Kuku Yalanji Dictionary

The Kuku Yalanji language is spoken by the Kuku Yalanji people of Far North Queensland, Australia.

Region:Far North Queensland

Dictionary Words

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Word	Type	Definition
ba	i	come. Baby talk, usually used with very small children only. Used only as a command.
babajaka	noun	species of bloodwood tree
babajaka	noun	species of bloodwood
babaji	trv	ask. "Ngayu nyungundu babajin, Wanju nyulu?" "I asked him, Who is he?"
babal	trv	try. "ngayu baduriji dungaka, yinya bubu babanka", "I want to go fishing to try the place out" taste. "ngayu mayi wayjul-wayjul, babal saltmunku", "While I'm cooking the food I'll taste it for salt"
baban	n	anglefish
baban	noun	angelfish
babarr	n	older sister. "Yabaju-karra babarranda dungan mayika", "The younger brothers went to their older sister for food"
babarr	noun	young cassowary
babi	n	grandmother, father's mother. "Babingka jija kujin-kujil", "Grand mother is looking after her grandchild" grandfather, mother's father
bada	dir	down, down river, down hill. "Ngayu bada beachmunbu dungan", "I went to the beach"
bada-bada	dir	underneath, below. "Kaban bada-bada tablebu", "The paper is under the table"
badamal	intrv	bend down. "Yungu dukul badamaka", "You bend your head down"
badi	intrv	to cry, "karrakay badin mayika", "the child cried for food" to wail, mourn. "jana banbadi yaba wulanya", "They are wailing because their older brother died" to sing. "Dikal yalibalaku banbadin", "The birds were singing early in the morning" to howl. "kaya-kaya banbadin majangka bawanya", "the dogs were howling because their master left them"
badibu	n	spotted eagle ray
badibu	noun	spotted eagle ray
badur	n	hook and line. "ngayu badurriji bundanday", "I'm fishing (sitting with hook and line)"
baja	mod	again. "jana kuljubu jarba kunin baja, kunin baja", "They hit the snake again and again with stones" more. "yundu wunay baja?", "do you have more?" I don't know. "ngayu wanyu baja balkal", "I don't know what to tell" (This is used only with a question word)
baja-baja	noun	spring at Middle Camp
baja-burray	intrv	tired. "ngayu baja-burray jilbamun", "I'm tired after the walkabout"
bajabaja	n	blue-tongue lizard place name. spring above middle camp, story site
bajaku	mod	very. "jana mayi jirray ajaku manin storemun", "They got very much food from the store" definitely. "ngayu kari bajakudungay", "I'm definitely not going" shows intensity. "nyulu bama bajaku", "he's a real aboriginal"
bajal	n	species of bower bird"
bajal	noun	bower bird
bajalji	n	species of rock python. Not many at Bloomfield, but many at Helenvale, Rossville and Shiptons Flats. They have a white head and will chase bald-headed people not wearing a hat beecause they think they are being copied
bajalji	noun	poisonous snake (found in the Rossville-Shipton's Fault area)
bajanji	noun	stubborn
bajar	noun	Moreton Bay ash.
bajar	noun	Moreton Bay ash.
bajar	noun	species of white gum
bajarr	noun	loya vine fern leaves, used in making mia-mia
bajarr	noun	loya vine fern leaves, used in making mia-mia
bajaybajay	adjective	painful. "Bangkarr bajaybajay flumunmun", "My body is sore after the fly"
baji	noun	a sore
bajibay	noun	bone
baju	noun	lump on neck
bajurr	noun	nuisance. "Yinya karrkay bajurr bajaku", "That child is a big nuisance"
bajurr-bangkan	transitive-verb	to scold. "Ngayu kangkal bajurr-bangkan, nyulu cassette dumbarrinya", "I scolded my child because he broke the cassette"
bajuy	noun	slippery lizard
bakal	transitive	dig. "Jana bubu bakan", "They dug a hole" stab, prick. "Sisterrangka needleda bakan", "Sister gave me a shot (pricked with a needle)"
bakamu	noun	green pigeon
bakamu	noun	green pigeon
bakarr	noun	ridge pole
bakay	noun	short light brown or yellow water snake
bakay	noun	short brown watersnake
baki	noun	toys with wheels. English loan word from buggy.
bakikiri	noun	Butcher's hill
Bakikiri	noun	place name, the river and ground at Butcher's Hill
baku	noun	point off Snapper Island
Baku	noun	place name, point off Snapper Island
bakul	noun	poison plant found at Rossville. tobacco. This is no longer in use for tobacco.
bala	noun	feathertail flider or sugar glider
bala	adjective	skinny, weak from sickness or not enough to eat. "Yundu balaman mayi karimun", "You became skinny from not having enough food"
balabay	noun	Plantation Creek area
balabay	noun	Plantation Creek
Balabay	noun	place name. Plantation Creek and the ground around its mouth
balamu	noun	boil
balanbalan	adj	level, flat a "Yundu balnhi wunay, bayan ngara bubunga balanbalanba.", "When you camp out, you should build your shelter on flat ground"
balar	noun	high tide place name - Okay Creek ground
balar	noun	Oaky Creek
balarr	noun	human body flea
balarri	noun	queenfish
balarri	noun	queenfish
balay	adjective	level ground
balba	adjective	pregnant
balbal	trv	shine "Wungaraba dayirr bajaku balban." , "The sun shone brightly"
balbay	noun	lightning "Balbaynja dalbarrinji", "Lighting might strike"
balbi	trv	hunt for, search for
balibali	adj	leaky, "Bayan balibali, bana walalarrku", "The house is leaky, the water is coming in."
baliji	noun	people belonging to open country
balja	noun	A kind of food. It is coked in the fire, groud up and eaten.
balji	noun	ladie's dilly bag, made from grass or black palm
balkabalka	noun	something fishy place name, mouth of Bloomfield River, south side
balkaji	intransitive-verb	to be born, to come into being place name, mouth of Bloomfield River, south side being, "ngawa yilayku balkajin", "the baby was born yesterday" being, "nganka balkajinda", "there are are flowers now"
balkal	transitive-verb	tell, "ngayu yunundu balkankuda", "I already told you" make, "nyulu kalka balkan", "he made a spear"
balkalaway	intransitive-verb	discuss talk together
balmbalka	noun	species of tree
balmbalka	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
balngku	noun	not quite fully grown boy's age before he becomes a warru
balnji	modifier	doing something right properly with a fire as in cooking or hardening spears over a fire doing something right, "minya balnji baja wayju", "cook the meat properly" camping out, "jana balnji wunanay", "they are camping out"
balu	associative	not want, "ngayu diyika baluda", "I don't want any tea right now" don't want
balu	modifier	contrary to fact thought, "balu nyulu kadan", "I thought he came but he didn't" almost, just about, "ngayu balu jukijuki kunin", "I almost hit the chicken" allow, let, "diyi balu bujarmaka", "let the tea get cool"
balungkul	noun	shell back snail
balur	noun	spear thrower
bama	noun	people, mankind mankind aborigine, not a white person
bama-ngaykunku	exclamation	my word, "bama ngaykunku, nganya balu kunijinkuda", "my word, I was almost hit"
bambal	transitive verb	call by kinship term, "ngayu nyungunin bambal babi", "I call her grandmother" choose in the sense of claim
bamban	adjective	me first first in line first to get something
bambay	adjective	sick
bambay-baka	noun	a sickly person
bambayal	noun	a long thin variety of yam
bana	noun	water
banabila	noun	place name - the ground at the mouth of the Bloomfield River on the south side through where Mr. Biddle's mission used to be
banabila	noun	Olbar's camp
banabila	noun	south side of Bloomfield River mouth
banabila-warra	noun	the people that belong to the mouth of the river and along the beach people who belong to Banabila
banabul	noun	pineapple
banaji	noun	name given to a doctor man doctor
banamu	noun	fresh water snake snake
banamu	noun	fresh water snake
banbanba	noun	Springvale
Banbanba	noun	place name - Spring Vale
banda	noun	point of tail tip of tail
banday	noun	species of tree also the fruit of the tree which is like a small cherry, ripe in December
banday	noun	species of tree with edible cherry-like fruit
bandin	noun	waist on the side above the hips love handles
bangka-bangkangal	transitive verb	to sing, shout, cry loudly, "kaykay-kaykayangka wulngku bangka-bangkangan", "the children sang loudly" sing shout wail cry loudly
bangkal	transitive verb	gather, accumulate, "ngayu Brisbane dungan, toy, kambi bangkal-bangkan yabaju-karragna", "When I went to Brisbane, I got (gathered) toys and clothing for my younger brothers"
bangkal	noun	tongs made from voya vine, used in cooking in a kurrma - an earth oven
Bangkal-ngaran	noun	place name of ground where Grass tree and Bijan creeks meet.
bangkal-ngaren	noun	Shipton's Flat area, a junction of Grasstree and Bijan creeks
bangkamu	noun	sweet potato
bangkan	noun	a kind of root, a medecine for sores. Boil the roots and wash the sores with the water.
bangkarr	noun	a person's body, his flesh
bangkarr-bajurr	adjective	a person who is a nuisance
bangkarr-bila	adjective	a person who is in a hurry
bangkarr-buyan	adjective	sick
bangkarr-jiba-badi	adjective	person who shows mercy
bangkarr-wumba	adjective	humble
bangunji	noun	cousin full blood cousin
banjay	noun	species of wild yam, small and round. They are roasted in the fire, ground up and eaten. Given to the child to make it talk.
banji	noun	relationship term, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. This shows actual relationship, not tribal relationship, someone who marries your actual brother or sister.
