Words for Category: People

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*Larəmbarnəm

name of Lake Boga senior elder, who died about 1840

Marrert

name of David Taylor, grandfather of the Day family and well-known for his knowledge of songs and histories

Marrtyirri

name of Sandy Cameron, a Wembawemba man from Melool b. about 1850

*kapit-kapit

wild black fellow 'sneaker' i.e. an avenger

karri-kurk

girl, teenager

*karriyapert

single man

karə-kurrk

young woman

*kethul

friend, companion

kiyern

immoral woman, term of abuse

kuli

people, crowd

kulkən

youth, teenager (up to about 15 years)

*kumbi-purrp

sleepy person 'sleepy-head'

kurraty-wil

fat person

*kuthal-tumak

widower

*kuthalthana-kurrk

widow, 'they pity the woman'

lerrk

woman, female

lerrk-mul

women in a group, a lot of women

mathang-wil

greedy person

*mukundity

single woman

nganinyuk

bearded man

ngunyim-kurrk

woman: old woman

nyarrəmbən

old man

*pan-pangal

assembly of witchdoctors

pangəl

witchdoctor, clever man

parrəmbuk

Ancestral Being - 'his great-grandfather'

payingguk

child

peligmən

policeman

pembengguk

children

perrəpom-piyal

champion climber of trees

pirrətayil

balding person

*puliwarl

youth, late teenager

tarmi-murreng

hardheaded, obstinate person

*tyek

corpse

tyunggi-kurm-kurrk

woman with swelling breasts, young marriageable woman.

tyunggi-pili

pot-belly, a grossly fat person

tyunggi-wurru

thick lips, a person with thick lips

tyurrilang

gossip, rumour mongerer

tyurrmbang

poisoner

tyurung

long, tall person

*wam

stupid person, idiot

watypala

white man

wulman

old man

wurrpa

youth, about 15 to 18 years

wuthu

man, male

wuthu payingguk

small boy

wutyəpuk

pregnant 'belly-hers'

yalang-yalang

idiot, stupid person

yandang

I

yawirrek

enemy (mine)

yukal

friend