| Sources:
These definitions are taken from the Macquarie book of Aboriginal words. There have been some minor alterations and shortenings of descriptions. |
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Some Words of Sydney Aboriginal Groups
The Archaeology of The Dharawal People of NSW
Images of The Royal National Park
By Les Bursill JP. AIM. B.A. M.Litt (UNE)
| INDEX |
| Body Parts |
| Kin Relationships |
| Human Classifications |
| Language, Mythology, Ceremony |
| Pieces of Equipment |
| Food, Cooking and Fire |
| Landscape |
| Natural Items |
| Local Animals |
| Reptiles |
| Birds |
| Fish & Sea Life |
| Plants |
| Sources |
| (Click on section headings to return to this index) |
| Body parts | |
| banarang | blood |
| barangal | throat |
| barrang | belly |
| barrangal | skin |
| biba | rib |
| budbut | heart |
| bugai | fat (human) |
| bunang, guruk | knee |
| bung | buttocks |
| bura | testicles |
| dalang | tongue |
| damara | hand |
| dara | tooth |
| darra. | leg, thigh |
| djarrung | shoulder |
| djiwaxra | hair |
| dyara | bone |
| gabara | head |
| gadlyang | nape, neck |
| gadya | penis |
| galgala | smallpox-like disease |
| garaga | mouth |
| garungan | fingernail |
| gidigidi | armpit |
| gumirri | vagina |
| gunat | hair matted with gum |
| guni | faeces, shit |
| guri | ear |
| mai | eye |
| manuwi | foot |
| marbal | chest |
| midyung | sore |
| nabang | breast |
| naga | liver |
| ngulun | forehead |
| nuga | nose |
| una | elbow |
| walu | shin |
| wiling | lips |
| yarring | beard |
| yilabil | urine, piss |
| babana | brother |
| biyanga | father |
| damali | namesake |
| djambing | sister-in-law |
| djurumin | sister |
| durung | son |
| duruninang | daughter |
| dyinmang | wife |
| gabami | intermediary in disputes |
| gamarada | friend, comrade |
| gulang | widow in mourning |
| guman | grandfather |
| guwalgalyung | elder sister |
| guwalgang | elder brother |
| mubi | mourner at funeral |
| mugung | lover |
| mugungalyi | marital partner |
| mulamang | husband |
| ngalaiya. | ally |
| ngaramada | younger brother |
| ngarangalyung | younger sister |
| wiyanga | mother |
| Human classifications | |
| dyin | woman |
| dyinuragang | old woman |
| gaiyanaiyung | old man |
| gaiyara | name |
| garadyigan | doctor |
| guragalung | young man |
| guragalungalyung | young woman |
| gurung | child, baby |
| maiyal | stranger |
| man | fisherwoman (Also ghost) |
| mani | fisherman |
| mula | man |
| waruwi | girl |
| wawura | rascal |
| wiring | female |
| wungarra | boy |
| yura | person |
| Language, mythology, ceremony | |
| biyani | curative operation performed by women to cure illness in other women |
| buduwai | ritual for preventing children from becoming thieves by scorching their fingers |
| djanaba | laughter |
| gaxabara | a dance |
| malgun | woman with two joints of the little finger on her left hand removed ritually |
| man | ghost (fisherwomen) |
| nanga mai | dream |
| nanung | piercing of the nasal septum to receive a bone or reed decoration |
| yabun | music made by singing and beating time |
| yalabi daiyalung bora | ceremony |
| yulang yirabadjang | tooth extraction initiation ceremony for young men |
| Pieces of equipment | |
| Aragung | shield for war (large and solid) |
| bangada | ornaments |
| bangala | water-carrying vessel made from bark tied at each end |
| barra | fishhook |
| barrin | apron-style covering worn by un-narried girls made from spun possum hair tied in cords from a possum-hair belt |
| budbili | possum rug |
| bumarit, wumarang, bumarang | boomerang for fighting |
| damang | cap |
| darral | feather head ornament |
| duwal | spear (short, with two barbs) |
| galarra | fish harpoon (5-7m, with 4 barbs) |
| gamai | spear (general name) |
| garradjun | fishing line made from bark |
| gulima | basket made from the knot of a tree |
| gunang | spear for hand-to-hand combat |
| guni | yamstick |
| gunya | dwelling made by people |
| guwariya | fish harpoon for children |
| muding | fish harpoon (small) |
| Mugu | stone hatchet |
| narawang | paddle, oar |
| ngalangala | club with a mushroom-shaped head |
| ngamul | sinker for a fishing line made from a small stone |
| ngurra | camp |
