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KAURNA WARRA	ENGLISH
gadla	s. fire; fuel; wood; gadla burtulto - fire stick
gadla bauondi	to trim the fire
gadla burtamandi	to stir or trim the fire
gadla burtulto	firestick
gadla kundandi	to cut wood
gadla parraandi	to kindIe a fire
gadla pulyo	without fire
gadla worngangga	before the fire
gadlabandi	v.a. to warm
gadlabarendi	v.r. to warm one's self
gadlabarti	s. the local Kaurna region bee
gadlagadlando	adj. very hot; heated
gadlaiappa	s. the same as gadlapindi; (literally fire-pit),a term used for hell; see pindi
gadlaieri	s. light; kondolli gadlaieri - oil-lamp ; paitpurla gadlaieri - candle
gadlapindi	(literally fire-pit) a term used for hell; see pindi
gadlapulyo	adj. without fire; as gadlapulyo wandet ai - I shall sleep without fire
gadlapulyo wandet ai	I shall sleep without fire
gadlapurunna	adj. being still burning; hot
gadlondi	v.a. to stride; tread upon; to press
gadlorendi	v.r. to lean upon; gadloringuti, don't lean upon
gadlotti	s. a girdle worn round the waist by the natives, made either from their own hair or from the fur of opossums; belt made from hair or fur
gurltatakko	s. a fabulous person in the Kaurna mythology
gurlte	s. cough; catarrh; expectorated matter
gurltendi	v.n. to cough.

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ENGLISH	KAURNA WARRA
gallop	watpandi
gently	minkominko
ghost	towilla
girdle (string)	tarra, tidlikuretti
girl	mankarra, takanna (grown up girl)
glad (be)	karromarranendi
glass	makki
globular	mukumukurru
go (to)	murrendi
goanna	pundonya
grandchild	kammilya
grass	tulta, ngurko (tuft of grass)
grave	pindi, wonga pindiwonga
grease	kurkurla
green	karalta (also used for blue)
green (raw)	timana
grub	barti, kupe (found in redgum), marraparkanna, tiararti, tiangarrarti, tunnurti, turlokka, wadlaparti, warpurti, warrumba)
guiltless	kudno
gum	yakko (used for hafting stone tools)
gum blossom	kongolia
gumnut (red gum)	kanggulya (eaten after soaking in water
gumtree	maltarra (resembling stringybark), patta

s. = substantive; v.a. = verb active; v.n. = verb neuter; v.r. verb rendi; v.i. verb inchoative; v.caus = verb causative; adj. = adjective; adv. = adverb; com = compound; postp. = postposition; dem.pron. = demonstrative pronoun; gen.case = genetive case; inter.affix = interrogative; suprl = superlative

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