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ENGLISH |
KAURNA WARRA |
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cabbage like plant |
birira |
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call (to) |
karltandi |
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callitris |
narnu (tree) narnuyako (gum) |
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canoe |
yoko, bokka yoko (bark canoe) |
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carcass |
nunno |
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carry |
kattendi |
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cascade |
yertalla |
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cat (native) |
mabo, maityo maityo |
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charcoal |
bidna |
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charm (as in "spell") |
nurrutti |
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chase |
nurrondi |
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cheek |
maltaitya, also maltaworta |
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cherry |
tilti |
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chest |
kundo |
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chew |
paiarendi |
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child |
kurlakurlando (youngest child, favourite), ngarto, wakwakko |
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chin |
nguttoworta |
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cicatrication |
manka |
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circle |
kuri (also type of corroboree) |
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claw |
birri |
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clay |
tuka |
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clean (to) |
kudlendi |
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cloak |
turnkil watpa |
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cloth |
turnki |
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cloud |
makko |
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club |
katta (fighting stick), ngallawirri (long heavy club), tattarta I |
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cockatoo |
kurraki (white cockatoo), wirruppa, jutika (black),tiwu, willampa (black with white tail feathers) |
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coil |
yerlomarta |
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coitus |
parta |
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cold |
manya |
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come |
kawai (as in "come here") |
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companion |
nepo |
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conceal (to) |
tirraappendi |
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connoisseur |
ngaingko |
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constellation |
wayakka |
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cook (to) |
kambandi |
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cool |
yeltanna |
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corner |
nurlutta |
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corpse |
kakliadlil also nunno |
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corroboree |
ngunyawaieti, kurrvango (type performed by the Murray River people) |
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cough (to) |
gurltendi |
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counsellor |
yerlteriburka |
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count (to number) |
markamarkandil wonbawonbandi |
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country |
yerta |
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country (my) |
pangkarra (tract of land passed on from parent) |
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countryman |
meyuworta, yertameyu |
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courageous |
waiwilta |
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court (to) |
kakkababandi |
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cover (lid) |
tadartatti |
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coward |
wai wai |
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crab |
tarnipaitya |
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creek |
parri |
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cricket |
yertabiritti |
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croon (to) |
narrendi, narrinarrendi |
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crow |
kua |
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cry |
murka |
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cry (to) |
kokarendi |
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crystal (rock) |
kanyappa |
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cushion |
katpate cut (to) bakkendi |
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