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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
| The following are the names of men, with their meanings:— | |
| Kaawirn kuunawarn | 'Hissing swan' |
| (Chief of the Kirræ wuurong—'blood-lip'—tribe, named after the noise the swans made when he robbed their nests.) | |
| Wombeet tuulawarn | 'Rotten spear' |
| (From the old decayed spears his father carried.) | |
| Gnuurnecheean | Hunting bag |
| Puunmuttal | Bite meat |
| Weerat kuyuut | Eel spear |
| Pundeet puulotong | Dragger out of fat |
| Teel meetch willa neung | Untied eel spear |
| Wittin yuurong | Strips of skin |
| Yambeetch | Swamp weed |
| Laaweet tarn{ae} | You eat my food |
| Wuromkil wuurong | Long lip |
| Purteetch wirrang ween | Fight with fire-stick |
| Wol muutang | Lightwood tree |
| Gnunnahiniitch | Bat |
| Peaalko{ae} | Redgum tree |
| Wuruum kuurwhin | Long grass burning |
| Wuuro killink | Long waterhole |
| Nuurtekel wing | Deaf |
| Muuro{ae} wuulok | Seed of long grass |
| Tiyeer bariin | Spear knee |
| Puunmirng | Swamp—local name |
| Puunbat | Local name |
| Marrohmuuk | Swamp—local name |
| Puulepeetch | Bald head |
| Tuulirn beem | Red head |
| Naaweetch | Swamp water |
| Tumeetch puuruutch | Calves with large veins |
| Warrowill | Swamp—local name |
| Wombeetch puyuun | Decayed kangaroo |
| Wullæ merrii | Stony |
