Box 4 Folder 2: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 49

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[Page 49]

Grafton     Clarence River NSW

(Abstracted and published Jan/1900)

Aboriginal Words with meanings

Dialect - Coombyngurra - in district from South Grafton to Bellingen inclusive
  

English Word Aboriginal English Word Aboriginal
A tree (any kind) Djal-ee-gurra. Sun Nyan
Iron bark Geer,oogum gah Moon Geed-i
Tallow wood Wong-ah-guh Water Nah-roo
Turpentine Bool.oor.oo, guh Fire Wah-gi
Spotted Gum Wy-eer-a-guh Man Djari[?]-burra
Red Gum Doon-doo-guh Woman Burr-in-yan
Swamp Oak Woor-oong-u-[gth?] Boy Boo-djur-ra
Forest Oak Cor-am-guh Girl Boo-djur-ra-gun
Tea Tree Moon-oom-guh Hands Mah-na
Box tree Gar-ool-guh Feet Djee-na
Lilly Pilly Djoor-roo-brun[?] Arms Djall-bur-ra
Wild Apple Wee-goolly Legs Nar-ree
Bean tree Beer-re-djul Head Cah-lee
Iron wood Kon-i-guh Teeth Dier[?]-uh
Tulip Kor-un-dee-guh Eyes Mee-al
Cedar Djin-moon-guh Nose Djing-gam
Pine Bin-dar-re-guh Mouth Djall-i-an
a creek Yam-mlin Mountain Djoo-loom
River Bindarry Wilim's Hill (at South Grafton) U-loom
Swamp Wah-loo-gay Small plain Con-ung-gun
Stone Gool-boor-uh River or beach shingles Yar-rum

* Note. Djoo-loom- U-loom     this is one of the small differences those unaccustomed to aborigines would note notice. I saw some lists collected in this district, in which hardly any of the words were correctly represented. I have tested my idea of phonetic speling by reading the names to a party of aborigines some days after they were written
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