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kaanii ALSO: kaaniing. naming-word. frill neck lizard.
kampal naming-word. turkey, bustard, plains turkey.
kamukin naming-word. mosquito. ⚫ Kamukintu mamiyi. You caught a mosquito. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 5-1.
kapalkapal naming-word. turkey. From English 'gobble gobble'
kapu naming-word. insect, creepy crawly. You can use 'kapu' for any small creature you haven't got a name for.
kapukaa ALSO: kapukaam, kapukaang, kapukaanh, kapukaany. naming-word. egg. ⚫ ngurruyngku kapukaa emu egg 
kapukaraang naming-word. bug.
kapul naming-word. louse. Source: 10-78 : Macquarie.
karrakila naming-word. shingleback lizard.
karral naming-word. clear part of egg, egg white.
karruuwaarr naming-word. magpie.
kiinki naming-word. white cockatoo, 'yellow top'. Source: need ref.
kilaa ALSO: kilaam, kilaang, kilaanh, kilaany. naming-word. galah. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 1.9.
kima naming-word. stick-nest rat.
kirrki naming-word. sparrow hawk.
kirrpatya naming-word. grey kangaroo. Macropus giganteus, fuliginosus.
kityirrikaa naming-word. budgerigar, budgie.
kukuparra naming-word. kookaburra.
kulari naming-word. grass parrot.
kulkuy naming-word. water hen.
kulukaaru naming-word. bird's crop.
kunaaru naming-word. wood duck.
kurakay naming-word. brushtail possum. Trichosurus vulpecula.
kurayngkuraynya naming-word. grass parrot.
kuripan naming-word. curlew.
kurrukun naming-word. bull, cow, cattle, bullock, steer, heifer. Bos bovis.
kurruu naming-word. bandicoot.
kurungan naming-word. emu feather.
kutakuta naming-word. night hawk.
kutyityi naming-word. butcher bird.
kuukaarr naming-word. tree goanna. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 7-9 : Macquarie.
kuulithithi naming-word. peewee, mudlark, cleestin (bird).
kuupatha naming-word. ground dove.
kuwarayi naming-word. quarry hen, quarrion, cockatiel. = wirupa.
kuya naming-word. fish. Source: 4-29 : Macquarie.
maliyan naming-word. eaglehawk.
maramaraka naming-word. spider. Literally: hands-hands 'because he's all hands'.
marrawul naming-word. 1. house mouse. Mus musculus. 2. marsupial mouse, common dunnart. Sminthopsis murina. = thunpaka.
marrawuy naming-word. red kangaroo. Macropus rufus.
miithumiithuka ALSO: miityumiityuka. ALSO: miithuungka. naming-word. soldier bird, miner. See: miithuungka See: miityumiityuka Usage: This is a Trida mob word. Miityumiityuka is also a Trida mob word for the solider bird. The Keewong mob word is 'miithuungka'.
miithuungka ALSO: miithumiithuka. ALSO: miityumiityuka. naming-word. soldier bird, miner. Usage: This is the Keewong mob word. The Trida mob words are miithumiithuka, miityumiityuka. See: miithumiithuka See: miityumiityuka
miityumiityuka naming-word. soldier bird, miner. See: miithumiithuka Usage: This is the Trida mob word
mirri naming-word. dog (domestic). ⚫ Mirrityii pipuwawanhi murruka My dog ran along ahead. ⚫ Mirri tharrki yananhi purraytyi. The dog stepped over the child. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-18. Canis familiaris.
mityaangkaanhthu ALSO: mityaangkaay. ALSO: mityaanka. naming-word. redbreast (bird), scarlet robin. Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is mityaanka. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-5.
mityaangkaay ALSO: mityaangkaanhthu. ALSO: mityaanka. naming-word. redbreast (bird), scarlet robin. Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is mityaanka. See: mityaangkanka See: mityaangkangkaay
mityaangkangkaay naming-word. redbreast (bird), scarlet robin. See: mityaangkaay Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is mityaanka. See: mityaangkanka See: mityaangkangkaay
mityaanka naming-word. redbreast, scarlet robin. This is the Keewong mob word. The Trida mob words are mityaangkaay and mityaangkangkaay. Usage: This is the Keewong mob word. The Trida mob word is mityaankaay or mityaangkangkaay. See: mityaankaay
mityaankaay ALSO: mityaanka K. naming-word. redbreast, scarlet robin. Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is mityaanka. See: mityaanka Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-4.
muntyana naming-word. tomtit bird.
murrku naming-word. grunter (bird).
murruu naming-word. grasshopper.
muthi naming-word. nest.
mutimuti naming-word. barking bird.
muulyii naming-word. zebra finch.
muumparaay naming-word. big spotted frog. lymnodastes dosalis.
