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Vocabulary (continued)
| Keremande, | A cocoa-nut-shell. | | Darnda, | The redgum. | | Zoocoo, | Wood. | | Maianang, | Fire. | | Poorai, | Water. | | Poapoa, | Earth. | | Galan, | The sun. | | Wulgar, | The clouds. | | Kere, | The sky. | | Walba, | A stone. | | Toowal, or joowal, | Sand. | | Yendoo, or jangoo, | A basket. | | Goorga, | A rope, or line. | | Paijall, | A string made of sinew. | | Charngala, | A bag. | | Gulka, | A lance. | | Melpairo, or melpier, | The hand-board of the lance. | | Tapool, | The bone ornament they wear through the septum nasi, or division of the nostrils. | | Geannar, | A mother-of-pearl necklace. | | Carbanda, or carball, | The white paint on their bodies. | | Maragau, or emaragu, | A canoe. | | Malepair, | The lever of the canoe. | | Garboora, or garburra, | The out-rigger. | | Mairbarra, | Smooth. | | Boota, bootina, yette, and yatta, | To eat. | | Chuchala, | To drink. | | Meerya, | To roast or dress victuals. | | Tucai, or tucaiya, | To sit down. | | Marra, | To go. | | Mingoore, | To dance. | | Mailelel, | To swim. | | Pelenyo, | To paddle. | | Aibudje, | To yawn. |
| | MENS NAMES | | | Yappa Gadugoo, | Tapuolyer, | Dunggrea, | | Yarconigo, | Balgomee, | Yaparico, | | Garranattoo, | Goota, | Taijaputta. |
Cabeeleelee, coyelaillo, halle-cutta, yerba, yerbe, yerga, are words they frequently made use of, but the meaning of them we could not find out.
© Derived from the London 1773 edition printed for Stanfield Parkinson, page 152, 2004 Published by South Seas, using the Web Academic Resource Publisher
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