Item 02: 'Aboriginal words and names - Lower Clarence River Dialect, compiled by Robert Leycester Dawson', September 1935 - Page 11

To	talk	Ung-wee-rie
"	Whisper	Nah-lie-u-ungweerie
"	Hear or listen	Un-gah-lee[crossed out] Nah-rarn-gah
"	shout	Un-gah-lee
"	eat	Yah-yi-gal
"	drink	Nah-bee-goo
"	Walk	Yah-nah
"	run	Iss-rah
"	jump	Ah-rah-jee
"	strike with fists	Min-goor-loo
"	strike with a stick	Ulkah-u-bardoo
"	throw	Ee-di-mah
"	dance	Wom-mun
"	go	Yah-nah
"	come	Yah-rah-nah
"	climb	Wad-dee-yah
"	cut	Ike-kee
"	swim (bre[a^]ststroke)	Yarg-guee
"	swim (any way and splash about)	Woo-rah-dee
"	lie down	Wah-gun-nah
"	fall down	Iyah-you[crossed out]-re-rah-jin
"	sleep	Iyah-you-way
"	Wake up	Iyah-in-jin
	I am sleepy	Iyah-woon-goo-loo
	Man sleeping	Wah-gun-jee

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