muumparayng naming-word. bullfrog. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 1.27.
muwa ALSO: muwam, muwang, muwanh, muwany. naming-word. ALSO: muwang. 1. body hair. 2. fur. 3. feathers. ⚫ kilaangku muwa galah feathers Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:72: Macquarie. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 2-4. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 1.9. Source: DONALDSON_T02-003899A.
muwampi naming-word. bag shelter moth.
ngawarr naming-word. pouch.
ngurrampula naming-word. bower bird.
ngurruy ALSO: ngurruym. ALSO: ngurruyng. ALSO: ngurruynh. ALSO: ngurruyny. naming-word. emu. Usage: The different variants are used when different suffixes or 'word-endings' are added to the end of the word. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 5-7.
nguukuu naming-word. boobook owl, 'moopoop'.
nhanikuut naming-word. goat. Capra hircus. From English 'nanny goat'
nhukuy naming-word. fly eggs.
nhurru ALSO: nhurrung. ALSO: nhurrunh. ALSO: nhurrum. ALSO: nhurruny. 1. naming-word. arm, upper arm, foreleg. 2. naming-word. wing. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 1-37.
pakay 1. naming-word. egg shell. 2. naming-word. scales of bogeye, long-neck turtle egg shell, shell of mussel.
pakutha naming-word. fox. Vulpes vulpes.
pankay naming-word. jumper ant.
pantarr naming-word. old man kanagaroo.
panturr miimalmiimal naming-word. 'flycatcher' skink. Literally: thunder holder
papampula naming-word. bellbird.
papilaa 1. naming-word. native cat, wild cat, quoll. Dasyurus geoffroii. RH Matthew records a story about wild cat escaping from a fight with possum by turning into fog and dancing away (Mt Manara, c 1900), and JB records a Paakantyi story 'Fog and possum' (1950s). 2. naming-word. fog. ⚫ Papilaa wakanha The fog is swirling. (Literally: The fog is dancing).
parraa naming-word. blue crane, grey crane.
parrpay naming-word. rock wallaby. Petrogale penicillata.
pathaaympaala naming-word. bat.
pawal naming-word. fowl (bird). From English 'fowl'.
piiluru naming-word. swift. "When piiluru fly about there'll be a big storm."
pikipiki naming-word. pig. Sus scrofa. From English 'pig' ⚫ Waa! pikipikipitityu winanganhi! Hey! I thought (there was) a big pig! Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example T10-9. pig from English
pikun naming-word. water rat. Hydromys chrysogaster.
pilikuut naming-word. goat, billygoat. From English 'billygoat'
pilityu naming-word. dotterel, sandpiper, billy-jo.
pilpi naming-word. bilby.
pilthatharra naming-word. banded plover.
pimpi naming-word. woodpecker bird.
pininpininya naming-word. tomtit (bird), buff-tailed thornbill.
pintuukay naming-word. mussel.
pipitya naming-word. hawk.
pirrayaa naming-word. pelican.
pirrikirraparaay naming-word. redbreast (bird). Literally: breast-red
pirrukaa naming-word. baldy coot, coot. Pirrukaa nest in the long grass, cane grass
pirrumpirruu naming-word. rainbow bird.
pulaympulay naming-word. blue bonnet (bird).
pulun naming-word. white spoonbill, spoonbill.
puluthurr naming-word. dove, diamond dove.
puluurr naming-word. frogmouth. ⚫ Thipinytyul pathiyi, puluurrthul. A little bird appeared, the little frogmouth. ⚫ Puluurr wiinyi nganungka The frogmouth sat on the miamia/hut Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-3.
punaa naming-word. night owl, night hawk, boobook owl, moopoop.
purangun naming-word. black duck.
purawaarr naming-word. kittyhawk.
purimal naming-word. fly.
purraalka naming-word. brolga.
purrangun naming-word. black duck.
purrkiyan ALSO: puthukat. ALSO: putyikat. naming-word. cat (introduced, not native cat). Felis catus. Usage: Purrkiyan is an earlier and less common form that puthukat
purrurrkiyan naming-word. ibis.
purruungkaa naming-word. bull ant.
puthukat ALSO: purrkiyan. ALSO: putyikat. naming-word. cat (introduced cat, not native), pussy cat. Felis catus. from English 'pussycat' Source: Cornell.
putyaan naming-word. Major Mitchell's cockatoo, wee juggler. Source: DONALDSON_T02-003899A.
putyikat ALSO: purrkiyan. ALSO: puthukat. naming-word. cat (introduced, not native), pussy cat. Felis catus.
puuluraam naming-word. ram, male sheep. From English 'bull ram'.
thakapila naming-word. bag of bag shelter moth caterpillars.
thanhthalkura naming-word. babbler, chestnut crowned babbler.