baral	transitive verb	to feel something, "nyulu nguwul-nguwulbu torch baran-baral", "He was feeling for his torch in the dark"
baral	noun	road, path, track, trail
barbarr	noun	young cassowary
barbi	adjective	pale, as from sickness
barbi	noun	half-caste
bari	noun	chin jaw
baril-baril	noun	Moreton Bay fig tree
baril-baril	noun	Moreton Bay fig
baringkan	noun	species of small bird
barinkan	noun	scrub bird, dark grey with white breast
barka	noun	Queensland nut, ripe in July-October yellow water snake
barka	noun	yellow water snake
barka	noun	Queensland nut
barkamali	noun	near China Camp
Barkamali	noun	place name - in the China camp area
barrangkul	adjective	flat
barrbal	noun	black bream
barrbal	noun	black bream
barrka-buyan	noun	person with a bad leg or arm, lame, crippled.
barrkar	noun	upper jaw
barrkawun	adjective	not good at something
barrmal	transitive verb	escort, to take a person somewhere, "ngayu jinkurr barrman kaminda", "I took younger sister to grandmother"
baru	noun	lap, "nyulu karrkay barunga kujil-kujil", "she is holding the child in her lap" lap, "nyulu karrkay baru-baka", "The child is spoiled - always wanting to be held"
bawaji	intransitive verb	stay, remain, is left, "jana bayanbaku dungan ngayu bawajin", "they all went home but I stayed"
bawal	transitive verb	to leave something or some place, "ngayu Bloomfield bawan, Mossman dungan", "I left Bloomfield and went to Mossman" to quit something, "Kuyungku kari bajaku baykan, ngayu badu bawanda", "the fish wouldn't bite so I quit fishing"
baway	noun	black bean tree
baway	noun	species of tree with edible fruit
baya	noun	flame, fire fire, "baya wayu", light a fire firewood, "nyulu baya mujan", "he collected firewood"
bayan	noun	house, camp, shelter
baybu	noun	pipe
bayil	noun	fresh water perch
bayil	noun	jungle perch
bayil-bayil	noun	mudlark (peewee)
bayilbayil	noun	peewee, mud shark
bayin	noun	premature child, "yinya ngawa bayin bajaku", "That baby is very premature" very small child child spirit
bayjal	transitive-verb	ignore, don't pay attention to
bayjurr	adjective	restless, always moving about
baykal	transitive-verb	bite, "kayangka bikibiki baykan, kujinkuda", "the dog bit the pig and held on"
baykal	intransitive-verb	ache, pain, "ngayu dukal baykal", "my head aches"
baykal	intransitive-verb	ache, pain, "ngayu dukal baykal", "my head aches"
baymbay	noun	large mud clam
bibar	noun	shin, ankle
bibi	noun	breast breast milk, "nyulu karrkay banbadi bibi nukanka", "The baby is crying, he wants to feed"
bibikarrbaja	noun	Helenvale (warrkin)
Bibikarrbaja	noun	place name - Helenvale
bidin-damaja	noun	Ten mile area
bidin-damaja	noun	upriver Daintree
Bidin-damaja	noun	place name - close to Ten Mile and upper reaches of the Daintree river
bidu-bidu	noun	bank bird
bidubidu	noun	bank bird
bijal	transitive-verb	to lick, "karrkayangka icecream cone bijan", "The child licked the icecream cone"
bijalabay	noun	five corner nut, found in the scrub place name, a hill near China Camp with lots of five corner nuts
bijalabay	noun	near China Camp
bijan	noun	species of ti tree
bijarr	noun	dream
biji	noun	tail
bijikan	noun	stern of a boat
bijin	noun	species of tea tree
bijjaril	transitive-verb	to dream, "ngayu kurriyala bijarrin", "I dream about a carpet snake"
bikarr	noun	fishy smell or taste
bikarrakal	noun	a kind of grub used for bait species of tree and its fruit. The fruit must be cooked first.
bikarrakul	noun	ti tree (fruit must be cooked)
bikibiki	noun	pig
biku-nyajil	transitive-verb	to study something
bila	auxilary	fast, rapid, "bana-bila", "fast running water" fast, rapid, "bangkarr bila", "a person in a hurry"
bilaji	noun	flat-tailed ray
bilaji	noun	flat tailed ray
bilamal	intransitive-verb	homesick
bilangkurr	noun	blanket
bilanji	noun	grass used to make dilly bags
bilar	noun	candle nut tree. The nuts are edible after roasting.
bilar	noun	candlenut
bilbil-bilbil	noun	gecko
bilirr	noun	eyebrow or eyelash
bilmbin	noun	small shark which comes around mangroves and in the river black-tip shark
bilmbin	noun	black tip ray
bilngkumu	noun	salt water crocodile
bilu-warra	noun	spoon bill
biluwarra	noun	spoon bill bird
bimakay	noun	father's sister aunty
bimay	noun	father's sister aunty
bimbarrbay	noun	scrub wallaby
binal	associative	to know, "ngayu binal kari", "I don't know" to know, "Ngayu binal-binalku bundanka", "I want to know"
binal-bungal	transitive-verb	teach, "teacherangka kaykay-kaykay binal-bungan-bungal", "The teacher is teaching children"
binal-damaji	intransitive-verb	to go back to get something you left
binalku	associative	remember
binan	noun	rudder, for steering
binanjal	noun	frill necked lizard
binanji	noun	species of fig (large edible)
binda	noun	shoulder fork in a tree or river
binda-babara	noun	top of divide
Binda-babarra	noun	place name - top of divide btween the Daintree and Bloomfield watersheds
binda-damal	transitive-verb	run someone down, gossip, "jana bama yindu binda-damal-damal", "They are running someone else down" explain, describe
binda-dijarr	noun	stony crosing
Binda-dijarr	noun	place name - Stoney crossing in the upper Daintree River
binda-jalbu	noun	upriver Daintree
Binda-jalbu	noun	place name - along Daintree River
binda-milmal	noun	upriver Daintree
Binda-milmal	noun	place name - upper Daintree River
bindi	noun	any broad leaf
bindimu	noun	black snake
bindimu	noun	red bellied black snake
bingabinga	noun	old man or men
bingaji	adjective	white or light colored
bingaji	noun	white-haired man or woman
bingkajiri	noun	species of tree with long finger-like seed which people used to eat but don't anyore. A white man supposedly got blind from eating it.
bingkajiri	noun	species of with edible fruit with long finger-like seeds
binju	noun	wrongly married according to tribal law poorly made or cooked, "binju tea", "tea that is too strong" small black snake, light or reddish belly, poisonous
binju	noun	light bellied black snake
binjul-binjul	noun	scarlet robin
binjul-binjul	noun	scarlet robin
binjurr-binjurr	noun	species of honey eater
binjurrbinjurr	noun	honey eater bird
binyu	noun	shooting star the spirit of a dead person which becomes a shooting star, someone recently dead. If you see a shooting star you know someone has or will soon die, as the shootying star can come before or during death.
bira	noun	windbreak
biray	noun	grey March fly
birbun	noun	curse plate. The face of the wrong-doer is painted on a piece of wood with charcoal. It is hung up and as it is twirling, the curse takes effect on the wrong-doer.
birinjil	noun	centipede
birmba	noun	straw-necked ibis, which is the totem of the walarr moiety
birmba	noun	straw-necked ibis
birra	noun	leaf lungs
birrbirr	noun	parrot, parakeet, lorikeet
birrbirr	noun	rainbow lorikeet (parakeet)
birri	noun	fingernail, toenail
birrili	manner	natural death
birru	noun	kind of bad spirit a bad, savage person derogatory term for a white man
biru-biru	noun	bee eater, rainbow bird
biru-biru	noun	bee eater, rainbow bird
birukay	noun	yolk of the egg
birungubay	noun	paddle, oar. Often contracted to biruwybay or birubay
birungubaynja manil	transitive-verb	to row
biwar	noun	wife
biwul	noun	mother in law name of seprate language used to speak to in-laws
biwul	noun	black snake (bigger than the red bellied)
biwur	manner	sitting with hands holding legs, "Nyulu biwurku bundanday", "He is sitting with his hands holding his legs"
biwuy	noun	purpoise, dugong, sea cow iron
biyal	noun	gristle, sinew, string, blood vessel (especially wallaby tail sinew)
biyangkal	noun	yam, which must be first roasted, then ground, then leached for a couple huors in many changes of water before it can be safely eaten
biyul	noun	nyungkal - turtle spear point yalanji kurajan.
bubal	noun	species of tree snake
bubal	noun	species of tree snake
buban	noun	small amount, "ngayu money buban wunay", "I have only a little bit of money" short time, "nyulu buban bundan", "He stayed a little while"
bubanmal	intransitive verb	jumble, unimportant
bubu	noun	groud, earth. "kambi bubujida", "the clothes are dirty now" a person's country, where he belonds, "nyungu bubu Shipton's Flats", "his country is Shipton's Flats"
bubu jabul	noun	taboo ground
bubu yirmbal	noun	taboo place
bububay	noun	black tip shark
bujabay	noun	species with edible fruit which must be leaved (in water)
bujarr-bujarr	noun	black bird
bujil-yiran	noun	straw-necked ibis
bukunjarra	noun	species of tree with edible fruit like soursop but smaller
bulban	noun	near China Camp
bulbul	noun	pheasant cookoo
bulbul	noun	species of plum
bulngkar	noun	lady apple
bulnja	noun	frogmouth, mopoke
bunjulu	noun	giant herring
burra-warrija	noun	southwards
burranga	noun	upriver Daintree
burridudal-dudal	transitive-verb	corroboree singing
burrin-burrin	noun	breadfruit
burrkaymba	noun	near China Camp
burrkul	noun	spirit bird
buru	noun	China Camp
buyi	noun	a type of bird called buyi
buyku	noun	paperbark
buyukal	noun	tree (english name unknown)
dabadaba	noun	larvae and eggs of any kind of bee
dabal	noun	boys from the time they are babies - ngawa - to older boys - warru
dabu	noun	small black bee which nests in trees, has a light sting the honey from this bee the name of one of the clan moieties
dabul	noun	pierced nose and nose peg. The piecing is always done by a man's biwul, his mother in law. Biwulungku dabul bakan. "My mother in law pierced his nose" place name - between upper Daintree River and Roaring Meg. The big rock here is a jarramali (thunder) and nose piecing story site.
