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Kaddar, s.—Large black lizard.
Kadjin, s.—Soul; spirit. The form which rises after death, and goes over the sea to the island of souls.
Kadjo, s.—A native hammer, broad and blunt at one end, and sharp-edged at the other; formed of two pieces of whinstone, cemented on to a short thick stick, by means of the Tudibi, or prepared Xanthorea gum.
Kadjo, s.—The strong gum or resin used for fixing on the heads of the hammers; it is obtained from the Barro, or tough-topped Xanthorea.
Kadjo, s.—Basalt; whinstone; probably from being used for the head of the Kadjo. The decomposition of this stone forms a fine rich dark-red loam. Veins of whinstone are found intersecting the granite from east to west. There is a formation of Columnar Basalt, just to the south of Point Casuarina, at Koombana Bay, not far from the new town of Australind; and it is mentioned in M. Peron's work, as existing somewhere in the southern bight of Geographe Bay, but has not been seen there by any of the colonists. For geological description, see Boye.
Kaddang—Ignorant; not understanding.
Kaggal, s.—The east. (Northern dialect.) See Kangal.
Kăggarăk, s.—The name of the native dance among the southern men.
Kainbil—(K.G.S.) The dead.
Kakăm, s.—The rump; as Kakam Kotye, bone-rumped, A term of reproach.
Kakur, s.—(K.G.S.) The east.
Kalbyn, v.—Pres. part., Kalbynan; past tense, Kalbynăgga; to exercise some charm or enchantment, so as to still the wind if necessary: or to raise wind; to procure rain in order to annoy an enemy. To a people living so shelterless and unprotected as the aborigines of Australia, nothing is more annoying than bad weather.
Kaldar, s.—The green Iguana.
Kalga, s.—A crook. A stick with a crook at each end, used for pulling down the Măngyt, or Banksia flowers. Măngyt Bărrangmidi, the instrument or agent for procuring the Mangyt.
Kalga, s.—Eurostopodus. The goat-sucker.
Kalgonak, s.—(K.G.S.) A species of frog.
Kalgong—Satin-bird.
Kalgyt, s.—The Xanthorea flower-stem; or any other stick fitted for building huts with.
Kali, s.—Podiceps cristatus. Grebe. Crested Grebe.
Kaling, v.—Pres. part, Kalingwin; past tense, Kalingăga. To sweep the earth with boughs.
Kaljirgang, ,s.—Tan. A sea-swallow.
Kalkăda, s.—(Mugil) The mullet-fish. Great heaps of this and the herring-fish were thrown up dead in the summer of 1841, in one day, in the river at Guildford. The cause was not known, but it
