Nauo
English
badya
cold, cold weather, wintertime
badya-
bite
baldha
clothes, cloak
balu
he, she, it
balu-
die
bama-
rise, come up
bamba
without
banha
he, she, it
bardi
grub, witchetty grub
barlda-
hit with hand
barnapa
young male initiate
barnda
stone, pebble, ball
barnda-barnda
hard
Barngarla
language group
baru
animal, meat
bibi
egg
binba
native pine
bindhara
lake
bira
moon
Birdiya
name of first born if male
biri
nail, claw
birlda
possum
buga
rotten, stinking
bugala
orphan, fatherless child
bugardi
boots
bugarra
hot weather
bulba
dust
Bulbalyi
Frenchman Lookout, north of Coffin Bay
buldya
flesh
bulgarra
sandalwood
bulugi
bullock
Bulyalana
an ancestral being
Bulyalana
place name
bundharri
scrub, tall scrub
bundya
mouse
bunhi
nest
buni
horse
Bunyunda
a place in the vicinity of Coffin Bay
bunyurru
bush, scrub
bura
knee
burdu
short, stumpy
burlga
old man, old kangaroo
burli
star
burrgabini
ghost, malevolent spirit
burrgu
dew, mist, fog
Buwana
Lake Greenly, a salt lake
buyu
smoke
Buyundu
Point Sir Isaac at Coffin Bay
Dada
Ancestral being
dyaba-
kiss, suck
dyalyi
spit, froth, foam
Dyaringa
Sheringa
dyarli
tongue
dyidyabi
honey sucker, bird species
dyildya
sinew, muscle, vein
dyilga
prickle, thorn
dyilga-
stare
dyimba
ashes
dyina
foot, track
dyirda
bird, general term
dyirndu
sun
dyudyu
song
dyuliya
penguin
Dyumulda
male name (bestowed at initiation)
dyurla
quartz, flint, stone tool
gabi
water, rain
gabu
three
gaburru
armpit
gadha
women's grubbing or yam stick
Gadhamarna
Marble Range
gadi-
carry
gadya
child
gaga
head
gaga bibi
brain
Gaidyaba
Stamford Hill
gala
soak, pool, pond
galba
cheek, side of the head
galbinya
mallee hen
galda
sleepy lizard
galdu
bull ant
galya
tail
gamba-
cook
gandhi
thigh
gandhi-
carry
gan.gara
above
gangu
white mallee, edible root
ganu
frilled-neck lizard
gan.ga-
pick up, raise up
gara
grass
Garadandya
an ancestral being
Gararru
one of the named moieties
gardu
man, Aboriginal man
garla-birla
charcoal
garn.gu
shade, shelter, house
garrbi-
tie, sew or join
garla
fire, firewood
garlbi
leaf, wing
garlda
speech
garlu
testicles
garnba
hungry
garra
spider, cobweb
garrba
house
garrbu
three
garrgala
pigface, native fig
garri
now, soon, gradually
gawi
water, rain
gayala
north
giya
spear
guba
white man, dead
guda
no, not
gudha
two
gudyu
other, another one
Gugadha
language group
gulardi
butcher bird
gulbarri
three
Gulda
Coulta
Gulimbirri
Gulinyala
place on the Port Lincoln side of the Coffin Bay sandhills
gulu
louse
guma
one, alone, sole
gumbarra
mulloway
gumbu
urine
gumbu-
urinate
guna
shit
guna-bundyilu
mosquito
Gunamun.gu
woman's name
gundi
heavy fighting stick with knob
gundyi
march fly
Guniya
name of third born child if male
gurdi
native peach tree
gurdi
swan
gurdi ma
native peach, quandong
guri
ring, circle, song, dance
gurli
sheoak, casuarina
Gurli Buru
Cobbler Hill
gurlindi
dwarf or stunted sheoak
gurlirri
blossoms of the male sheoaks
Gurlu
place in Coffin Bay
gurnarna
elbow
