Item 02: Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages, by Rev. William Ridley, 2nd ed. (Sydney, 1875) - Page 36
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VOCABULARY OF KAMILAROI.
forefoot ... ma
fruit (gooseberry-like) ... ƞaiban
fruit (Like Siberian crab, tasting like tamarind, with a spherical stone used for ornament.) ... goadtha or worobā
fur ... baoa or baia
friendship ... ƞeēerūndama
frost ... tundar
girdle ... bōr or būr
(Hence Bora, the ceremony of initiation into manhood, where the candidate is invested with the belt of manhood.)
grave ... taonma
grass ... gorār, or yindal, or goärōr
grass (long species) ... yeremuda
grass-tree ... taplan
gum (tree) ... yeran
gun ... murgun
hail ... terian
halo ... gūƞūrima
headband (see forehead) ... ƞūlūghet or ƞūlūgair
herbs ... giān
herb (like dock) ƞūrigul
herd (like mallow edible) ... berān
hill ... taiyul
honey ... wadel or warul
house ... kūndi
hook ... yīnab
jealousy ... būl
leaves ... karril or kurril
light ... tūrī or būrian
lightning ... mi, ƞurumī or bundūr
love (sexual) ... kaiai
meat ... di
marsh ... walōwa
mist ... dhūbēr
mistletoe ... bhan
moon ... gille
morning ... ƞūrūko
mountain ... kubba
mud ... minūn
net ... kūle
night ... ƞūrū or buluï
nulla nulla (club) ... mūrulā or pūndi
oak (swamp) ... bilār
oak (forest) ... kubū
orange (wild) ... pumbūl
Orion (the constellation) ... berai-berai