dabulkurra	noun	human shin bone, for conveying messages to someone. The hollow bone is also used to catch a person's shadow which is then closed up inside the bone. This is then used to put withcraft on the person. He may also put a person's urine or other belonging inside.
daburri	noun	brackish swamp water
dabuy	noun	small brownish kingfisher, totem of both dabu and walarr moieties. When this bird starts singing yo know you will get company, that someone is travelling. spirit
dabuy	noun	small brown kingfisher
dabway	noun	black messenger bird, totem of both dabu and walarr moieties
dabway	noun	black messenger bird
dajal	noun	fighting spear
dajali	noun	deep water
dajalkira	noun	brothers and sisters
dajay	noun	person's spirit after death. "Nyulu jalbu wulan, yinyayanka jana nyungu dajay warrmba-bunganka." "The woman died, that's why they want to find her spirit". Afer a dambunji (murderer) kills a person, the murdered person becomes a dajay. The witch doctor (rrunyuji) will then try to locate this dajay in order to ascertain who did the killing. All people's spirits become a dajay after death, not only those who are murdered.
dajil	transitive-verb	give gave
dajiway	intransitive-verb	trade
dakal	intransitive-verb	climb. "nyulu jukungu dakan", "he climbed the tree" get into a truck or car, "nyulu truckmunbu dakan", "he got on the truck"
dakaldakal	noun	trocus shell
dakandil	transitive-verb	to break something down destroy delberately drop something push someone down, to do anything of this sort, if you lose your temper, to call attention to oneself if one feels he has been wronged in some way. "Dingkarangka karrkay dakandin kuli-kadanymundu" "The man dropped the child because he was angry"
daki-daki	noun	lazy or in the way. "Yundu daki-daki, dungayda", "You are lazy, get out of my way"
dakil	noun	arm, branch of a tree, wing
dakil-dakil	noun	branches of a tree
dakilji	noun	cup panninkin, only rarely used now.
dakumbar	noun	water gum tree (nyungkul dialect). "yalanji-jinajina", "This wood is good for woomeras"
dakumbar	noun	watergum (also called Nyungkul)
dakwul-dakwul	noun	brown and white scrub bird. The male has brown on the top of his head, a white strip past the eye. Tey clear an area, then many form a circle with on in the middle and the middle one will sing and dance.
dakwul-dakwul	noun	brown and white scrub bird
dakwurr-dakwun	noun	hammer bird, totem of the walarr moiety
dakwurr-dakwun	noun	hammer bird
dakwuy	adjective	hungry
dalban	noun	species of oak tree
dalban	noun	species of oak
dalbarril	noun	strike by lightning. "balbaynja juku dalbarrin", "the lightning struck the tree" ricochet, as a stone striking another stone and bouncing off or a person throwing a spear at a sea turtle and the spear glancing off the shell to quickly scold someone and then quickly leave. "bamangka kukubu dalbarrin", "the man scolded (him), (then left)"
dalkal	noun	freshwater sardine, red
dalkal	noun	freshwater sardine
dalkan	noun	species of tree, grows along beaches
dalkan	noun	species which grows along beaches
dalkari	noun	bladder
dalkay	intranstive-verb	hatch. "warngku 10-bala, kaykay-kaykay dalkay", "after 10 days the little ones hatch out"
dalkay-manil	transitive-verb	to blow up, as to blow up a balloon to break in little pieces, as a bottle
dalkiji	noun	to beat up. "nyulu ngamungku karrkay dalkijin", "the mother beat up the child"
dalkil	transitive-verb	to crack a nut or whip,or shoot a gun to give a name or call a person by a name. "ngayu nyungunyin burri dalkin carol", "I gave her the name Carol"
dalku	noun	archer fish (nyungkul dialect) yalanji - mujarrka
dalku	noun	archerfish (nyungkul)
dalmbal	noun	flathad (also dukul-barangka)
dalmbal	noun	flathead
dalngan	adjective	well able to do something, courageous. (synonym - muna, burrkul-dandi)
dalngarri	noun	flames which make light. "baya dalngarri-bunga", "make the fire give light" urine. "ngayu dalngarrinji dungay", "I have to go to the toilet"
dama-murnil	transitive-verb	twirl a fire drill
damal	transitive-verb	to spear. "nyulu kalkabu kuyu daman", "he speared a fish with a spear" to sea. "ngayu kambi daman", "I made the dress" to baptise. "pastorangka nyungun banabu dukul daman", "the pastor baptised him" to wash. "nyulu yinkinba kambi daman", "she washed clothes in the creek"
damaway	intransitive-verb	fight with spears
damba	noun	damper
dambal	noun	shoes, boots, thongs, footwear
dambun	noun	a spirit who kills people
dambunji	noun	a person who is possed with a spirit who kills, a murderer
damu	noun	chest hillside
damu naka	noun	a person facing south, or the slope of a hill facing south
danbal	noun	king fish flat head
danbal	noun	kingfish
danda	noun	chestnut horse
dandarrbina	noun	yellow freshwater eelfish
dandarrbina	noun	yellow freshwater eel
dandi	adjective	hard, tough healthy, strong
Dandi	pro-noun	King's Plains, a place
dangal	adjective	baggy, sloppy
dara	noun	bambo spear stick
daray	intransitive-verb	fall
daray-manil	transitive-verb	to drop something
dari	noun	boxwood tree, grows mainly in high places
dari	noun	boxwood
darka	noun	kind of nut
darkay	noun	small mud clam
darra	adjective	narrow too small
darrba	noun	grass wallaby
darrbil	transitive-verb	deny relationship with someone
dawa-dawa	noun	species of magpie
dawadawa	noun	magpie
dawal	noun	kingfish, trevally
dawal	noun	trevally
dawar	noun	star
dawarr	noun	straw hat
daya	transitive-verb	give
daya	transitive-verb	command form of give
dayirr	adjective	clean, clear, bright
dibarr	noun	teapot
dibirr-dibirr	noun	rainbow bird
dibirrdibirr	noun	rainbow bird, honey eater
dibul	noun	cane
diburr	noun	seed egg bullet tablets
diburr-miyil	noun	eyeball
didal	transitive-verb	to put clothes on
diday-manil	transitive-verb	say something bad about someone
dijaraban	noun	mayfly, dragonfly
dijarr	noun	species of freshwater fish, like the jungle perch - bayi - but not around here. Found at Rossville and Shipton's Flats
dijarr	noun	species of fresh water perch
dijarr-dijin	noun	willie wagtail
dijarrdijin	noun	willie wagtail
dikal	noun	bird
dikarr	noun	Thompson Creek Camp
dikarr	noun	magic to make people sick Thompson Creek camp
dikarr-warra	noun	the people living originally at Thompson Creek.
dikarra	noun	war spear, has a stingray barb
dikirr	noun	waterlilly (edible)
dikurrbu	noun	zig-zag above Thomas Creek (place name)
dilbal	noun	hictory tree (a type of tree)
dilbal	noun	species of hickory
dili	noun	corkwood pine; the tree from whicch witchetty comes
dili	noun	corkwood pine
dilngku-baja	noun	Middle camp
dilngku-baja	pronoun	Middle camp (place name) also rock in river. (story site)
dimbi	noun	behind the house
dimbirr	noun	hollow trunk of a tree
dimulji	noun	one who talks to the spirits of the dead
dimur-dimur	noun	spirit. After a man is murdered by a dambunji, the dimur-dimur sucks the blood of the man who was killed to make him alive again.
dimurraji	noun	a person who is able to summon up the dead
dindal	transitive-verb	to roast on coals
dindarra	directional	middle, in between
dingal	noun	base of a tree end of something
dingkal	transitive-verb	squeeze, knead
dingkar	noun	male, man, boy
dingki	noun	a type of tree
dingkil-dingkil	noun	bell (english loan word)
dingkul	adjective	part, part full, part way
diri-diri	noun	sandfly
dirka	noun	cream of tartar fur finecut tobacco powder
dirka	noun	fine, finely ground
dirka-dirka	adjective	smooth, as rock surface
dirra	noun	tooth
dirra-baka	noun	a person who swears a lot, uses a lot of foul language
dirramajaji	intransitive-verb	to grind one's teeth, to gnash one's teeth
dirrku	adjective	dislike
dirrmbay	noun	species of seagull
dirrmbay	noun	seagull which gives warning of an approaching storm music struck as a warning that a big corroboree is about to start message to a dead person to not make it a long night. This is done on the night the corpse is in the house
diwalngku	noun	migratory bird
diwalngku	noun	migratory bird
diwan	noun	scrub turkey
diwan	noun	scrub turkey
diyi	noun	tea
dubal	noun	coolamon bark coffin or container for dead who were then placed in a cave
dubar	adjective	level or flat place
dubar kalbay	noun	The Daintree side of Rocky Point (place name)
dubu	noun	generic term for spirit the spirit of a dead person
dubu-mirrkirr	noun	skill in rocks
dubu-mirrkirr	noun	stone skull along path on top of the zig-zag (story site)
duburan	noun	directional sign, one placed in position, (not a motion), as a heap of stones or grass twisted to point the way ring of soft materials to put on women's for carrying things
dudal	transitive-verb	knock, clap
dudu	noun	blunt
duduy	noun	bush, weeds, tangled growth
dujandujan	noun	locust, large cicada found in mountains
dukal	noun	kind of fruit (fig) that is edible after roasting
duku	noun	bent
dukul	noun	head bow of boat boss, from English head on a tape recorder
dukul bajibay	noun	skull
dukul-barangkal	noun	flathead, species of fish.
dukul-dandi	adjective	stubborn
dukul-dukul	noun	broad-leafed bush that can be used as cover for a dirt oven, kurrma.
