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Words for Category: Belief
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kirrk
sky, heaven
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kirrkundity
God 'from heaven'
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kunikaluk
hell i.e. 'belonging to down below'
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*kurre-wil
star: Sirius
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lety-lety
mythical, spotted and dog-like animal
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mirndayi
mythical maned snake, dreamtime snake,
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murrup
ghost
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ngatha
name of a mythical being, a small creature that lived in reed-beds.
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nyanyimən
omen, bad omen presaging the death of a close relative, what's up?, what's wrong?,
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*punggandity
spirit
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tanggel
bunyip, mythical water-creature
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thandəl
poison
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*tyali-wutyup
soul
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wurrətyil
magic fire
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yemurraki
Dreamtime, the distant past
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*yirri larr
oath stone, or charm
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Tyerrang-tyerrang
Stone against evil spirits
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*murrpən wilu
curlew stone
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