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DESCRIPTIVE VOCABULARY.

For more full and particular information respecting each Australian word, consult the first part of the Vocabulary; and for the Pronunciation see the Preface also.


A.

Abduct, to—Kardo barrăng.

Abreast—Yambo.

Absent—Morytch.

Abundance—Bula. Narriik (Vasse dialect).

Abundant—Bula.

Abuse, to—Goran.

Acacia, Acacia Saligna—Biytch.

Acacia (species of)—Mongarn; Kurren; Watti; Gal-yang.

Accidentally—Balluk; Nogolan.

Acclivity, an; a Knoll—Warh-ro.

Accompany, to—Gămbărnbardo; Gămbărn.

Accurate—Metjil.

Accuse, to—Djirin; as Wulgar djirin, to accuse of murder. This word must be used with the substantive expressive of the crime charged against a person.

Accustomed to—Malyn.

Ache, to—Mindyt-bakkăn; Bakkan.

Acquainted with—Nagoluk; Kallip.

Acrid—Djallăm.

Across—Yambo.

Actually—Yambong.

Adam's Apple, of the neck—Dunganin.

Adorned—Bunjat; Kanungur.

Afraid, to be—Multchin; Wyen.

After—Ngolang-a.

Afternoon, about two—Biddorong; Nalyira?

Afternoon, late in the—Garbălă.

Again—Garro; as Garro Yuăl, to return, to come back again.

Aged—Guragor.

Agent (means of doing anything), always used as an affix—Middi.

Ago, any time—Karamb.

Ago, long time—Gorah.

Ago, little time—Gori; Epal.

Agreeing with—Gurdu-gyn-yul.

Ah!—Năh.

Aim, to miss the—Wilyăn.

Alarm—Dărnăvăn.

Albatross—Diomedia Chlororhyncha—Wulwul.

Alight, to, as a bird—Gargan.

Alive—Dordăk; Wining (N.E. dialect).

Alive, green as applied to trees—Wongin.

All—Băndăng; Mundang.

Allied to—by marriage—Noyyăng.

Alone—Dombart.

Also—Gudjir; Wer.