; Yargyl.
Charm, to (by a spell)—Kalbyn; Walbyn: as Mar-Kalbyn, to allay the wind.
Chaunt, to (as is done at the Yallor, or native dance)—Yallor wangow.
Cheek—Yurytch; Ngaluk?
Chest, the—Kundu? Mingo.
Chewing—Gulang in.
Child—Guland. Pl. Children—Gulang-găra.
Chin—Ngan-ga; Yet.
Cinders—Kalla inăk.
Circle (for the purpose of inclosing game, &c.)—Murga.
Circular—Dordong-ăl.
Civil—Karra gwabba.
Clay—Djijalla.
Clay, white lime—Dardăk; Taddar.
Clean—Kargyl-ya; Bărda-ăr; Bunjat.
Clean, to—Kargyl-yaran; Bărnan.
Clear (as water)—Karryl.
Clear (from wood)—Bărda-ăr.
Clear away, to—bărnan.
Climb, to—Dendang; Balingur.
Cloak—Boka; Buka.
Close, to (to stop up a hole)—Dtandidin; Didin.
Close (near)—Barduk.
Closer (hither)—Yualăng.
Clothes (to put on)—Wolang; Wandang.
Cloud—Mar; Kundart.
Cloudy (very dark)—Mar; Myart myart; Bwot.
Club, a heavy—Dowak; Wirba (Northern dialect).
Cobbler-fish—Karal-ya; Moyort.
Cobbler-fish (species of)—Djindalo; T-yung.
Cockatoo, black, with red tail—Calyptorhyncus fulgidus—Karak.
Cockatoo, black, with white tail—Calyptorhyncus—Ngolak.
Cockatoo, white—Plyctolophus—Manyt.
Cockatoo, pink—Plyctolophus Leadbeteri—Jakkal-yakkal.
Cohabit, to—Muyăng.
Cold—Năgga; Naggamăn; Nyiddin; Mulgan.
Collect, to—Wetdang; Toyntchwang.
Comet—Binnar.
Company (in company)—Danjo; Indat.
Conceal, to—Ballarijow.
Concealed—Ballar.
Conduct—Mhurdo; Karra.
Cone, of the Banksia, dried—Birytch; Metjo; Biytch.
Confuse, to—Ton-ga birgi birgi-un.
Confused—Waummar-ăp; Yowir.
Connected related)—Noy yăng.
Construct, to—Wyerow.
Contest—Băkadgin.
Continually—Kal-yăgăl; Dowir.
Continue (go; move on)—Ngatti.
Convalescent—Dordăk.
Cook, to—Dukun.
Cooked (sufficiently for eating)—Djidik.
Cool—Garh-jal.
Coot, a—Fulica Mulya windu.
Coot, species of—Kijjibrun.
Copulate, to—Mu-yăng.
Cormorant, large black—Garbang-a.
Cormorant, little black—Phalacrocorax flaviryhyncus—Gogogo.
Corner, outer, of the eye—Naljăk,
Cough, to—Kulbu; Kulbul-kulbul-dtan.
Countenance—Dtamel; Minyt; Mul-yămel.
Counterpart, one thing of another—Burbur.
Couple, a—Gurdar.
Covered up, to leave—Nappang wanja.
Cow, a—Jingala gadăk.
Coward—Wyi-wyi; Multchong; Wy-en-wyen.
Crab, a—Karri.
Crack, in the skin, or bark of a tree—Jitalbărra.
Crane, green-backed—Ardea—Jillimil-yan; Matdo.
Crane, blue—Ardea Novæ Hollandiæ—Wyan.
Craw, of a bird—Ngogolăk.
Craw, contents of—Ngogăt.
Crawfish—Konak; Dil; Tjilki.
Crawfish, species of—Yarril.
Creep, to, on game—Ngardang; Kăndi.
Creeper, white-throated (a bird)—Bibinăk.
Creeper, wiry feathered, or brown reed—Djărdal-ya.
Creeper, brown tree—Jinni.
Cricket, a—Kiddal.
Crook, used to pull down the Banksia flowers—Kalga.
Crooked—Ngallin; Gurdin.
Crossgrained; ill-tempered—Yetit yetit.
Crow—Corvus coronoides? Wardang; Tolyl.
Crow, white-vented—Coronaria strepera—Djillak.
Crow, species of—Gnota.
Crumbs, bits—Gulyang-ărra.
Crumb, soft inside of anything—Kundyl.
Cry, to—Mirang.
Cry out, to—Mirow.
Cry out, to, loudly—Wănga dtan.
Cry out, to, with fear—Gurtangur.
Crystal, rock crystal, species of, found to the North—Wirgo; Tiil.
Cuckoo, cuculus—Djudărrăn.
Cuckoo, lesser—D-yular.
Cuckoo, bronze—Chalcites; Gutuban; Djuritch.
Cunning—Daht.
Cure, to, by a spell—Walbyn; Butangur; Malgarak; Wirgojang; Woynbar.
Curled—Gurdin.
Cut, to, with a knife—Bohrn.
Cut, to, with a native hammer or axe—Kadjăt or Karjat; Deidung.
Cylindrical, as a wine bottle—Banbar.