Glossary

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a

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
ali, alidja	that
aliwa	beware!
ana	yeah (exclamation or question)
arwoon	ha!
Test Word	Test	Adverb

b

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
Another Test Word	Another	Adverb
ba	and
baal	he, she, it
baalang	their
baalap, balgap, balgan	they
baalapang	all their
baam	strike, put
baan	clear, exposed
baanan	to clean, to clear away
babin	friend
baboor	ripple (onomatopoeia)
bakan	bite
bakidjap	battleground
bakitj	fight
balarin	hidden
balay	caution, watch out
balbit	foolish
bangal-baam	revenge
bara-koorl	go astray, become lost
barang	grasp
bardang	jump, fly
bardip	deception, story
ben	light, daylight
benang	tomorrow
benar	lightning, meteor, one that is light
bibi	breast, milk
bidabab	tired, lazy, weak, unwell, useless
biidi, biit	path, energy
biidiyar	boss, leader
biidiyar-bt	leaderless
biit-bt	lost, weak
bilang	flash, sparkle
bily, bilya	river, navel
bindari	thunderstorm
bindjal	bubbles
birn	dig, scratch, pinch
birok	hot season, summer, Birak
biyoo	awake
bo	far
bokadja	there, over there, distant
bokal	grave, mound, lower back
bonyin	kiss
boodjar	earth, land, country
bookor	brave
boola	much, plenty
boolain	more
boolya	magic
boolyaka	evacuate, flee
boolyakadak	sorcerer, doctor
boondong	money
boorda, boordawan	soon, later, by-and-by
boordawan	later
boorditj	thump (onomatopoeia)
boorn	tree, wood, stick
boorong	heavy rain
booyang	strange
booyi	smoke
bordok	close
born	cut
boya	stone

d

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
daa	mouth, language
daa-bt	mute
daaliny	tongue
daap	knife
daatj	meat
daatj-bt	fleshless
dabakarn	slow, careful
dabat	fall
dakarn	break
dambart	alone, single, three (modern usage)
dandang	climb
daradjan	needless
darap	dive
dardar	white pipeclay
darlang	chase, follow, hunt
dat	quiet
demakoombar	great ancestors
demangkar	ancestors, grandparents
dit	together
dongerak	wattle bird
doodjar	culprit, murderer
dookern	make, cook
dookern	cook, make, construct
dooly	dew, mist, fog
doonart	twenty-eight parrot
doonook	perhaps, maybe
dordok	alive

dj

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
djaadak	white, white clay, limestone
djaanak	spirit, ghost
djaat	sun
djandoo	raptor, kite
djarabin	accuse
djen	foot
djerang	handsome, fat, grease
djert	bird
djert, djerda	little bird, bird (generic)
dji	moment, brief time
djidily	cricket
djilba	spring, green grass
djinang	see, look
djinangalanginy	at the time of looking together
djinda	star
djip-djio	itch
djiti-djiti	willy wagtail
djoombar	hair
djoorap	happy
djoowak	the next generation

dw

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
dwongk	ear
dwongk-kaaditj	hear, listen
dwongka-bt	deaf

k

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
kaaditj	understand, know, listen, remember
kaaditj-bt	don't know
kaany	spirit
kaanya	shame
kaarl	fire
kaarl boorn	firestick
kaarla-woorliny	very hot
kaarlak	home
kaarlbooyi	fire-smoke
kaat	head, mountain
kaatwara	mad
kaaw	laugh
kadak	possess, have
kaep	water
kalyakal	always
kambain	owl
kambarn	meet
kangangkal	adorned, shining, glittering
karak	red-tailed black cockatoo
karam	yesterday
karang	angry, wild
karang-kadak	enemy
kard	middle
kardaborn	cut in half
kareba	tenderness, mercy
karnarn	true
karni	truly
kaya	yes
kedala	day
kedelak	night
ken	step, dance
keny	one, alone
kenyak	enough, full, fat, satisfied, sufficient
kert-kert	quick
ket	carry
kidja-kadak	hunter
kiin	without, nothing
kiin-kadak	one who has nothing
kitj	spear
kobong	friend
kokon	wait
kongk	uncle
koodjal	two
koolangara	children
koolbardi	magpie
koolyam	lies
koombar	large, big
koombaritj	biggest
koondam	dream
koondart	cloud
kooning	baby, child, small, young
koonyak	soft
koora	long ago
kooranap	afterlife
koorart	short
koordoomit	soul
koorl	go, move
koorndany	shy, bashful
koorong	twist
koort	heart
koort-wara	sorrow
kora	again
korakoorl	return
korbol	stomach
korbol-wirt	hungry
kori	just now, just recently
kornt	shelter, hut
kwadjat	in front of
kweitj	bone, sharp, thin
kwelak	hip bone
kwelken	dodge
kwerat	daughter
kwerl	name, title
kwibil	stealthy
kwoak	a man's kangaroo skin cloak
kwongkan	sandplain
kwop	good
kworditj	throw, drop

