18 TJig ABORIGINES OF CE"N'TllAL AUSTRALIA.

with steady persistence during six years of my life, spent arnong the natives of Central Australia. Nature- did not apparently intend me for a philologist, and -iuy only excuses for this little contribution to " native literature" are the alr.nost virgin nature of the subject, and the call which hc1s been made upon those who know a little about it, to place the information they have gleaned at the service of the public.

APPENDIX I.

VOCABULARY .

Allright A kiss A creek A hole A leaf Along A belt A poor lubra Arm pits An Emu A boil .A. cro,v Aft·er you A gap A bag Ants A broad Breathing Butterfly Bootnerang Bullocks horns Bunged eye Bullock Big road Big rat Big rat · Bank of creek Bone Big lizard Boon1erang Beet wood Behind Blo,vfly · . Bouilli t,in

• Cull-la 01-dorry·e-way Lerra Ip-erta 11-pera-par Ill-pun 111-lippa Ho-jo-ber E-lun-ba Ear-Ii-er En-goord-na Ung-appa Uc har·cotne-barra TJn-dia Yer-quit-ta Yerra Yar-lara In-jerima , Uncle-lab-lab Yerra-wa You-rula Alk• ner-wonga-mal Bail-a-quar Chep-a-Larra Er-taig-wa Er-wa-chea En .. gorra En-gwar-nar Elloi-jerra lllia 111-gin-ga In-gurr-na Im-borra Jam-peter

20 THE ABORIGINES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

Big fire Big owl Big spear Broke Big Water Big rat Big girl Baby girl . Black .Beetle Bush tucker Boots Bladder Beard Bush ~allaby Brother Boy Both knees Bush Tucker Billy can Black Coclu,too Blanket Bat Currants Calf of leg Carr1p Club Centipede Con1e to play Crooked Cotton bueh Cockatoo parrot Corroberie Ornan1ent Cranky Curle,v Clouds Chin Dark Dry wood Dry wood Duck Dog Daylight

0-ruck: -nurra Orra~Curra Ornn1-bera ()1-tark-itn Quach ec-nurra Qual-par Quei-marla · · Quei ·Marla. goobita (Jura tita

. Itar kee 'rin -- a-Lulka rro,va lJn-in-yer · U ~wurta Uc kill-yer "\Vee .hi Um bra .a- terra Un-darng a Wol bitta Yer-randa I-tit-i-ka In-gee-bra Ung .. o Jar Por-denpa-r U1!l murra Uu-gorra Ua bur-ika lJ ·london a Un-giver ta Ero-terret Et-nin-be.rra-j arra Go-derra I-rita Moul vera .. 0 kol -ver ...,

O·rod-i na Ing-wa Er-linya Er-nar \Vonger-er {Jc-null yer Ing-wolimi

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lJry Dust Dew

· D~inking Disease Desert oak Deep Eyelashes Ears Earth. An eagle Egg Frog Fat Finish Fish Finger naHs Fall down · Fingers ·

· Flame Food Forehead }1_,,ather Go back Golah Good fire Grass Gum Tree Grasshopper Grey Geese Heavy IIungry Horse Hat Honey Half Hie-coughs Hold him Having connexion Ice Having intercourse Jew Lizard

Er-rurra ... ga Hole-munda­lld-murra Ten-ju rnar Yerra•kincha Y erra•coppa Yep-per .. ta I 11-pilla Ill-par Ou-rilla Er-richa Quar-ta Pair.a U n-dei~-er Chen-ka

· Erra-bung-a Gepp-morra­Ig-nutn , 11-char Ler ip ma Min-near 01-ler Uc-ne-er

-Coll-ttn1-butn· 111-lungea In-nich-ika.;alaf Nar► ma Opera · -Ungee-gungee U rra Quarra .­En-borra Hung-i-a--quar Inga-go-dill l\{or-quirta 01-damper Oticha Rou-n1alla Terra· que-mal Ult. nun-de nerrina El-lul-ger In-yerra-mal · Ul•ge1"· qt.iarra