dukul-kulnkul	adjective	sorrow to feel sleepy as if with a heavy head
dukul-mukul	noun	species of small lizard with big head
dukul-wuri	adjective	really angry
dukunjaka	noun	bush medicine
dukunjuju	noun	golden whistler
dukunjulu	noun	golden whistler
dukurr	noun	inside mind
dukurr buyin	adjective	retarded
duli	noun	burnt patch of grass
dulku	noun	white crane
dulku	noun	white crane
dulmbi	noun	umbrella palm name of a place at Stucky's Gap
dulmbil	noun	umbrella palm
dulmbill	noun	Stucky's Gap
dulngki	adjective	wide
dulngku	noun	reef
dumbarriji	intransitive-verb	broke
dumbarril	transitive-verb	break, tear, rip
dumbul	noun	any hard covering such as bark of a tree, crust of bread, shell of turtle
duna	noun	wet
dungay	intransitive-verb	go. This is contracted to duway in fast speech.
dungkul	adjective	huge, enormous
dungkunji	noun	bad spirit who in form of a crocodile, covered with crocodile skin
dunjal	noun	a growth on the bottom of a foot
dunju	noun	soda bicarb
dunju	noun	coarse, rough
dunju-dunju	adjective	having lots of knobs, spikes, thorns, etc coarse
dunyu	noun	husband
duray	adjective	tricky clever
durra	noun	caterpillar, worm
durral	noun	species of tree and its edible fruit spears made from this wood
durral	noun	species with edible fruit
durray	noun	fighting stick
durrbal	noun	a greedy person who has eaten all the food
durrkin	noun	white-tailed rat
durru	noun	toe
durrubu dungay	intrasitive-verb	walk on tiptoe
duru-duru	adjective	puzzled
duwar	noun	black palm black palm spear
duwar	noun	black palm
jaba	noun	stick, sapling, post, walking stick, horn
jaba-jaba	adjective	adult ready or big enough for eating, big
jabalbina	noun	home of the ancestors Maytown language for storm
jabani	noun	Japanese (english loan word)
jabarr	noun	baldy gum tree
jabarr	noun	baldy gum
jabarrangkul	noun	blank ant. Also their nest in rotten logs.
jabil	transitive-verb	kick
jabil	noun	scrub lizard
jabul	adjective	taboo
jabulbina	noun	thunder out west, the start of all storms
jadal-jadal	adjective	missed, as missed hearing it not strong enough
jadalangka	noun	leg of a beast
jadamu	noun	bananas
jadi	noun	sand goanna. Only old people are allowed to eat it.
jajikal	noun	north side of Bloomfield River mouth
jajikal	noun	Bloomfield
jajikal	noun	pandanus tree (screw palm) name of lower (bottom) camp in Ayton where there are lots of pandanus trees
jajikal	noun	pandanus palm
jajin	noun	sacred/taboo
jajirril	transitive-verb	to stand something up bail up, put up an animal
jaka	noun	friarbird
jaka	noun	friar bird (leather-head)
jakal	noun	full
jakal	noun	mouse door, front
jakalambal	transitive-verb	start a fire start to cook food
jakalba	adjective	ahead, in front of, before
jakalbaku	time	at the first, in the beginning
jakalbamunku	adjective	the first-born, first one
jakalkulu	noun	tree stump
jakalmunku	adjective	first
jakari	noun	spiderlily
jakay	noun	back of neck, neck
jakay-dandi	adjective	stingy
jakay-jakay	adjective	angry
jakay-jakayku	manner	headlong
jakibiyal	adjective	tough, strong
jakuji	noun	left hand
jakway	noun	door, front
jala-jala	adjective	loose, loosely put together
jalamal	intransitive-verb	jump, hop, skip get out of a truck, car, boat or plane
jalan	noun	edible sea creature with a shell like a porcupine with prickles which lives on the rocks by the sea. (you fry the meat)
jalban-baka	adjective	always wanting to be high up - climbing trees
jalbayn	noun	food taboo
jalbil	noun	greenish black lizard about 12 inches long some mythological person/animal who split Snapper Island away from the main-land. Story of dakwurrdakwun cooking marra-bujabay in kurrma
jalbu	noun	female, woman
jalbubun	noun	bad news
jalil-jalil	noun	mudskipper
jaljan	noun	pharynx
jalkar	noun	high bank
jalkar-jalkar	adjective	steep
jalkaraburr	noun	high reaches of the mountains
jalkay	noun	salmon
jalkay	noun	salmon
jalkinba	adjective	loosely, slack, gently, not strongly
jalngarr	noun	flat rock
jalngka	adjective	smooth, level
jalngka	noun	itchy feeling
jalngka-bungal	transitive-verb	take the rough off a piece of wood with a tool or a piece of glass making a place level
jalngkaji	noun	itchy
jalngkal	transitive-verb	to remove a hard or tough covering, e.g. a coconut
jalngkay	intransitive-verb	itch
jalngkun	adjective	sharp
jalnji	noun	species of poison nut tree, not edible for humans. Gum from this tree is not poisonous, used for making spears.
jalnji	noun	nut tree
jalun	noun	sea, large body of water
jalungkarr	noun	flood
Jalunji	noun	people belonging to the seaside
jama	noun	a type of tree
jamal	noun	white of egg
jamalka	noun	shoulder blade
jamar	noun	newly cleared scrub
jamarbina	noun	goose
jamba	noun	hillside
jambul	adjective	two
jambul-jambul	adjective	four
jambun	noun	grub. Mareeba dialect for mujurr
jamu	noun	cork from bottle
jana	noun	they plural
janay	intransitive-verb	stand to come to a stop
janay-manil	transitive-verb	to stop someone
janbal	noun	blue quondong blue spotted fantail ray
janbal	noun	blue quondong tree
janbal	noun	blue spotted fantail ray
janban	noun	rice
janbangaji	intransitive-verb	to become stuck, to stick to to keep something that is not your own, but you don't steal it, just find it somewhere
janbangal	transitive-verb	to glue or stick something, using pitch or glue (yalanji only)
janbar	noun	stick, also used for sticky honey
janbay	transitive-verb	stick to
janbay-janbay	adjective	cheeky
janbay-manil	transitive-verb	to stick or glue something to something
jandal	noun	lower limb, leg
jandu	noun	a food made from flour cooked in water, which is thick, not soupy
jangka	noun	stone
jangkal-jangkal	adjective	bristling, ready to fight
jangkan	noun	swift
jangkan	noun	swift (species of bird)
jangkarra	noun	upriver Daintree
jangkarra	noun	along upper reaches of Daintree River
jangkuy	noun	sound of chewing
jani	adjective	well cooked, done
janjarr-janjarr	adjective	nuisance, cheeky, trouble maker
janji-manil	transitive-verb	to give someone a bath
janjil	intransitive-verb	wash, bathe, swim
janka	adjective	quiet
janku	noun	hole in the ground
jarba	noun	generic word for snake
Jarba wali-yindu-wali-yindu	noun	a type of snake
jarbir	noun	species of fish, grunter
jarbir	noun	grunter
jarmbil	noun	wash away drift, as things the drift by the tide
jarra	noun	more, farther
jarra-jarra	adjective	high full grown or mature
jarra-kulbal	noun	to lift or carry
jarra-kulbal	transitive-verb	carry
jarra-maliyan	noun	above Thompson Creek Camp (place name) (story site)
jarrabi	noun	junction to Gold Hill
jarrabi	noun	upper reaches of Daintree River Junction to Gold Hill
jarrabina	noun	tree-climbing kangaroo
jarramali	noun	thunder, thunderstorm, thunderheads praying mantis small species of stingray
jarramali bajaku	adjective	someone who is angry and yelling at people, who loses his temper
jarrangkal	noun	fig tree and its fruit
jarrangkal	noun	species of fig
jarrawaki	noun	species of some shelled sea creature skin colour, a little lighter than usual but not light enough to be half-case
jarrbar	manner	to be flat on one's stomach, prone
jarri	intransitive-verb	to delay, stay away
jarrjal	noun	message stick used to carry bad news, usually a stick about 4 inches long, with notches (If a person receives a sensation on the forehead, it is an indication of bad news)
jarrkal	noun	an item, quartz, marble, bone - which is pulled out of a person's body by the witch doctor when sick
jarrngkurr	noun	a weapon, instrument
jarru	noun	taro (english loan word)
jarruka	noun	scrub hen, jungle fowl
jarruka	noun	scrub hen, also used to refer to the eggs and/or nest of scrub hen
jawarr	noun	argument, complaint
jawarr-baka	noun	someone who is always arguing or complaining
jawarr-wunay	intransitive-verb	to complain
jaway	adjective	generous, liberal
jawun	noun	friend, relation
jawurraji	noun	large ant bed
jayarr-jayarr	adjective	pleasant, nice to talk to
jaybay	intransitive-verb	to become stuck, stick to
jayjin	noun	name for policeman (sergeant) (english loan word)
jayju	noun	kangaroo rat
jiba	noun	liver insides, guts
jiba-janay	intransitive-verb	turn around from stomach to back when lying down
jiba-jurrkiji	intransitive-verb	repent, to go a different way, morally
jiba-ngulkurmal	adjective	glad
jiba-warri	intransitive-verb	become startled
jiba-wulay	adjective	sweet, as sugarcane feel really good and satisfied, as after a good meal
jiba-yararri	intransitive-verb	frightened
jibabu nyajil	transitive-verb	to know without seeing or hearing
jibabu nyajil	transitive-verb	to obey
jibabu-nyajil	transitive-verb	realize something bad
jibal	noun	dog's urine
jibar	noun	stomach
jibarr	directional	south and inland from the coast, south-west
jibi-badi	intransitive-verb	to feel sorrow, grief, pity
jibul	noun	cave (story site)
jibul	noun	species of large bat place name - cave between Kangkaji and Kaway (story site). Also called Kurrbi.
