Yawuru Language: Crafts, Flora and Fauna

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Crafts, Flora and Fauna

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Yawuru Language: Crafts, Flora and Fauna

lanyji	boomerang	QuickTime	RealPlayer
mangul	spear	QuickTime	RealPlayer
warndal	coolamon, cradle, carry-all	QuickTime	RealPlayer
karrbina	shield	QuickTime	RealPlayer
jamiyan	axe, tomahawk	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kurirdi	dingo	QuickTime	RealPlayer
nimanburr	flying fox (also pronounced 'nimanburu')	QuickTime	RealPlayer
mirdimalu	yellow kangaroo (Red Kangaroo)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
karrabulu	plain kangaroo (Northern Nailtail Wallaby)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
karlurdu	male of wallaroo (Euro); the female wallaroo, which is much smaller than the male, is called 'jarrbinangurru'	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kurlibil	Green Turtle	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kulamana	Frilled Lizard	QuickTime	RealPlayer
ngalyak	Common Blue-Tongue Lizard	QuickTime	RealPlayer
wiril	King Brown Snake	QuickTime	RealPlayer
mayangarra	Death Adder	QuickTime	RealPlayer
baninburu	Black-headed Python	QuickTime	RealPlayer
jalangardi	goanna (Sand-Monitor)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
barndarlmarda	bird (in general)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
jalinymal	pelican	QuickTime	RealPlayer
jindigirrigirri	Willy Wagtail	QuickTime	RealPlayer
ngamakarri	white cockatoo (Little Corella)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
darriyal	black cockatoo (Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
janga	rock oyster	QuickTime	RealPlayer
bunyman	mussel (Ark shell)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
birn'dany	stingray (in general)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
wangkaja	mangrove crab (mud crab)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
winy	sandfly	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kirrbaju	honey, nectar	QuickTime	RealPlayer
jilkarr	antbed	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kunulu	white gum tree	QuickTime	RealPlayer
yirrakulu	spear tree (Pindan Wattle)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
jikily	Bauhenia	QuickTime	RealPlayer
yirrkili	boomerang tree (Hakea)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kardku	Bloodwood	QuickTime	RealPlayer
mirda	cork tree (coolamon tree)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
kabiny	a blackberry tree (Billy Goat Plum)	QuickTime	RealPlayer
walkawalka	salmon	QuickTime	RealPlayer
bilkirrin	Tiger Shark	QuickTime	RealPlayer

This list was compiled by K. Hosokawa with the help of Mrs Thelma Saddler of Broome in 1986.