Item 02: 'Aboriginal words and names - Lower Clarence River Dialect, compiled by Robert Leycester Dawson', September 1935 - Page 13

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The Elements, Heavenly Bodies etc

Sky ... Weet-choom

Sun ... Narl-ray

Moon ... Wah-lah-ul-gurrah

Full moon ... Wah-lah lah-wah-lah-gurrah

Stars ... Willah-run-gun

Clouds ... You-mah-rah

Lightening ... Mah-nah-gu-aye

Thunder ... U-ro-why

Hail ... Wat-tai

Rain ... Woor-lun

Heavy rain ... Wool-lah-rah-woorlun

Rain today ... Woor-lun-yai-yan

Water ... Nah-roo

Water (fresh and clear) ... Nah-roo-gurrah

Water (salt) ... Woo-ee-mun

Water (in flood) ... Loor-roo-gun

Frost ... Noos-room

Ice ... Lah-see-noos-room

Hot weather ... Wee-noor-run

Cold weather ... Muk-koo-rah

Hot (physically) ... Nah-wee-nah

Cold (physically) ... Noors-room

Cyclone, or strong wind ... Mook-kurrah

Wind … ... Yah-roo