jidi	noun	paperbark tree bark torch
jidu	noun	species of wild fruit in scrub, a bushy plant, with long leaves, ripe in March. These leaves are also used to line a dirt oven (kurrma)
jija	noun	grandchild (one's son's children)
jijamali	noun	coconut grove across from mill
jijamali	noun	name of old house across the river from the mill, now burned down
jiji	noun	roof of house the top of anything
jijiniliji	noun	south side of Bloomfield River mouth
jijiniliji	-	place name. First ground upriver from the mouth of the Bloomfield River (south side)
jijirr	noun	red bream
jijirr	noun	red bream
jijirrbay	noun	whip snake
jijirrbay	noun	whip snake
jika	adjective	any food if, when cooked, is not hard but squishy (like sweet potatoes, or pumpkin)
jika-birra	noun	tobacco leaf
jikaji	intransitive-verb	to stretch - as on awakening from sleep
jikal	transitive-verb	stretch, to straighten
jikan	noun	grass
jila	noun	beeswax smell sweat
jila-burra	noun	bad smell
jila-warri	intransitive-verb	sweat
jilanji	noun	vareity of edible fig and the tree
jilanji	noun	species of fig
jilba	noun	walk walkabout
jilba-burra	noun	a slow walk
jilbar	noun	corkwood
jilbar	noun	corkwood
jiljay	noun	grub found in antbed
jilkurr	noun	Roy Haach's old farm
jilnganji	noun	near Spit Island, at the confluence of the Bloomfield River and Thompson Creek (place name)
jilngarr	noun	headband made from seashells
jilngu	noun	boney salmon, tarpon
jilngu	noun	boney salmon, ox eye herring
jilu	adjective	an animal that is a little fat
jilu-jilu	adjective	glossy surface
jimal	noun	fire stick
jimal damal	transitive-verb	to make fire with a fire stick
jimalili	noun	mountain lizard. This lizard taught people how to use the firestick.
jimu	noun	grasshopper
jina	noun	foot
jina-jina	noun	watergum (yalanji)
jinabiju	noun	chicken hawk (goshawk)
jinabiju	noun	chicken hawk, goshawk
jinabu dungay	intransitive-verb	to go by foot, to walk
jinajina	noun	water gum tree; this tree is good timber for woomeras (yalanji dialect)
jinali	noun	smooth rock
jinbal	adjective	fast, quick, hurry.
jinbar	noun	wrist
jindal	noun	spear with three prongs
jindal	transitive-verb	to bite and leave a puncture mark, as a snake bite or some dog bites.
jindi	noun	fish scale dish
jingajalka	noun	species of tree, also its edible fruit, which is small and elongated and plum-like with a large seed. The tree has bark out of which baskets can be made. It peels off easily then is put into the fire for a minute to soften, then it is bent and the ends tied to form a basket. It is used to cook with - hot stones can also be put in the water in it - and it was used to carry bones of the dead.
jingka-jingka	noun	silverfish honey ant, the abdomen enlarges after eating
Jingka-Jingka	noun	upper reaches of Roaring Meg River (place name)
jinil	noun	barb of spear
jinjajalka	noun	species of tree
jinjay	noun	poison nut tree. The nut is edible after roasting. The smoke is poisonous when roasting the nut. The bark and sap are poisonous, but water from cooked wattle tree bark will cure the poisoned skin.
jinjay	noun	nut tree, poisonous fruit
jinjurri	noun	Billygoat Creek
Jinjurri	noun	Billygoat Creek (place name)
jinjurri-jinjurri	adjective	spotted, as an animal
jinkalmu	noun	brown snake or taipan (no distinction)
jinkalmu	noun	taipan, brown snake. (These are not distinguished) Young boys were made to eat the eyes of a jinkalmu in order to make them kuliji, fierce, good fighters.
jinkarr	noun	body of a dead person when it is carried in the dubal (bark coffin)
jinkurr	noun	younger sister, relationship term
jirabay	noun	ground lizard, larger than the blue-tongue lizard
jirakal	adjective	new
jiral-jiral	noun	night bird
jiral-jiral	adjective	nightbird
jiray	adjective	desire, craving
jiri	noun	sky heaven
jiri bajaku	noun	fine day, cloudless sky
jiri-warra	noun	angels, the sky-mob
jiri-wuran	noun	upper reaches of the Bloomfield River (place name)
jirimali	noun	fine day, cloudless sky
jirimandi	noun	coconut, the tree and the fruit
jirimandi	noun	coconut
jirka	noun	spring
jirra	adjective	burnt, as food. Sometimes also the crust of bread.
jirra-bungal	transitive-verb	to overcook, to burn the food
jirra-kangal	transitive-verb	to taste, to upset someone, to stir him up to start a fire to start a motor
jirramar	noun	chips, small sticks to start a fire
jirray	adjective	big amount, lots
jirrbu-jirrbu	adjective	lonely, uninhabited, sad
jirrburr	adjective	meat with no fat, an animal in poor condition. (This kind of animal will not be eaten)
jirril	noun	pubic hair on both man and woman
jirrkalinku	manner	through, as through a gate.
jirrku	adjective	the way you feel if someone talks bad about you
jirrkul	noun	rust, rusty
jirrkumal	intransitive-verb	complain, to chase, to cause to go away, as when a person or people are angry and make someone go away either by his running away or actually chasing him
jirrum	noun	small oyster
jiwal-jiwal	noun	kingfisher, white tailed
jiwawu	noun	defiance
jiway	noun	messenger night bird
jiway	noun	messenger night bird which carries the message. When you go somewhere, after you get there, you send a message back home by throwing fire.
jiwaymba	noun	upriver Daintree
Jiwaymba	noun	below Stony Crossing in Daintree River (place name)
jiwukal	noun	upriver Daintree
Jiwukal	noun	along Daintree River (place name)
jiwurrmal	noun	pheasant cuckoo
jiwurrmal	noun	cuckoo pheasant (also called bulbululul)
jiwurru	noun	Romeo area
Jiwurru	noun	somewhere up high between Romeo and Rossville (place name)
jiyuy	conujunction	however, but.
jubil	transitive-verb	to pinch
juburr	adjective	experienced, expert, clever at something
judal	manner	tricking, pretending
judi	noun	barramundi (yalanji) (nyungkul - murrabal)
jujabala	noun	ironwood tree. The bark is burned to control thunderstorms, as is kangka, kanunjul and nganjirr
jujabala	noun	ironwood
juju	noun	buttocks, bum
juju-juju dungay	intransitive-verb	back up, to sit down
juka	noun	back of ankle, back of heel sugar
jukar	noun	sand
jukar-jukarbina	noun	sand whiting
jukar-jukarbina	noun	sand whiting
jukar-warra	noun	whirlwind
jukijuki	noun	chicken (english loan word)
juku	noun	tree, wood of any size from tree down to splinter
juku-juku	noun	bronzewing dove
jukujuku	noun	bronzewing dove. If the jukujuku sings out alone the people know that a stranger is coming or that someone may have died.
julaji	noun	freshwater catfish (yalanji)
julaji	noun	fresh water catfish (yalanji)
julay	noun	Daintree (site of old bama camp)
julay	noun	Daintree
julay	noun	Aboriginal camp location along Daintree River
julay-warra	noun	The Daintree people
julba	noun	freshwater minnow
julba	noun	fresh water minnow
julba-julba	noun	lizard from dreamtime
julbal	noun	species with edible small green apple
julbal	noun	species of tree and its fruit, a small edible green apple which becomes ripe in the wet season
julbarr	adjective	slippery
julbarr-warri	transitive-verb	to slip (in fast speech, this is contracted to julbarrin)
julbi	noun	guts, abdominal contents, lining of abdomen
julbi-dandi	adjective	showoff, skiter, stubborn person, one who insists on doing what he wants
julbiji	noun	diarrhea
julbin	noun	species of scrub zemia
julbin	noun	species of scrub zemia. Edible when ground and leaved with water
juljal	noun	a grave
julkun	noun	a belt of bark and hair wound around during mourning
julkurr	noun	where Haachs used to live (place name)
julma	noun	massage
julmba	noun	sucker fish
julmba	noun	sucker fish
julmbanu	noun	grey kangaroo, a darker variety than mayarriji
julngkal	noun	transitive-verb
julnji	noun	tar from a tree used to make spears
julul	noun	kind of oyster, larger than juwarru
julurr-julurr	noun	moomoo bird (owl)
julurr-julurr	noun	moomoo birds, night owl, night hawk
julurriji	intransitive-verb	to wash oneself
julurril	transitive-verb	to wash something
juma	time	presently, later on
juma-juma	time	later on
jumar	noun	little wallaby
jumbay-jumbay	noun	mushroom
jumbun	adjective	greedy
jumul-jumul	noun	The grass seeds that get stuck in clothes, which come during the wet season
junbirr	noun	small lizard. Common in leaves and grass before and durin wet season, with reddish markings on head
junda	noun	wild plum which is poisonous and must be leached before eating
jundi	noun	pumice stone, carborundum stone
jundul	noun	wild plum (poisonous without leaching)
jundul	noun	species of tree, bid round leaves, smooth bark
jungarr	noun	marsupial native cat
jungka	noun	wild cherry (edible fruit)
jungka	noun	wild cherry tree and its fruit
jungkalu	noun	billycan
jungkarril	transitive-verb	to roll
jungku	noun	end, tip
jungu-jungu	noun	white ant eggs
jungur	noun	Collin's Hill
jungur	noun	the big hill at the east side of the mouth of the Bloomfield River. Collins Hill (place name)
junjun	noun	species of wild fruit, ripe in March - May. During the junjun season, the scrub turkey, which normally lives in the high country, will come down to feed on them
junjuy	noun	something, usually of no value
junjuy-junjuy	noun	things
junkali	adjective	truthful, straight
junkan	noun	back of heel and ankle
junkay	adjective	correct, straight, right
junkurr	noun	strength
junkurr-janay	intransitive-verb	bristling, ready to fight stand strongly, overcome
junkurr-murubuku	modifier	earnestly, strongly
junkurrji	noun	strong
junumundajin	intransitive-verb	to be joined together
junumundal	transitive-verb	to fasten, join
juran	adjective	alive
jurbu	noun	a woman's dance
jurbuji	noun	a dancing woman
juril	transitive-verb	eject
juril-juril	noun	seashore plover
juril-juril	noun	seashore plover
jurra-jurra	adjective	rusty
jurrbil	adjective	reddish color
jurrbu	noun	shoots of plants
jurril	noun	a lie, an untruth
jurril-bungal	transitive-verb	to trick someone by lying by word or action
jurrilmal	intransitive-verb	jurrilmal
jurriyam	noun	satin bower bird
jurriyan	noun	satin bower bird
jurrkiji	noun	change direction, turn oneself repent
jurrkil	transitive-verb	turn something, move something
jurrngaji	intransitive-verb	to trip, as to trip over a stone
jurrngal	transitive-verb	to push down, upset
jurru	noun	corner, elbow
jurru-walay	adjective	expert, good shooter or hunter
jurrubiji	noun	right hand
jurruja	noun	trousers (english loan word)
juru	directional	moving along
juru-bawal	transitive-verb	to discontinue following something
juru-kija	noun	coconut grove where Biddle's Mission used to be (across from mill)
juru-kulbal	transitive-verb	to lead. Can also be used in the sense of leading astray
juru-kulbaway	intransitive-verb	walk single file
juru-manil	transitive-verb	catch up with. reach.
