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tyendəl
fire-stick, flame
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yirri witheyuk
very small grinding stone, very small.
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witheyuk
Small grinding stone, small, little
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pari
oven, coal, hot ashes, heat
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karrək
spear-thrower
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Tyerrinyuk kuthap
Nardoo mill, stone for seeds
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kerning
bone awl
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*maruk-maruk
sharpening stone, mussell shell grinding stone,
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*mityat
basket
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mul
spear: wooden spear used for killing fish
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ngani
waddy, general term
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*ngat-wil ngani
waddy: four sided waddy
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ngunyi
bag
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*kuthap
stone, (fire stone)
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*nyelin-nyelin
net: small drag net
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*nyenying
hooked stick
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panbarr
wooden shovel
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*partity
string
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*pert-pert
needle, netting needle
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*kulk
large drag net
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tulu ngani,
short waddy, yamstick
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*pulety kawile kuyən
stabbing spear with two barbs
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*marrang
canoe paddle, no prongs
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puny
hot ashes, from which one can relight a fire
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*teng-teng
scraper
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pirmpiny
small bark dish
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*pulety pa kayup kuyən
stabbing spear with three barbs
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tilak
barb (wooden) of a spear
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tyarrk, tyark
reed-spear
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tyel
net
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tyimpang
billy can
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*til-wil kawile kuyən
stabbing spear with four sets of three barbs
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titandi
knife
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tyirn-tyirn
poker
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tyarəm
spear: general term
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*watən
stone knife
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*tyinutity tyarəm
jagged reed spear
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wak
paddle of canoe
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*withəwil wan
playing boomerang
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wura-wil
throwing spear with jag
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yungwity
bark canoe
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wan
boomerang
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*werreka-tyarəm
throwing spear, long, made of mallee
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with-with
throwing stick, toy
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Tyiyel-werrk
Fire-stick, drill type
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Ngurtim-ngurtim
Snare, loop on stick
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Pulpa tyerrinyuk larr
Nardoo mill roller
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*kurranduk
big, large grinding stone
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*tyirang-ngani
yamstick
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**walanyuk
tomahawk grinding stone,
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tirr
stone tomahawk for woodworking
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marap-marap
grinding stone for tomahawks
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karnuk
handle of a tomahawk
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