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buri?. Yam dharaba?. Bulrushes gummiuk.
WEAPONS, UTENSILS, ETC.
Tomahawk mundubang. Koolamin g?ngun. Yamstick gaualang. Spear dyui?. Spear lever womur. Spear shield bimbiang. Waddy shield murga. Fighting club k?dyeru. Hunting club bundi. Boomerang berra. Net bag goa?. Canoe mundang. Headband gamba?. Kilt burra?.
ADJECTIVES.
Alive mulanggari. Dead burrakbang. Large buggarabaug. Small nyerrigurang. Tall or long bamir. Low or short gungur. Good yeddung. Bad gudba. Red dhirrum dhirrum. White duggurugurak. Black buru-bura. Mad gauang. Crazy yugi-yugang. Stubborn wambarung. Valiant gurumbul. Quick burrai. Slow g?nyan. Strong yurwang. Afraid dyaui-dyauty. Tired yurrity. Sharp midyir-midyir. Fat bewanbang. Lean ngauatyba. Hot winyudha. Cold gurrit. Angry yugo. Sleepy gung-gung. Glad waddhir. Sorry ngaralda. Greedy merradhi?. Sick gêr. Stinking bugung. Much gurung. Little muinggang. Pregnant malingilimang. True g?ndyaina.
VERBS.
Die berak. Eat dhaimbaliri. Drink wimbaliri. Sleep ngambori. Stand dharri-iri. Sit ngulla-iri. Talk dhuniai. Tell dhuniung. Walk yerrabi. Run munni. Bring munnagali. Take mali. Make bungi. Break mudyat. Chastise millai. Beat ngubi. Arise badyi. Fall down buggali. See nangi. Look naii. Hear ngurrambai. Listen wanggirrali. Give y?nggi. Cook dyandai. Steal gurrangi. Request dyunggadyai. Sing yunggaballi. Weep nyimali. Blow, with breath bumbi. Blow, as wind bunima. Climb bui-i. Conceal buddai. Jump dyutbi. Laugh birrigai. Scratch birradilli. Tear bunggur. Forget walagi. Do bungi. Send iddyi. Suck bindi. Swim yerra. Fly yerra. Bathe ngaugi. Search for gadi. Spit dyugai. Smell billai. Bite burri. Play woggabaliri. Touch or catch mungga-iri. Throw yerrambi. Pitch wadhi. Whistle windi. Pretend kwigai. Vomit garrugi. Dance wagi. Dive burugi. Sting dyandi. Hunt gadali. To scent, as a dog gundali. Drive dhurali. Go yerrabi. Come munnagai. Burn gunnami. Chop gudbaiiri. Feel burrangiri.
[1] "Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes," Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., vol. xxxvi, pp. 54-73, map.
[2] "The Group Divisions and Initiation Ceremonies of the Bar-Kunjee Tribes," Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxxii, pp. 240-250, map. That map includes with the Wiradyuri, the territory of the Burreba-burreba tribe, because their initiation ceremonies and marriage laws are the same.
[3] "The Victorian Aborigines: their Initiation Ceremonies and Division Systems," American Anthropologist, vol. xi, pp. 325-343, map.
[4] "Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Tribes of New South Wales," Journ. Anthrop. Inst., vol. xxxiii, p. 259.
[5] "An Australian Language" (Sydney, 1892), Appendix, p. 60.
[6] "The Burbung of the Wiradyuri Tribes," Journ. Anthrop. Inst., vol. xxv, pp. 295-318. Ibid., vol. xxvi, pp. 272-285. "The Initiation Ceremonies of the Aborigines of the Upper Lachlan," Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc. Austr., Queensland Bch., vol. xi, pp. 167-169.
"The Burbung or Initiation Ceremonies of the Murrumbidgee Tribes," Journ. Roy Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxxi, pp. 111-153.
"The Burbung of the Wiradhuri Tribes," Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, vol. xvi, pp. 35-38.
[7] "The Aboriginal Languages of Victoria," Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxxvi, p. 76.
[8] Compare with my "Yookumbil Language," Queensland Geog. Journ., vol. xvii, pp. 63-67.
[9] Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., Philadelphia, vol. xl, No. 167.
[10] "The B?rbung, etc., of the Murrumbidgee Tribes," Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxxi, pp. 111-153.
[11] American Anthropologist, vol. ix, pp. 327-334, Plate VI.
[12] Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxxiv, pp. 276-281.
[13] Ibid., pp. 263-364.
[14] "Aboriginal Songs at Initiation Ceremonies," Queensland Geographical Journal, vol. xvii. pp. 61-63.
[15] See my "Thurrawal Language," Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxxv, p. 131.
[16] Compare with my "Dharruk Language and Vocabulary," Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales_, vol. xxxv, pp. 155-160.

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