juru-warri	transitive-verb	to go after something to catch it
jurungu	noun	the next one behind
jurungu janbay-janbaji	intransitive-verb	keep up (with him), stuck (with him) in the sense of moving along.
jurungu-jurungu	manner	repeatedly
jurungu-kija	noun	area across the river from Middle Camp (place name)
jurungurr	noun	spoon made in old time
jururr-jururr	manner	repeatedly
juwa	time	too long a time
juwal	noun	yam or digging stick
juwamalmal	adjective	lethargic, as from sickness
juwarru	noun	mud oyster. It is like a barnacle, only it clings to rock and mangroves. Smaller and flatter that julul.
juway	noun	great grandfather nephew, niece. If you are a man, your sister's children are your wuway. if you are a woman, your brother's children are you juway
juwul	noun	guts, abdominal contents (nyungkul)
kaba	noun	rain
kaba-kada	noun	kulngurbu
kaba-kada	noun	Bailey's Creek. Also kulngku.
kababina	noun	fresh water lily flora and fauna belonging to the rain forest area
kabal	noun	Leichardt tree
kabal	noun	Leichardt tree and its fruit. The fruit is edible, it is small and round with small seeds. If you have a sore joint, boil the bark in water, rub the cooled water on the sore joint.
kaban	noun	paper, book
kabari	noun	armpit
kabay	noun	small ant bed
kabi	noun	Tributary Creek flowing into Thompson Creek
kabu	adjective	rotten, bad or rotten smell.
Kabu	noun	King's Plains swamp (place name)
kabul	noun	rock python
kabul	noun	rock python
kabuljaka	noun	zebra striped water snake
kabuljaka	noun	striped water snake, known as the zebra snake
kada-kada	noun	Bailey's Creek
kadabal	intransitive-verb	broken without money
kadan	noun	shell of turtle
kadanji	noun	black cockatoo
kadanji	noun	black cockatoo (totem of the Dabu moiety) (Yalanji)
kadar	noun	plains wallaby
kaday	transitive-verb	come
kadil	noun	sharp sound or crashing sound, as of an axe cutting wood, or a tree falling
kadirangkal	noun	clay pipe
kaduy	noun	snail, the small one around here at night
kajaka	manner	repeatedly
kajal	transitive-verb	to tie
kajamar	adjective	two things in one, as twins joined together, as in the darka nut or kajamarkay which has two nuts in one shell
kajarrbi	noun	clam shell, the giant clam
kajimarra	noun	food which is ground up to make flour, i.e.e marra. Rolled in junjun leaves and left in water for several weeks, then ground and roasted
kajinbur	noun	passionfruit (english loan word)
kajul	noun	species of mangrove
kajul	noun	species of mangrove. A lo9ng thin fruit which must be soaked in water to make it edible.
kaka	adjective	sore, achey bad tasting food, as sour milk or too strong curry salt water, ocean water
kakaji	noun	species of mangrove
kakaji	noun	species of mangrove with a short thin fruit which becomes edible by leaching out the poison
kakan	noun	the green upper part of the black palm tree from which the dilly bag is made
kakarr	noun	grass blanket to lie on, not to put over you also used as year, i.e. kararr jambul "two years"
kakawarr	noun	large number
kakawarri	manner	well, good at something
kaki	conjunction	if/when
kaku	noun	lawyer cane top
kala-babaji	transitive-verb	practise
kala-balal	transitive-verb	try something to see if it will be okay
kala-burra	adjective	weak
kala-jalamal	intransitive-verb	jump over
kala-kalbay	direction	far away, very long ways away
kalajarr	noun	scrub goanna
kalal	noun	vine
kalal-kalal	noun	Harry Dick's place
kalal-kalal	noun	Harry Dick's area
kalal-kalal	noun	mass of vines
Kalal-kalal	noun	for the lower end of Kangkaji Harry Dick's place (place name)
kalbal	noun	the mixture made from green ant larvae/pupae and eggs eaten for chest sickness and the common cold.
kalbali	adjective	tall
kalbali	noun	tall man
kalbanbina	noun	tea leaves
kalbariji	noun	finger cherry
kalbariji	noun	finger cherry
kalbarr	noun	dead body
kalbarr	adjective	together because of mutual interest
kalbarr-kajal	transitive-verb	hug, embrace
kalbawurr	noun	cypress pine pitch - poisonous
kalbay	adjective	long
kalbu	noun	species of crow
kalbu	noun	black crow
kalburiji	noun	species of bee
kali	noun	discharge from the eye
kalin-kalin	noun	species of hawk
kalin-kalin	noun	kestral hawk, totem of dabu moiety. He taught the people to do the corroboreee.
kalirrr	noun	vine with edible cherry
kaliway	noun	lower end of Emogin (story site, big footprint)
Kaliway	noun	near Cape Tribulation (place name) (story site, big footprint)
kaljan	noun	outrigger canoe
kaljil	transitive-verb	to vomit
kalka	noun	fishing spear, also generic term for spear
kalkajaka	noun	Black Mountains (also the caves there)
Kalkajaka	noun	caves near Black mountains, also Black Mountains
kalkamal	noun	a locust in the mountains which tells when to collect turkey eggs the time to collect the eggs (event)
kalkamuku	noun	green tree snake
kalkamuku	noun	green tree snake
kalkandiji	intransitive-verb	stuck, welded or glued together. Also the name for sticky plaster. hang on
kalkandil	transitive-verb	to tighten, to jam something in
kalkarrumbarr	noun	species of lizard 8-10 feet long which plays a part in one of the legends
kalki	adjective	undeveloped, green, unripe
kalkil	adjective	salty water, as in the sea or in a tidal river
kalkuri	noun	Malaeuca gum (woolybutt)
kalkuri	noun	woolly butt, Malaleuca gum
kalkurr	noun	species of wild yam
kalkuy	noun	species of owl
kalkuy	noun	night owl
kalmbakay	noun	upriver Daintree
Kalmbakay	noun	upper reaches of Daintree River
kalmbangarr	noun	black diver bird
kalmnbagarr	noun	black diver bird
kalnga	noun	mothers brother (relationship term) great grandson (relationship term)
kalngar	noun	a person who commits adultery the trouble that comes to a village or home because of a person, man or woman, who is always committing adultery and so disrupting normal home life
kalngar-baka	noun	a person who is continually making trouble because of his or licentiousness
kalngkan	noun	small mullet
kalngkan	noun	small mullet
kalngkan-damal	noun	upper reaches of Thompson Creek (place name)
kalu	noun	garfish
kalu	noun	salt water catfish
kalumba	noun	left-handed person
kama	noun	vomit
kamay	noun	yellow March fly
kamba	noun	old woman. Now sometimes called wulbuman, which is an English loan word
kambal	noun	low level, within reach
kambal-kambal	noun	mud
kambanmu	noun	cross-cousin (relationship term) (Children of my mother's brother or of my father's sister)
kambar	noun	white clay wet season
kambarr	noun	the liquid which drops from a corpse
kambi	noun	flying fox clothing
kambirkambin	noun	uncountable numbers
kami	noun	grandfather (relationship term) (father's father) grandmother (relationship term) (mother's mother)
kaminjarr	noun	grandchild - daughter's child
kamu	noun	mosquito
kamu-kamu	noun	strong drink, usually beer
kana	noun	inside
kana-baykal	intransitive-verb	angry
kanbal	noun	some of, the rest of
kanban	manner	mistakenly
kanbil	transitive-verb	to block, put in the way of
kandal	noun	maggot
kandarr	noun	belch, burp
kanga-dajil	transitive-verb	to take someone's place/job
kangal	transitive-verb	chase
kangka	noun	wild grape, used for stomach disorders. Also used for the control of thunder storms, as is nganjirr and jujabala and kanunjul.
