Aboriginal Terms
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All these words are taken from Dawson (many are spelt much differently in Sharnthi H. Krishn a-P illay (ed.), Dictionary of Keerray Woorroong and Related Dialects , Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative 1996). |
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| butteetch: | a bachelor |
| kappiheear: | Orion’s belt, the Black Cockatoo sisters |
| karlok: | hunter’s dog, represented by a star in Hydra |
| keeang: | urine |
| kirtook: | boa snake |
| koonawarr: | swan |
| Koopartakil: | Crow becoming a grub, represented by Rigel |
| koorain: | kangaroo |
| koorrang: | snake |
| kooramook: | possum |
| Koorokeheear: | the Pleiades, the White Cockatoo sisters |
| kooyang: | eel |
| marreen: | female kangaroo |
| Moroitch: | Crow’s ardour, represented by Betelgeuse |
| nappang: | breasts, heavers |
| ng’amat: | the sea |
| ngamateetch: | whitefella from the sea |
| ngamatheear: | white woman |
| pangoneetch: | boomerang for fighting |
| panoong: | kangaroo’s pouch |
| parrakee: | north wind |
| parrook: | kangaroo rat |
| poorootch: | kangaroo sinews for sewing |
| warkeel: | champion wrestler |
| watonomeetch: | a lightweight boomerang |
| weerrang: | penis |
| wirrup: | sorcerer, magic man |