Item 02: Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages, by Rev. William Ridley, 2nd ed. (Sydney, 1875) - Page 30
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VOCABULARY OF KAMILAROI.
2. Man : his distinctive and relative names.
man (vir) ... giwīr
woman ... yīnar or īnar
(They have no word for "homo.")
Australian aboriginal ... murri
white man ... wunda
full man bōrbā
young man who has attended a bora ... kubura
young man not yet admitted to the bora ... biribirai
young man ... yīramurrun
boy ... birri
boy (youth) ... birridūl
boy (very small) ... kiriga
girl ... miē
girl (maiden, still having girlhood) ... miēdūl
young woman (whose breasts begin to appear) ... ηamūrawūri
baby ... kaiηal or kaindūl
father ... bubā
mother ... ηumbā
spouse (husband or wife) ... gūlīr
child, offspring ... kai
son ... wārāme
daughter ... ηumuηā
elder brother ... daiādi
younger brother ... gulami or colami
elder sister ... boādi or bukāndi
younger sister ... būrē or boriandi
uncle ... kārōdi or kurugi
uncle's wife ... pamandi
nephew ... wūrūmuηādi of kurugāndi
niece ... ηumuηādi
childless woman ... marēdūl
spouseless (un-married) ... gūlir-taliba
old (grey) ... diria
old woman ... yāmbūli
chief ... dūrunmi
Children call their mother ... gūnī! or gunidī!
Family names of men ... ippai, murrī, (or baia), kubbi, kumbō.
Corresponding names of women ... ippātā, mātā, kapotā, būtā:
sometimes pronounced ippāthā, māthā (or mādthā), kubbōthā, and būdhā (or būdthā).