Kangkaji	noun	First bay south of Bloomfield River along coast
kangkal	noun	one's own child; son, daughter
kangkiji	noun	see jalundurr list
kangkiji	noun	Kangkiji (north end)
kangku	noun	low gap in mountain, mountain pass
kangkul	noun	cheek
kangkul kulbal	transitive-verb	to slap someone's cheek
kanjal	noun	mate, one who is with you so you will not be alone
kanka	noun	hole
kankar	noun	sound of a clap
kankur	manner	right off, right through
kanunjul	noun	resin of grass tree, used to make pitch to seal spear bindings. Also used in the control of thunder storms, as is nganjirr and jujabala and kangka. Kanunjul is also used to smoke the inside of a house after the owner dies.
kanya	noun	fin
kanyaji	noun	freshwater catfish (nyungkul) (yalanji - julaji) Sometimes called walarrji, "with whiskers"
kanyaji	noun	fresh water catfish (nyungkul)
kanyil	noun	curse song. It is sung by one person against another who has seriously wronged him, i.e. stolen his wife. These songs are greatly feared, and act as a deterrent against wrongdoing.
karangaji	intransitive-verb	stalk
karangal	intransitive-verb	sneak around to see, reconnoiter
karangkal	adjective	alongside
kari	negative	negative, no negative conjunction meaning but or however in discourse, on the paragraph level used to indicate a change of focus
karida	negative	not now
kariku	negative	not yet
karikuda	negative	definitely not
kariyirrku	negative	not enough, not quite
karkunbay	noun	stockwhip bird
karra	noun	rope, cord, string
karrambil	noun	king parrot
karranda	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
karrandal	noun	species of tree with leaves which are white underneath and when crushed are good for boils
karrangkal	noun	reef or coral
karraway	noun	edible snail
karrbal	transitive-verb	to catch, grab, touch, arrest
karrirrangkal	noun	coral crushed for lime
karrkay	adjective	small
karrkay	noun	small one, child, young one
karrkil	noun	red jumper ant. Some people have gotten sick and comited after being bitten by them.
karrkurr	noun	green frog
karrmbil	noun	blue mountain parakeet
karrmbil	noun	blue mountain parakeet
karrngka	noun	a hole in something, as in a board or a dress, or a crack in a house
karruku	noun	ghost crab, fiddler crab
karrul	noun	drool
Karrulbu	noun	Roaring Meg Falls area (story site)
karrulji	noun	black spotted dart
karrulji	noun	black spotted dart
karu-bunday	noun	a woman who is in love with someone
karu-kumbo	noun	top end of Watermelon Creek
Karu-kumbu	noun	headwaters of Granite Creek, the Bloomfield side of Romeo (place name)
karul-karul	noun	green scum moss
Karulkumba	noun	near Watermelon Creek (place name)
karunkurr	noun	crested pigeon
kawa	noun	little ants, white or black
kawal	noun	a shout, cooee, not far away
kawal badi	intransitive-verb	howl
kawar	noun	honey bread of bees
kawarr	noun	species of bloodwood
kawarr	noun	species of bloodwood tree
kaway	noun	Cowie Beach
Kaway	noun	second bay south of the Bloomfield River on the coast
kawku	exclamation	expression of delight on the arrival of a visitor (spoken with rising intonation on the second syllable)
kawu	noun	yam
kawunjil	noun	black cherry (edible fruit)
kawunjil	noun	species of tree and its fruit, a small edible black cherry, very sweet. Ripe in wet season.
kaya	noun	dog
kaya-kaya	noun	dogs
kayal	adjective	undeveloped, green, unripe raw
kayamuku	noun	felt hat (literally the back of a dog)
kayiji	intransitive-verb	getting hooked charm (idioom)
kayil	transitive-verb	to hook with a hook spear to charm, fascinate
kayjurr	noun	species of white gum
kayjurr	noun	white gum
kaykay-kaykay	noun	children
kaykay-kaykay	noun	children (contraction of karrkay-karrkay)
kidal	transitive-verb	sweep, remove, wipe clean an animal - to remove the insides
kidi-wanarri	intransitive-verb	runny tummy, diarrhea
kija	noun	Roaring Meg Falls
kija	noun	moon Roaring Meg Falls (site of moon story)
kijar-kijar	noun	numb feeling discoloured skin where skin is a little lighter in colour in places, usually from untreated ringworm
kiji-kijiyal	transitive-verb	tickle
kiju	noun	mudcrab
kijukum	noun	saltwater catfish
kijukum	noun	salt water catfish
kilaja	noun	mirror (english loan word from glass)
kilbal	transitive-verb	to lose, spill, waste
kilili	noun	windbreak
kilki	adjective	alert, on guard (for yourself), keep an eye on someone, watch out
kilkirr	noun	tiger shark
kilkirr	noun	tiger shark
kima	adjective	soft weak, sick
kima-kima	adjective	easy crossing of water, water isn't rushing as during a floor
kimil	noun	stick
kinbal	transitive-verb	motion to get attention
kinga	noun	caterpillar
kinga-dungay	intransitive-verb	kind of a shocked feeling, get goose pimples, hair stands up
kinga-dungay-manil	-	to sneeer at, mock, make someone feel ashamed
kingal	noun	river oak or she oak
kingal	noun	river oak, she oak. Type of pine along beach.
kingkin-kingkin	adjective	amusing, cute, said of a baby when admiring him
kinkay	intranstive-verb	play (yalanji )
kira	noun	female, used only for baby girls
kira-kira	noun	black ant
kiray	adjective	slow, quiet
kiraynjaku	manner	secretly
kirbaji	noun	dugong
kiriji	intransitive-verb	forbidden
kiril	transitive-verb	forbid, block
kirraji	intransitive-verb	work
kirrbay	noun	ringworm
kiru	noun	brains grease, marrow, drippings from animal fat
kiru-kari	adjective	dull, stupid, insane, silly
kiway	noun	cold
kiway-kiway	adjective	cold
kuban	noun	name for wife
kubananji	noun	married man
kubarr	noun	big black freshwater eelfish
kubarr	noun	big black fresh water eel
kubarru	noun	sound of whip
Kubi	noun	below the Roaring Meg Falls (place name)
Kubidada	noun	below the Roaring Meg Falls (place name)
kubija	noun	garfish, barracuda
kubija	noun	barracuda
kubirr-kubirr	noun	black and red seeds which are threaded to make a wankarr (necklace)
kubu	noun	smoke
kubu-kubu	noun	tadpole
kuburrubun	noun	crown of head
kuda	question	question word (nyungkal) (yalanji - yala)
kudamundu	direction	behind, last
kudamundu kulbal	transitive-verb	drag
kudi	noun	barramundi
kuja	noun	species of small stingless bee, and its honey. The nests are found in the ground.
kujan	adjective	slow (nyungkul only)
kuji-kuji	noun	species of tree species of bloodwood
kuji-kuji	noun	species of bloodwood tree
kujil	transitive-verb	keep, hold, wait for.
kujiway	noun	daughter-in-law
kujuway	noun	brown pigeon
kujuway	noun	brown and green pigeon
kuku	noun	news the talk or language of a place
kuku jurrkiji baj	intransitive-verb	to change your mind
kuku nyajil	transitive-verb	to know without seeing or hearing
kuku wambal	transitive-verb	explain, tell the news
Kuku Waybul	noun	English
kuku yaral	noun	straight talk
kuku-baka	noun	chatterbox, someone who is continually talking
Kuku-Bidiji	noun	dialect of the people of the ground around Maytown
Kuku-Buyunji	noun	used by speakers to refer to a dialect not their own
Kuku-Jalunji	noun	dialect of the coastal people, which includes the Bloomfield area
Kuku-Nyungkul	noun	the talk of the people originally around Rossville and Shipton's Flats.
Kuku-Yalanji	noun	literally "talk of this place", now used to refer to the dialect and people of the China Camp-Daintree area. (also the generic name for all the dialects and people from Cooktown to Mossman)
kukujida	noun	said of a child who has just learned to talk. Literally "has talk now" "news mouth"
kukuni	noun	the big spear used for spearing turtle, used as a harpoon
kukur	noun	rat
kulal	noun	a mother who loses a child through death
kulay	noun	one who commits adultery
kulbal	noun	brolga
kulbal	transitive-verb	pull, lift
kulbanmuku	noun	axe, originally a stone axe
kulbar	noun	silky maple (yellow maple timber)
kulbar	noun	white beech, silky maple, yellow maple timbers
kulbawurr	noun	the resin gum of the cypress pine which is poisonous. It was used on spears in the old days, the effect lasts about two hours.
kulbul	adjective	ripe
kuli	noun	anger poison trouble
kuli-baka	noun	a person who is always fighting, always angry
kuli-kangal	transitive-verb	tease, mock, make angry
kuliji	noun	savage, always fighting
kulil	noun	jellyfish
kuljan	noun	sound made from drumming water. (This is done by percussion, the half-closed hand striking water.)
kulji	noun	pebbles, small stones coins, money. This is going out of use.
kulka	adjective	short
kulki	noun	Tribulation
kulki	noun	Cape Tribulation
Kulki	noun	Cape Tribilation (place name)
kulmba-kulmba	noun	gecko, small house lizard
kulngku	noun	Bailey's Creek
kulngku	noun	Bailey's Creek
Kulngku	noun	Bailey's Creek. Also Kaba-kada
kulngkul	adjective	heavy pregnant
kulngu	noun	bandicoot
kulngurbu	noun	Coconut grove near mouth of creek
Kulngurbu	noun	the coconut grove near the mouth of the Creek at Ngamujin Beach (place name)
kulngurk	noun	Bailey's Creek
kulu	adjective	short broken off pipe
kuludu	noun	specis of dove
kuludu	noun	dove, small grey
kulun	adjective	selfish
kulur	adjective	three
kulurrin	noun	handsaw
kumarkaji	noun	near China Camp
Kumarkaji	noun	near China Camp (story of Amazon women)
kumbamu	noun	trade wind, fair wind
kumbir	adjective	well after being sick
kumbu	noun	urine
kumin	noun	species of fig (edible)
kumin	noun	species of fig tree with edible fruit. The fruit looks like an eyeball, it is ripe in August - October.
kumul	noun	species of grass
kumurbina	noun	black cockatoo (nyungkul)
kumurbina	noun	black cockatoo (nyungkul) (yalanji - kadanji)
kumurr	noun	The autumn time of the year when so many flowers are in bloom.
kumuy	noun	fluorescence under water (salt water), as behind a boat in the water at night
kuna	noun	Shipton's Flats
kuna	adjective	to be joinded
Kuna	noun	Shipton's Flat (place name)
kuna-bungal	transitive-verb	to join something to something, i.e. to tie something to something else.
