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Vocabulary collected by Isaac Scott Nind 1826-1829 at King George's Sound

First published in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1831.

This list published in Nyungar - the People ed. N. Green (1979)

square brackets indicate current author's(RH) additions/comments

Head Kaat
Eyes Meal
Nose Chungulet
Mouth Taa
Teeth Orlock
Tongue Tarlin
Throat Woort
Ear Twank
Beard Narnac
Breast Peep
Belly Corpul
Hand Marr
Foot Maat or Chen
Thigh Towl
Hair Chow
Skin Mawp
Liver Maierr
Body or Flesh Yarlin
Bones Queet
Smell Taamil
Fat Cheerung
Cloak Poaak
Girdle Noodlebull
Tuft of feathers worn on he head Wallowinny or Caccalon
String around the throat Woortil
Knife Taap
Hunting spear Keit
Throwing stick Mear
Short stick Towk
Curled stick, or boomerang Curl
Hammer Koit
Wing-bone of bird, used to suck water through Knweel, or Nweel
String Peteroe
Yes Hoo, Ky, Quaco
No Poort
Don't Pal-pal
I cannot Un Waumb
I'll go away Un Bourloc
Come Ca
Come here Ca wa, U-alla
Go away, be off Bulloco
Yours Nuneloc
Me or mine Un
I am hungry Un Urelip
I am full Un Mourert
I want Un Gee
I want bread Quannert un gee, or Marrin un gee
I want badly Urelibup un gee
Water to drink Kaip un aan
To eat Anger, Taa
Bread Quannert, or Marrin
Rice Kioc
Potato Yoke*
Absent, At distance Bocun
Let us go away Bocun oola, or Wat-oola
Path Maat
Long Woorie
Short Korert
Much or large Orpern
Little Nehp, Nehbitur
What, What do you say? E Naaw
What is your name? Enoc eean
Bad, unfit to eat Wockun
Good Quaup
This Ne
To steal Quypul
Thief Quypungur
Like this, in this way Ky unera
Night Kartiac
Day Ben, Bennan
Star Chindy
Moon Meuc
Sun Chaat
Thunder Condernore
Lightning Yerdivernan
Morning Mania
To-morrow Maniana
Yesterday Kartiac Kain
By and bye Poordel
Just now Yibbal
Some time since Corram
Long while since Corram quatchet
Evening Corramellon
Cold Mulgan
Hot or warm weather Ureler
Young Eeniung, Tooting
Sleep Copil
Sleep together Copil nahluc
Listen Yuccan
Hut Toorloit
Wood Poorne
Honeysuckle Moncat
Grass-tree Paaluc
Gum of grass tree Perin
Land Moorile
Earth Yahl
Sand Til
Large ant hill Weet, or Weetuch
Stone Pwoy
Sea Mammord
River Peerle
Lake Penger
Flint Pal, Tockil, Coorder
Feathers Keardit
Bird Keard
Macaw Noorlark
Black Cockatoo Curraak
White Cockatoo Minnit
Bronze Pigeon Moorhait
Emu Wait
Kangaroo Warre. Fem
Yungur, male
Other varieties Wahl [black tailed brush wallaby]
Taamur [tamar wallaby]
Quakur [Quokka]
Bandicoot Quernd
Dog Toort
Opossum [brush tailed] Comal
Opossum, ring tailed Nworra
Duck Wackerren
Wainern
Musk Duck Coatchuck
Black Swan Marlie
Eagle Warlit
Parrots Tiajip
Bernanore
Towern ['28' parrot]
Teer
Hawk Corriore
Night Cuckoo Combiac
Snakes Norne[tiger snake]
Docat[dugite]
Snake (diamond) Wackul
Lizards - short tailed Youern[blue tongue]
Lizard - long tailed Wandy[King's skink]
Lizard - Guana Munnaar[racehorse goanna]
Roots eaten Meerne
Tuboc
Chocket
Caumuck
Rush Paat
Grass Challup
Crawfish Challow
Fresh-water tortoise Kilon
Eggs Pooye
Hen, laying Pooyiore
Hens of birds Naank
Males Maam
Cry or call of Birds Mai
Seal Barlard
Whale Mammang
Shark Martiat
Fish Wallah
Quail Pooriock [poorlock ? typo]
Noisy, Scolding Wanker, wanker,
Yanger, yanger
Serious Mennem
Falsehood Purtup
Hurt or sore Baruck
Ill Mendeit
Well Toortock
Laugh Cowker
Playful, joking Wimberner
One who talks much Mai a poole
Deaf Twank a toot
Tail Neent
Sinews Peet
Dead and buried Keepiuc chaanuc
Buried Yahluc
Fire Carle
Cooked Tokenor
Hot Carloc
Plenty Carle nent
Wild dog Yaccan toort
A ghost Noit
A man Yungur, also a male kangaroo
Woman Yock
Young and pretty Yock prindy
Old man Narnaccarack
Middle aged Narnacpool - full bearded
Young man Narnactowaller, beard growing
Youth Narnac poort - no beard
Boy Coolon
Girl Wainernung
Infant at breast Peep anger
Pregnant Corpullel
Married man Yock a duck
Single man Manjahly
Doctor Mulgarradock
Blacks Mohurn
Whites Torndiller, or Maupern nerrran nerran
Father Cuinkur
Mother Eecher
Mother of many Eecher poole
Barren Eecher poort
Padjee wernung
Moonshine Meuc cong
Full moon Coppern
Other stages Wern a warra
Kuit a weet
Moreuc

Season beginning with June, July or Winter

Mawkur

Meerningal

Maungernan

Beruc

Meertiluc

Pourner

Winds

S.W. Bernang
N. Cheeriung
E. Yerlimber
S. Meernan
N.W. Woortit

Numbers

One Kain
Two Cojine
Three Taan
Four Orre
Five Poole
A few Kain kain
Many Poole, or Orpen

Names of tribes

Meernanger Warrangle
Murram Weil
Yobberore Corine

Classes

Erniung Taa man, or Tem
Moncalon Torndirrup
Obberup Cambien
Mahnur  

Names of Men

Weeburn Naikennon
Meindert Mawcurrie
Wongar Eringool
Murrinnan Ninderowl
Cowerole Tollingat Wally
Wallingool Taaton
Manquenar Nourtuckeen
Wong Woorungoorit
Tarragan Mongiore
Wowenur Parteit
Yuredill Dalwin
Colbum Corapan
Yettit Wannua
Wernton Nandobert
Mobun Pandure

Names of Women

Pæania Courtingait
Nockolock Neerwangle
Tittipan Yinovert
Nandewait Chockobert
Pæalol Mongarwort
Quannettin Peipinbert
Kartovert  

Names of Places

Corjurnurruf Chungernup
Toccillirrup Yangiuc
Morrillup Yaccun Yattap
Obar Borringorrup
Marliore Warlit Mai
Yaowerilly Peehirt

*The above names, strictly indicate vegetable substances resembling the articles of food expressed, and thence applied to them as they became known. The root quannert, or marrin, (bread), is possibly a giant truffle (note from Nind) [ marrin is widespread word meaning vegetable food generally as opposed to meat. Quannert refers to the ground up seeds of Acacia acuminata mixed with gum from Acacia melanoxylon (see E. Hassell) The "rice" kioc was mystifying to the europeans and Dale's exploration in 1834 of the Stirling Range was to find the source of this material but he was unsuccessful. RH]