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Glossary
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Grooee, handsome foliaged tree bearing a plum-like fruit, tart and bitter, but much liked by the blacks. |
Gubberah, magical stones of Wirreenun. Clear crystallised quatty. |
Guddah, red lizard. |
Guiebet, a thorny creeper bearing masses of a lovely myrtle-like flower and an edible fruit somewhat resembling passion fruit. |
Guinary, light eagle hawk. |
Guineeboo, robin redbreast. |
Gurraymy, borah devil. |
Gwai, red. |
Gwaibillah, star. Mars. |
Kurreah, an alligator. |
Mahthi, dog. |
Maimah, stones. |
Maira, paddy melon. |
May or Mayr, wind. |
Mayrah, spring wind. |
Meamei, girls. |
Midjee, a species of acacia. |
Millair, species of kangaroo rat. |
Moodai, opossum. |
Moogaray, hailstones. |
Mooninguggahgul, mosquito-calling bird. |
Moonoon, emu spear. |
Mooregoo, mopoke. |
Mooroonumildah, having no eyes. |
Morilla or Moorillah, pebbly ridges. |
Mubboo, beef wood-tree. |
Mullyan, eagle hawk. |
Mullyangah, the morning star. |
Murgah muggui, big grey spider. |
Murrawondah, climbing rat. |
Narahdarn, bat. |
Noongahburrah, tribe of blacks on the Narran. |
Nullah nullah, a club or heavy-headed weapon. |
Nurroo gay gay, dreadful pain. |
Nyunnoo or Nunnoo, a grass, humpy. |
Ooboon, blue-tongued lizard. |
Oolah, red prickly lizard. |
Oongnairwah, black diver. |
Ouyan, curlew. |
Piggiebillah, ant-eater. One of the Echidna, a marsupial. |
Quarrian, a kind of parrot. |
Quatha, quandong; a red fruit like a round red plum. |
U e hu, rain, only so called in song. |
Wahgoo, to hide. A game like hide-and-seek. |
Wahroogah, children. |
Wahn, crow. |
Wayambeh, turtle. |
Waywah, worn by men, consisting of a waistband made of opossum's sinews with bunches of strips of paddy melon skins hanging from it. |