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Words for Category: People
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*pan-pangal
assembly of witchdoctors
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peligmən
policeman
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pirrətayil
balding person
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tarmi-murreng
hardheaded, obstinate person
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*tyek
corpse
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*kapit-kapit
wild black fellow 'sneaker' i.e. an avenger
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kiyern
immoral woman, term of abuse
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kuli
people, crowd
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yukal
friend
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mathang-wil
greedy person
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nganinyuk
bearded man
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tyunggi-kurm-kurrk
woman with swelling breasts, young marriageable woman.
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tyunggi-pili
pot-belly, a grossly fat person
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tyunggi-wurru
thick lips, a person with thick lips
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tyurrilang
gossip, rumour mongerer
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tyurrmbang
poisoner
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tyurung
long, tall person
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*wam
stupid person, idiot
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karə-kurrk
young woman
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karri-kurk
girl, teenager
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*karriyapert
single man
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*kethul
friend, companion
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kulkən
youth, teenager (up to about 15 years)
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watypala
white man
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*kuthal-tumak
widower
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*kuthalthana-kurrk
widow, 'they pity the woman'
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wulman
old man
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lerrk
woman, female
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lerrk-mul
women in a group, a lot of women
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wurrpa
youth, about 15 to 18 years
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wutyəpuk
pregnant 'belly-hers'
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yalang-yalang
idiot, stupid person
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yandang
I
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*mukundity
single woman
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ngunyim-kurrk
woman: old woman
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nyarrəmbən
old man
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pembengguk
children
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parrəmbuk
Ancestral Being - 'his great-grandfather'
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payingguk
child
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*puliwarl
youth, late teenager
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*kumbi-purrp
sleepy person 'sleepy-head'
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kurraty-wil
fat person
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*Larəmbarnəm
name of Lake Boga senior elder, who died about 1840
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Marrert
name of David Taylor, grandfather of the Day family and well-known for his knowledge of songs and histories
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Marrtyirri
name of Sandy Cameron, a Wembawemba man from Melool b. about 1850
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yawirrek
enemy (mine)
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perrəpom-piyal
champion climber of trees
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wuthu payingguk
small boy
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wuthu
man, male
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pangəl
witchdoctor, clever man
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