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Yawuru Language: Common Words
ngarrungu blackfellow, Aboriginal person
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wamba man (male)
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jarndu woman (female)
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warli meat, fish, any edible animal
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mayi fruit, bread, any vegetable food
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jungku fire, firewood
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nala flame of fire
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bulkar cold ashes (to add to chewing tobacco)
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wula water, rain
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nuwadal creek (saltwater)
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wangal wind
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wiriny star
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kirridiny moon
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rumarra sun, day
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buru country, ground, earth, sand (red)
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wanangarri stone, rock, money
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mulkurr sand (beach sand)
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barryjanyin kangaroo (Agile Wallaby)
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makarra tail
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yila dog
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jimbu egg
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balu tree, stick, wood
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wirrkin leaf, green
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waranyjarri (number) one
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kujarra (number) two
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kurdirdi (number) three
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manyja many, much, plenty
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ruka black
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wirdu big
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wubardu small
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wiriman long, tall
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nurda short
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dila hard, solid
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marrkun hungry
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mabu good
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buka bad
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kuniyan north
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yanban south (also yalmban or yalban)
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banu east
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kularr west
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nyalambu here
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kajarri far away
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lani near, close-up
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kalbu up
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jimbin down, inside
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wanyji soon, bambai
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ngurragap tomorrow
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yangki what?, which?, who?
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bana when?
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jana where?
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janala how?, what kind?
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jiwarri dead
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bambai soon
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   This list was compiled by K. Hosokawa with the help of Mrs Thelma Saddler of Broome in 1986.