| nuwi | canoe |
| wigun | spear thrower made from heavy wood with one end rounded to be used as a digging stick. |
| Wuda, wudi | club shaped from a long piece of wood thicker at one end |
| Wumara | spear thrower about one metre long, with a shell scraper at one end made from a gadyan (Sydney cockel) |
| Yalga | barb of a spear |
| Yung | shield for parrying |
| Food, cooking and fire | |
| djarraba | firestick: gun |
| gadial | smoke |
| ganalang, yuruga | heat |
| garuma | blubber |
| gili | flame, light |
| guwiyang | fire |
| ngarrun | fat of meat |
| nggununy, badalya | food |
| Landscape | |
| bulga | hill |
| buruwang | island |
| dyiral | shoal |
| ganing | cave |
| garagula | ebb tide |
| garrigarrang | sea |
| gumirri | hole |
| guru | deep water |
| marrang | sand, beach |
| muru | road, path |
| nura | country, place |
| Natural Items | |
| badu | water |
| bamal | earth |
| barabung, minyimulung | dew |
| baragula | flood tide |
| birrung | star |
| buduwangung | Magellanic clouds |
| burra, garrayura | sky |
| danagal | ice |
| duruga | falling star |
| garaguru | cloud |
| giba | stone |
| gura | wind |
| gurbuny | fog |
| guwara | high wind |
| guwing | sun |
| marri yanada | full moon |
| mungi | lightning |
| murungal | thunder |
| walan, bana | rain |
| warriwul. | Milky Way |
| yanada | moon |
| Local animals | |
| badagarang | eastern grey kangaroo |
| banggarai | swamp wallaby |
| buduru | potoroo |
| bugul, wurra | mouse, rat |
| bungu | flying phalanger |
| burumin | possum |
| dingu | dingo |
| djubi | sugar glider |
| dun | tail |
| ganimung | Gaimard's rat-kangaroo |
| marriyagang | tiger cat |
| mirrin | brown marsupial mouse |
| wanyuwa | horse |
| wirambi | bat |
| wiring | female animals |
| wubin | feather-tail or pygmy glider |
| wulaba | rock wallaby |
| wularu | wallaroo |
| wumbat | wombat |
| Reptiles | |
| bayagin | leaf-tailed gecko |
| daning | death adder |
| gan | reptiles (snake, goanna or lizard) |
| malya, | diamond python |
| ngarrang | bearded dragon |
| wirragadar | bandy-bandy |
| Birds | |
| binit | tawny frogmouth |
| binyang | bird |
| bubuk | boobook owl |
| buming | redbill |
| bunda | hawk |
| bunyarinarin | masked lapwing |
| burumurring | wedge-tailed eagle |
| diamuldiamul | whistling kite |
| dyaramak | sacred kingfisher |
| dyuralya | brolga |
| gaban | egg |
| garadi | glossy black cockatoo |
| garrangabumarri | pelican |
| garrawi | sulphur-crested cockatoo |
| girra~girra | seagull |
| gugurruk | black-shouldered kite |
| gulina | rufous night heron |
| gulungaga | red-browed finch |
| guma | king parrot |
| guriyal | parrot, parrakeet |
| guwali | shag, cormorant |
| marrigang | sittella |
| mulgu | black swan |
| munu. | bill |
| murradjulbi | singing bushlark |
| muruduwin | fairy wren |
| ngunyul | feather |
| ngurra | birds' nest |
| nuwalgang | magpie goose |
| urwinarriwing | eastern curlew |
| wangawang | ground parrot |
| wilbing | wing |
| wirgan | noisy friarbird |
| wugan | crow |
| wungawunga | wonga pigeon |
| Fish & Sea Life | |
| badangi | Sydney rock oyster |
| baludarri | leather-jacket |
| barung | yellowtail kingfish |
| baruwaluwu | dolphin |
| burra | eel |
| dainya | mud oyster |
| dalgal | mussel |
| daringyan | stingray |
| gadyan | Sydney cockle |
| gaguni | toadfish |
| garuma. | black bream |
| gawura | whale |
| ginari s | shovel-nosed ray |
| guruwin | grey nurse shark |
| magura | fish |
| marumara | zebra fish |
| walamai | snapper |
| walumil | Port Jackson shark |
| waragal | mackerel |
| yaxa | crab |
| Plants | |
| bugi | bark |
| burumarri | brown gum |
| buruwan | rock lily |
| daguba | creek - brush cherry |
| dainun | Port Jackson fig |
| daranggara | cabbage tree |
| diramu | tree |
| djirang | leaf |
| djuraduralang | bark used to make fishing lines |
| gadigabudyari | Christmas bell |
| galun | grasstree stem |
| gurgi | bracken fern root |
| ganugan | vegetable (edible) |
| midiny | yam |
| gulgadya | grasstree |
| Sources:
These definitions are taken from the Macquarie book of Aboriginal words. There have been some minor alterations and shortenings of descriptions. |
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