Little girl Little finger Limestone Lightning Large pigeon Mud dirt l\fagpie Lark Moon lVIagpie Midnight Moa-hawk Mosquito Medicine Native string Necklace Natives tobacco Neck No got Offspring Oppossum Owl One arm man· Pigeon Playing -Parrot _Porcupine Pine Tree Piss Roof of mouth · Red Rainy sky Raining Rainbow Rushes Reeds Road Skin water bag Spear tree -Small Salt 8alt water Shame

Quei Coorika-a-Cooric Oura·ta Poora . Pul-kerra Ditter Yerra Colungee Et-nin-ger 0 rrer• poora Od-neler Orrer-cai-equa lT-winnia U n-g warl _.yer U n-doo-eata In-tin-ne In-gwarl-pa Er-ring-er Wee itcha Co .. roka

- Un-dud na O-ringa 111-jewd-ika Dor-ri ... da Era .. Cuna-lerme El-pa-ga In-nar!inga Ill-luka~a Um-boa In-berik-na I-tick-i-ka Quasha-ul-kurru Quasha-un-de-ma Bull-arra Unga-runya Uc a-liebra U-worra At-tower Et-nurra Goob-i-ta 111-lua 111-lua-qua~ha In-yerraralcrirn

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Spinifex Splinter Southern Cross Shin bone Small snake Shallow Seeds Sneeze Stone knife Swearing Small snake Soft down feathers Swing Shake Skin Sugar ant Spear Saltbnsh Sundown Small bird Small water Smoke Swimming Stars Snake not poison _ Srnall lizard Shoulder · Spider Shadow The Sky Sister Sleep Stick Snake Stinlc Ston,.., knipe Tickling Thatahing grass The ribs Tit of breast -'I~he naval The head

I .. youta In-den-ima I( ur• illia· oura-p1 cha Jorier I-pel-cherar In.berra Labba-Walla In-jar-ac--na .Mer.tan ta O-lum-ber-a Ill-perra-cha Un-tita Uc~nulla-mull Uc-nun a ... le1ne1n Yen-par Yer-amba Yerra-charta Yer-reea (Jura-ka Chip-pi-er Quash -a-booga Quitta

Quasha-yerra-pich--ica Quar-allia · Un-dit-ier-ker Un-ger.ter U ngunyer poilipa U-woppa 1Jn-doolya Ul-kurra· Ung-ger-rear U n-gwyn-dei Un dover Up_mor Un_ditter

· Un-da Tuck-a-tuck 111-pell-paJ Wol-ter W ool-edge-alla Ycppa Cop,.,i-ta

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~' THE Al301tIGINBS O:B UEN'rRAL AU •rrRALIA.

The gums To spit · Thunder . Tail The (1rane The wrist Thumb That way To whistle Testicles The feet To kick To-morrow To-day The arms Turkey Toe nails Ver·y dark Wattle Whore Water Wait awhile Wood Wind Wurley Wallaby ,Vhite ,v ooden trough ,vire grass ,Vhite Cocatoo Wasp Womans breasts Wet You walk You liar ·yes

Chel--ka . Pill-ler Pob illia Poora Ober-mal•ni lv1olta ~Iaiga .. ma-1g~ wa Nar-quar Ober-nil-i-mer Ill•litta In-ger Ill-gull-dene1n lng-wondala Ill-yetta Er-richa Er.two-er Gepp-morra Ing-war-ec-nurra En-durra Etra-keet-rika Qua~h a Oura-ka Oura Lil..ka Ill-ta Era-war Elul-char Tinna E-lil-ger U n-gut-nerra U n-dene· ya· Wool-edge · Un-dunga H un .. ar-algia-egar Orra-jerra Yonga

Names of those who have been in the Native Police and those that are in it at present.

