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Dippil.
THE Aborigines about Durundurun, on the north side of Moreton Bay, and thence towards Wide Bay and the Burnett District, speak Dippil. The following words and sentences were taken down from the lips of Davies or Darumboys, a blacksmith, at Brisbane, who spent thirteen years with the blacks, and whose history is narrated by the Rev. Dr. Lang, in his "Cooksland."
I. – NOUNS.
1. MAN (aboriginal) – dān.
head ... kām
hair ... dhella
forehead ... ƞūluƞ
brow ... dipinji
eye ... mi
nose ... muru
mouth ... tunka
lips ... tambūr
tongue ... dūnnūm
ear ... binung
cheek ... wāƞgūm
chin ... yikul
beard ... yeran
neck ... gūna
breast ... āmūƞ
shoulder ... kōra
right hand ... duruin or ginning duruin
left hand ... wottuƞga
back ... pondur
fingers ... biddi
thumb ... bididi winwōr
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