thantaay ALSO: thantaaym, thantaayng. naming-word. frog. Source: S5-2.
tharrawiyaa naming-word. teal duck.
tharrkun naming-word. nankeen night heron.
thiinpan naming-word. diver (bird).
thiiyal naming-word. owlet nightjarr, 'lady bird'. Thiiyal is also known as "lady bird" as it "made the women's privates" Usage: This is a Keewong mob word. The Trida mob word is thiral. See: thiral Source: TD 1980:309.
thikarr naming-word. spine. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 5-22.
thingkaa ALSO: thingkaang, thingkaanh. naming-word. 1. animal, meat. 2. a person's 'meat' or totem. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:16 : Macquarie.
thinil naming-word. louse egg, head louse egg, nits. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:71 : Macquarie.
thipi naming-word. ALSO: thiping. ALSO: thipiny. ALSO: thipii. ALSO: thipiing. ALSO: thipiiny. bird, bat. You might call a bat 'thipi' but not an emu. Emu is generally referred to as 'thingka' rather than 'thipi'.
thiral naming-word. owlet nightjar. Thiral is also referred to as "lady bird" because it "made the women's privates". Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is thiiyal. See: thiiyal Source: TD 1980:309.
thirriway naming-word. happy families (bird), lousy jack (bird). Usage: This is the Keewong mob word. The Trida mob words are thitityaaru, tyirrityaaru. See: thitityaaru See: tyirrityaaru
thithathitha naming-word. masked plover.
thitityaaru naming-word. ALSO: tyirrityaaru. happy families (bird), lousy jack (bird). Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is thirriway. See: thirriway
thulii ALSO: thuliing. naming-word. sand goanna.
thumpa ALSO: thumpang. naming-word. sheep. Ovis aries.
thun naming-word. tail. Source: 9-41 : Macquarie.
thunhthuu naming-word. swan.
thunpaka naming-word. mouse. Usage: This is a rarer word for 'mouse' than marrawul
thunpay naming-word. scorpion.
thurru naming-word. snake. ⚫ Kaarranhi thurru kurruminku. The snake crawled into the shadow. Source: Ngiyampaa Worldworld, 2nd Edition, example 4-12. Thurru refers to venemous snakes.
thurul naming-word. kingfisher.
thuthupay ALSO: thuthupaym. ALSO: thuthupayng. ALSO: thuthupaynh. ALSO: thuthupayny. naming-word. honeyeater (bird). Usage: The variants are used when different suffixes or word-endings are added to the end of the word. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 5-5.
tungkatungka naming-word. white browed babbler. Tungkatungka "names itself" and its call begins with its own 't' sound, not 'th' sound.
tyirrityaaru naming-word. apostle bird, lousy jack (bird), happy families (bird).
tyirrityirri naming-word. willy wagtail.
tyukutyuku naming-word. chook, chicken. From English 'chook'
waakan naming-word. crow. Usage: This is the Trida mob word. The Keewong mob word is waaru. See: waaru
waaru naming-word. crow. Usage: This is the Keewong mob word. The Trida mob word is waakan. See: waakan
wakarrpata naming-word. musk duck.
walka naming-word. kite hawk.
wampuy naming-word. rock kangaroo, euro. Macropus robustus erubescens.
wangkay naming-word. meat ant.
wantayaali See: thkarrpila naming-word. echidna, 'porcupine'. = thikarrpila. Tachyglossus aculeatus. This is a rarer synonym for thikarrpila.
wirrakula naming-word. ring neck parrot.
wirruu naming-word. wallaby, little scrub kangaroo.
wirupa naming-word. quarry hen. = kuwarayi.
wiyu naming-word. black jay.
wungka naming-word. young emu.
wuupa naming-word. mouse. Planigale tenuirostris and/or Planigale gilesi.
yamarr naming-word. bronzewing pigeon.
yapaa naming-word. carpet snake.
yarraaman ALSO: yarraman. naming-word. horse. Equus caballus. ⚫ Warrikal yarraamanlukal mawirri pantiyi. They tamed wild horses into harness (lit. 'They tied wild horses into string.') Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-21.
yiirripin naming-word. swallow (bird).
yingka naming-word. yabby.
yiyalangka naming-word. kite hawk.
yukala naming-word. water whistling duck.
yuki naming-word. wild dog, dingo. Canis familiaris.
yulu 1. naming-word. nail of finger or toe. 2. naming-word. claw, talon, hoof. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 2-5:Macquarie.
yungka naming-word. mallee hen.
yungkay naming-word. mallee hen.
yurraapat naming-word. rabbit. Oryctolagus cuniculus. From English 'rabbit'.
yuru naming-word. thrush, grey shrike thrush, 'wanta bird'. Colluricincla harmonica. The song of the yuru can bring bad luck, say if it follows you going hunting.