Words for Category: Tools

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tyendəl

fire-stick, flame

yirri witheyuk

very small grinding stone, very small.

witheyuk

Small grinding stone, small, little

pari

oven, coal, hot ashes, heat

karrək

spear-thrower

Tyerrinyuk kuthap

Nardoo mill, stone for seeds

kerning

bone awl

*maruk-maruk

sharpening stone, mussell shell grinding stone,

*mityat

basket

mul

spear: wooden spear used for killing fish

ngani

waddy, general term

*ngat-wil ngani

waddy: four sided waddy

ngunyi

bag

*kuthap

stone, (fire stone)

*nyelin-nyelin

net: small drag net

*nyenying

hooked stick

panbarr

wooden shovel

*partity

string

*pert-pert

needle, netting needle

*kulk

large drag net

tulu ngani,

short waddy, yamstick

*pulety kawile kuyən

stabbing spear with two barbs

*marrang

canoe paddle, no prongs

puny

hot ashes, from which one can relight a fire

*teng-teng

scraper

pirmpiny

small bark dish

*pulety pa kayup kuyən

stabbing spear with three barbs

tilak

barb (wooden) of a spear

tyarrk, tyark

reed-spear

tyel

net

tyimpang

billy can

*til-wil kawile kuyən

stabbing spear with four sets of three barbs

titandi

knife

tyirn-tyirn

poker

tyarəm

spear: general term

*watən

stone knife

*tyinutity tyarəm

jagged reed spear

wak

paddle of canoe

*withəwil wan

playing boomerang

wura-wil

throwing spear with jag

yungwity

bark canoe

wan

boomerang

*werreka-tyarəm

throwing spear, long, made of mallee

with-with

throwing stick, toy

Tyiyel-werrk

Fire-stick, drill type

Ngurtim-ngurtim

Snare, loop on stick

Pulpa tyerrinyuk larr

Nardoo mill roller

*kurranduk

big, large grinding stone

*tyirang-ngani

yamstick

**walanyuk

tomahawk grinding stone,

tirr

stone tomahawk for woodworking

marap-marap

grinding stone for tomahawks

karnuk

handle of a tomahawk