gurnda-
hit, kill
gurra
magpie
gurrgu
owl, species of
gurruna
thunder
guya
fish, general term
ilgarri
sky
imini
secret sacred, dangerous
Inbalda
a male name (bestowed during initiation)
inha
this
ma
vegetable food
madhari
one of the named moeities
maga
no, not
Malada
Lake Malata
maldhi
night, darkness
maldhulu
tomorrow
malgarri-
wash oneself
malu
shade
malya
mud
Manyildi
male name
mara
hand
mara-birri
fingernail
mara-mara-
crawl about
mara-ngarli
palm
mara-ngugana
show, point with the hand
mararra
duck
marna
a lot, many, big
marnaardu
very big, very many
Marnbi
an ancestral being
marnbi
bronzewing pigeon
marni
fat, grease
maru
black paint
maru/mauwuru
black
maruyu
name of fifth child if male
Midalda
male name
miila
eye
mila
spear thrower, woomera
mila
bad, wicked, evil
milaba
Mount Greenly
mildyinyi
bat
minda
navel
Mindalda
male name
mingga
sick, ill; sore, wound
minya
small
minyi
the Orion constellation
minyurru
cold, cool
Miranda
Mount Dutton
mirrga-
startle, surprise, frighten
miya
sleep
mudhabaga
Coffin Bay
muldabi
malevolent being
Muldalda
a male name (bestowed during initiation)
muldu
place
mulya
nose, tip, point
mulyana
carpet snake
muna
hair net for young male initiands
Mungalda
a male name (bestowed during initiation)
Muniya
name of fourth born if male
mu(r)di
salmon
Namalda
a male name (bestowed during initiation)
ngadhu
I
ngaldi
liver
ngalgu-
eat, drink
ngali
we two
ngama-
go, walk
ngandha
bad, wrong
Ngan.gi
a camping place on a small peninsula in Coffin Bay
Nganidyidi
language or people name
Ngaralada
a place in the vicinity of Coffin Bay
ngarla
much, plenty, many
ngarnarra
hot wind, hot weather
ngarn.ga
beard
ngarra
false; error, lie
ngauwindi
what for, why
ngayi
I
ngugana
go, walk
nguga
go!
ngulgu
cheek
ngurdu
cheek
ngurndi
neck, back of neck
ngurrana
hit with a weapon
nhagu-
see
nhanha
this
nhauwi
who, what
Nhawu
language group
niinu
you (singular)
Nundala
Thistle Island
nundu
shrub bearing edible fruit
nunduma
fruit of the nundu shrub
nyiimi
lips
nyurdi
bag, knapsack, swag
wamu
shelter, camp, house
Wana
name of a fishing place
wanda-
follow
Wangari
Lake Wangary
wangga-
speak
wanyirri
dillon bush
warda
tree, stick, object or thing
wardu
wombat
warlbu
bone
warni-
fall
warn.garra
crow
warraga
welcome swallow, type of bird
warri
wind
warridya
emu
Warriya
name of second child if male
warru
kangaroo
wayi
afraid, frightened
wiba
ant species
wiba bunhi
ant nest
widha
leg, shin
widhi-
spear
widyi-
throw a spear
wildyarra
yesterday, some days ago
wildyarrirna
old time, of the past
wili
pelican
wilyara
west
wina
pipeclay
Winabi
Mt Hawson
windi
fishing hook; angle
wini-wini
go away!
wirlu
curlew
wirnda
a larger spear for fishing
wirra
sky, air
wirri
throwing stick, club
ya
mouth
ya
yes
yagala
island
yalarda
oyster
yamba
far away
Yanggunu
an ancestral man
yawu
seagull
yirlga
dog
yirra
teeth, mouth
yuga-
stand
yuldhi
bark, dry bark
yumbarra
fly
yuri
ear
Yurnda
camping place at Coffin Bay