Item 02: Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages, by Rev. William Ridley, 2nd ed. (Sydney, 1875) - Page 41

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NOUNS–NAMES OF PLACES.

Wurīga ... clear ground

Mīat (in Wiraiarai) ... a well

Tinai ... ironbark

Tīnwai ... string

Burran ... a boomerang

Bulgāri (in Wuƞai dialect) ... a boomerang

Ginne in Wuƞai) ... wood

Wūrai or Wirai (in Wiraiarai) ... No!

Yūriyūri ... a kind of parrot which abounds at this place (on the Barwan)

Kolorïnbrai ... abounding in kolorīn, the flowers af the kuluba tree

Ƞundēr ... deep bank

Wiragungal ... long tooth–a place on the River Bugaira (Bokhara)

Wangun (Wiraiarai) ... crooked bark

Dungun (Kamilaroi) ... a place where a blackfellow died

Kumāl ... a place where twins were born

Geribila ... a place of salt bush

Piririgul ... Flinty; a river which near its junction with the Namoi is dangerous for its soft mud, but higher up runs over a rocky bed.

Mūkai (Mooki) ... a water-weed

Turī ... a sapling

Yulaigul ... clear ground

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