Corpl. N.C. Archie A-cork-nill~shi-ga N.C. Collins Heelya murra N.C, Petur Ol~dear·a-boka

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N.C. Dick vVill-yer-roo N.C. General Penne,boka N.C. vVillie Arrah-ka N,C. Satnbo Yer-quitta N.C. vVilkie Chick>illya N.C. Fred Ot-tinna N.C. Maticle Hee Iowa N.C. Bob In-door-i1na

Names of Places.

Barrow Creek Powells Creek Tennants Creek

Tong i-narye Bi-mi you Chink er-rar-ger-o

Lu bra's N an1es.

U n-durika .. on ber-in-yer An-gorra-in-yer

_ U n1 budger-inyer ,J origa in-yer Quc-on-ber in-ycr H.ol-dol-yer 1-tich-a ba Un-durra El lorra En-borrer Er richa Chant hnngnr ~arlier -On je-an1ba N ell-shin-1e-jerra Okori·oker Wal-a-quar A .ril. to-n urrell-ta un ~er 0 pera-inyenta-a-rin .. yer Ic-min-yer .,

At tinga-licker Ill~ luricka Quar-tar 01 dear a-booka A-care a-quar Y erra-quasha Quart-al· k~r-inye,r

Chun-ka O-ticha In-yella-nar-rinmick An-gorra to-put-arinya Gell-go-rinmick lT abba-naka, I-jewdra Orra-lin -ga Orra-citta Ot-nail-bitta E-pity-kP;~oka Ill·carn-a-ka Quci rong.inya Alker.ill-get Al-lirra-curnba A.looka-it Ac•narl-coll bar El jarum Mair beri--ber·iu ._Jell· be.rt Hol don·dite In-nung-en dra Alla-copra En-un-der-inya N ee-youdee-youd Early--en-ber-inya Un .. della

2G THE AHOHIGlNES OT<' <;R~THAL AUSTHALlA.

·un duriicher-ko-sinnier At-nine be-oak Qual-ger-inyer Tedal eook I-cheta vV ool ha.dge. Ourinnia l(ian.dnrra A-gibbert I-gelba Chick-cargo· .. Elloi-jerra

Names of Places near Alice Springs, and within a . radius of a few hundred 1niles.

1\.lice Springs Ot-torri orra Annas Reservoir Un-go-la Allens ,v ater Oro-ginnia · Alice Racecourse An-nowa-nunga Burt Boringa . Duck Ponds N arla Ellery's Creek Station U pmor Gubbita Ellery's Creek crossing road Putta-putta Emily Gap Un dur-ika Glen Helen ~Iong -ima Hermanns burg U n-durry-cr Henbury At tonga Heavitree Um-hudge-ra Jay Camp New-a-bit-ika ,Tessy Gap At-no rinya Loves Creek In-diarico Mount Sanda. Rich-up-ma _ Mount Gilos Qarta-tootna McDonnell Ranges U n-dricha l\!I t. Gillen A-luck-o-yell 11 t. Burrell He-liah Native Well Ar-ruelta Near Loves Creek · Hull-go rulepa Near Temple Bar Um-borl-ga Near Alice Racecourse Y er-arra Nwen Springs In-nang-ga .. goon On the Todd Creek Ill-yer-han1meria

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THE ABORT(HNER OF nRNTRAL AUB'rRALIA

Police ReRerve Painta Springs Sirnpsons Gap Strangways Range Sandy's Camp Temple Bar '\Vigley

A t--nilya.a t.nilya At-no-rambo ()-rung~a-jcriba I-amba Joriga Harry .. ell Lalta

ARCHAIC TERl\1.S.

At-nar Ad-neal•a At-tea.la liJn in ·ber Purra-en gima 111-litta

At-nin-yerra-gee At-nar-ec-nurra Atnar-lic Hetra-ketra- kar At-nar-un~ditter_