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MISCELLANEOUS NOUNS.

bark ... tūrā

bark (innerskin) ... bowar

beak (of bird) ... mūrū

beginning ... īlambial

belt (worn with pendants round the waist) ... tubilka

blaze ... turri or ƞalun

boat (canoe) ... kumbīlgal

boomerang ... burran, burrigul, barun, or burunba

boomerang wood ... giddīr

box (tree) ... kulaba or birri

box (white) ... bībil

box (black) ... kūbūrū

branch ... ūgan

branch (main arm) ... durra
[The same word serves for the thigh of a man and the arm of a tree.]

briglow ... būrigul

broom-like shrub on flooded land ... mērir

bucket ... wolbun, burīl, or biƞgui

bush ... kārui

cloth ... baia

cloud ... gundar, yuro

cross ... ƞānbīr

crown ... kābai or būr

currajong (tree, and rope made of it) ... nīmin

darkness ... ƞūrū

day ... yerāldha

daylight ... ƞurran

door ... girinil

down (of sedge) ... munabūdā

dust ... yu

earth ... taon

edge ... nirrin or yiribrai

egg ... kō or kao

end (point) ... ƞūlū, mūrū, or kāburun

end (butt) ... wārun

evening ... būlului

feathers (quills) ... gūndīr

feathers (down) ... wirīl

fire ... wī

flood ... ūgōa or wūkawā

flower ... gūrēn

fog ... gūa

foot ... dinna

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