m

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
maam	man, father
maambakoort	ocean
maambart	father
maap	skin, body
maar	hand, wind
maar-maarang	strong wind
maara-ngaangk	thumb
maat	leg, family-line, kin affiliation
madily	dirty, filthy
madjidil	magic (related to the shark or water snake, madjit)
mai	bed
maladj	grow
malak	shade, shadow
malkar	magic, thunder
mambara	spirit creature
manartj	white cockatoo
mandi	young woman
mandjang	old man, old woman
mardang	love, sweetheart
maya	voice, sound
mayakora	echo
melyin	cry tears
menditj	sickness, wound
mereny	food
midjal	light rain, light tears
mila	future
milkar	fresh, new
mirda	red
mirliny	desiring, wanting
mirnitj	face
miyal	eye
miyal-bt	blind
mo	three
mokiyang	useless
mokorong	pig
mooly	nose
moolyabin	hateful, sulky
moorart	full, satisfied
moorditj	strong, fast
moordiyap	hurry
mooriyak	murder
moorn, moorni	dark
moort	family

n

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
naak	beg
naap	paint, adorn
naariny	burning
naatj	what?
nakal	small, gentle
nanap	stop
nidja, nidjak	this, that, here
noitj	dead
nookert	sleep
noombit	blossom
noort	stench
nop	boy, son
norn	snake
not	shade, shadow
not	shade, shadow
not	shade, shadow
nyoongar, noongar	person, human

ng

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
ngaama	water hole
ngaangk	mother, sun
ngaarn	eat
ngabang	cover, put on
ngaitj	I
ngalak	we, we two
ngalang	our
ngalar	we, all of us (including listener)
nganang	my
ngany	me
ngarda	down, below
ngari	salmon
ngarril	ribs
ngiyan	who?
ngoobalyong	bloody
ngoon	brother
ngoonyong	sweet, honey
ngoop	blood
ngoornda-djinang	dream
ngoornt	lie down
ngoorr	snore (onomatopoeia)
ngorlak	teeth
ngwidam	serious
ngwirin	beautiful
ni!	hark!
ninat	worm

ny

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
nyidiny	cold
nyin	sit, be
nyit	little
nyoonalang	yours-is
nyoonang	your
nyoonar, nyoondook	you
nyoondiak	brain
nyorn!	alas!

w

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
wa?	hey? right?
waabar	player
waabiny	playing
waal	cry out, scream wail
waam	stranger
waangk	speak, say, talk
waangkar	speaker
waarlitj	eagle
walak-walak	separate, spread out
walban	heal
walken	rainbow
wara	bad, rotten, dirty, decay, no good
warda	renown, one's deeds
warda-kadak	hero, person of renown
wardan	ocean, sea
wardong	crow, Australian raven
wariny	hanging, floating
warn	do
werdam	kill
weyak	coward
weyarn	afraid, fear, grief
widiwidiang	shake, shiver
wilki	red ochre, paint
windja	where
winyarn	pitiful
wirawooli	whirlwind
wirdiny	diminishing, subsiding
wirlo	bush stone curlew
wirn	ghost, spirit
wirndang	weary
wirnitj	taboo
woak	breathe
wongin	alive, living
woola!	hooray!
woomboobin	vain
woora	a long way
woordok	shade
woort	throat
woort-bin	choke
worl	sky
wort	away
wort-bili	that way

y

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
yaak	stand
yaang	give
yaarn	how? how now? what's up?
yaawin	moon
yakain	turtle
yalak	wait
yalakitj	wait-still
yerderap	duck, pacific black duck
yeyi	now, today
yira	up
yok, york, yorka	woman
yokang	feminine
yokangkar	yokangkar
yoodan	tie
yoomp	poison, death curse
yoornt	yellow
yoowarl	toward, here
yoowarl-bili	toward-hop
yoowart	no, not, nothing
yoran	alright, innocent
yorl	paperbark tree
yowir	drunk

Other

Nyoongar	English	Word Type	Audio
bily, bilya	river, creek, navel
yoowarl koorl	come this way	Phrase