kunarangkal	time	middle of the night
kunbay-manil	transitive-verb	to finish something
kunbayn	intransitive-verb	finish
kunbu	noun	a big day, celebration, as a dance, race meeting or corraborree
kundur-kundur	noun	crescent perch
kundurr	noun	death adder
kundurr	noun	death adder
kundurr-kundurr	noun	crescent perch
kungkarr	direction	north along the coastl also used to refer to Cooktown
kungkun	noun	carpet snake, North Queensland python (no distinction)
kungkun	noun	brown tree snake
kungkurr	adjective	pop-eyed, eyes open wide, eyes bulging out.
kunil	transitive-verb	to hit to kill
kuniway	intransitive-verb	to fight with fists or sticks, hitting each other
kunja	noun	pimples
kunjal	transitive-verb	to call someone to invite
kunjarri	noun	species of palm
kunjarri	noun	species of palm tree. The bark can be used to make containers for cooking. The inside of the upper trunk of small ones is edible.
kunji	noun	sneeze
kunji-damaji	intransitive-verb	to sneeze
kunjin	noun	fire
kunjirr	adjective	cleansed from a dead person's spirit. To make a person's things unusable again after death, they must be warmed or smoked - passed through smoke or waving smoking bark all around and inside it
kunju	adjective	lame, cripple mentally ill
kunjuri	noun	shield
kunka	manner	might be, maybe
kunkun	noun	periwinkle, flat shellfish with a smooth shell
kunkun-bungal	transitive-verb	stare
Kunkunbuku	noun	mountain and river flowing from mountain. This mountain is where the wild dogs stay. (wild dog legend, Shiption's Flat-Jubilee area)
kunukunu	adjective	fat in food or fatty meat
kunyurrimba	noun	upriver Daintree
Kunyurrimba	noun	a sharp corner in the upper reaches of Daintree River (place name)
kurajan	noun	turtle spear point (yalanji) (nyungkul - biyul)
kural	noun	underwater
kuralbi	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
kuralbi	noun	species of tree and its fruit - wild peasun. The bark from this tree was used to make rope. Two long strands were twisted together and used for turtle rope. It was very strong.
kuran	noun	larva of case moth, edible. Found in green wood.
kuray-kuray	noun	milka tree
kuraykuray	noun	milk tree
kurburrubun	noun	magpie
kuri	noun	small patch of scrub
kurkumbay	noun	butcherbird
kurkunbay	noun	butcherbird, stockwhip bird
kurmba	noun	a woman who has very recently given birth to a baby
kurmba-kurmba	noun	slippery lizard the mythological person who was the husband of ngalba-bulal, the two sisters of Mt. Peter Botte. He was the husband of babarr, the older sister, but wanted the younger one.
kurmun	noun	sack, bag
kurndal	intransitive-verb	sink in mud or water
kurrajan	noun	a spear point made from wattle and used for turtle spearing. it was put in the fire until it was hard enough to pierce through a turtle shell.
kurran	noun	kind of grub
kurranday	noun	species of seagull
kurranday	noun	seagull
kurranji	noun	cassowary
kurranji	noun	cassowary
Kurraybaja	noun	coconut grove across the river from the mill
kurrbal	noun	native companion
kurrbal	noun	plain turkey (native companion)
kurrbar	noun	favorite
kurrbar-buyun	noun	a person having no friends, poor, no one to help
kurrbi	noun	southwards (story site of wind)
Kurrbi	noun	cave between Kaway and Kangkaji (story site)
kurrburrbun	noun	top of head
kurrburrubun	noun	species of magpie
kurrburrubun	noun	magpie
kurri-kurri	noun	stormbird
kurri-kurri	noun	storm bird giant mythical bird very tall person
kurrija	noun	octopus
kurrinkurrin	noun	mackeral sky
kurriyala	noun	species of fish, grunter
kurriyala	noun	carpet snake, python
kurrka-juri	intransitive-verb	a fight between two men over a woman
kurrka-wabaji	intransitive-verb	to look back, as on the trail
kurrkal	noun	shortcut
kurrkal-warri	intransitive-verb	go by a shortcut
kurrma	noun	earth oven
kurrmaja	noun	larvae of green ants
kurrmbal	noun	species of cicada or locusts
kurrmil	noun	part of something, a part
kurru-jindal	transitive-verb	complain
kurru-jindaway	intransitive-verb	argue, tongue fight
kurru-kurru	adjective	crooked, wrong
kurruba	noun	species of freshwater fish
kurrubal	noun	fresh water cod
kurrubijal	noun	morning star
kurrujuwa	noun	sentry bird
kurrujuwa	noun	sentry bird which warns of crocodiles along the banks of the river. Totem of both the dabu and walarr
kurrul	noun	cicatrice, tribal marks wrinkles, as on forehead or on a newborn baby's side
kurrun	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
kurrun	noun	a kind of tree
kurruy	noun	Burdekin plum
kurruy	noun	Burdekin plum
kuru	noun	woman's affection/love/lust to a man grub found in dry grass tree
kuru-baka	noun	a woman who is always falling in love
kurubarr	noun	species of mangrove with a long round seed
kurungka	noun	bronze wing pigeon
kurunkal	noun	species of mangrove
kurunkal	noun	species of mangrove with a long round seed
kururrungka	noun	bronze wing kookaburra
kuwa	direction	north and inland from the coast, north-west
kuwimbur	noun	whistle
kuwimbur yirrkay	intransitive-verb	to whistle
kuwinkan	noun	ghost/spirit
kuwinyu	noun	posterior (not a rude term)
kuya	noun	fun
kuya-bungal	transitive-verb	make fun of, tease in fun, make a joke
kuyaji	noun	funny person, thing, or happening, joker
kuyalin	noun	small conical shellfish, used for bait
kuyan	noun	war spear with quartz head
kuyi	noun	nasal mucus
kuyir	noun	bush curlew
kuyir	noun	bush curlew
kuyu	noun	fish
landin	noun	the Aboriginal camp at Thompson Creek. (english loan word, from landing)
ma	exclamation	shows mild surprise, something like English 'oh'
mabal	noun	swallow
mabarr	noun	war (aboriginals fighting with spears)
Mabarrba	noun	the turn off to Main Camp above the Zig-zag
mabil	noun	swamp
madja	noun	scrub, jungle, rain forest
madu	noun	sea pine
madu	noun	sea pine
maja	noun	boss (english loan word, from master)
majal	transitive-verb	to chew
majamal-majamal	intransitive-verb	idiom for bossy
majarr	noun	lazy, no good for hunting or working, used to refer to both dogs and people
maji	noun	matches (english loan word)
majin	adjective	oily or greasy
makaji	noun	onion plant, edible herb
makal	noun	muscles of calf on leg
makarr	noun	fish net
makarra	noun	streaky yellow ochre
makirr	noun	yellow ochre
maku	directional	towards
maku walimal	intransitive-verb	bend, stoop
maku-janay	intransitive-verb	wait to be met
maku-nyajil	transitive-verb	meet, as on the trail
maku-nyajiway	intransitive-verb	meet, as on the trail
maku-warri	intransitive-verb	go to meet someone
maku-wukurril	transitive-verb	follow to meet someone
maku-yungal	transitive-verb	send to meet someone
makuku-bawal	transitive-verb	change directions so you don't meet someone
makul-makul	noun	tar, or something black as tar or bitumen
mala	adjunction	expert, good at
mala bajaku	adjective	guilty
mala-bayan	noun	good carpenter
mala-burri	noun	good singer
mala-kural	noun	good diver
mala-kuyu	noun	good fisherman
mala-lorry	noun	good driver
mala-minya	noun	good hunter
mala-nganyi	noun	good at it, (anything), clever
mala-yarraman	noun	good rider
mala-yirrkay	intransitive-verb	admit, confess, tell the truth
malabayi	noun	right side
malajakuy	noun	southwards
Malajakuy	noun	the point between Kangkiji and Kaway. Jibul (bat) story is about this cave.
malaji	adjective	guilty
malal	noun	spider and spider web life force. That which belongs to the body which is burned at a dead person's burning ceremony
malar	noun	creepy feeling
malar dungay	intransitive-verb	gooseflesh
malari	noun	species of fern
malarmalar	noun	hairy or lumpy surface, pimples
malbin	noun	leg between knee and thigh
mali	noun	species of small bat
malka-malka	noun	a bad spirit, which goes through walls and comes around when a person has been killed by a dambunji
malkarri	noun	corroboree when someone dies
malnkurr	noun	headband
malurri	noun	fern tree
malurri	noun	fern tree
mama	noun	mother (english loan word)
mamarra	noun	two, joined together but not a pair. This is not used anymore except by old people.
mamarramaniji	intransitive-verb	married
mambarril	transitive-verb	force give over to, turn over to report something bad, to tell on, to gossip about allow
mana	transitive-verb	the command form of the verb "get"
manbir	noun	barb of a spear
manda	noun	if you are a woman, younger brother's children. If you are a man, younger sister's children (relationship term)
mandi	noun	moiety or subsection of the tribe
mandi-mandi	noun	honeycomb. When your husband or child dies you put this into your hair
mandurr	noun	bait (any kind)
mangkalba	noun	Cebar Bar
Mangkalba	noun	Cedar Bay (place name)
mangkurr-mangkurr	noun	species of garfish
mangkurr-mangkurr	noun	garfish
mangkurru	noun	mangrove (english loan word)
manil	transitive-verb	get
manjal	noun	mountain
manji	noun	dandruff
manu	manner	throat and front of neck
manu	noun	only, just
manu-burray	adjective	squeamish, nauseated
manu-damal	transitive-verb	visit
manu-kalkaji	noun	person's spirit
manubaja	noun	truth
manubaja-bungal	transitive-verb	believe
manubu wudil	transitive-verb	persuade
manubu-damal	transitive-verb	watch or guard
manubu-wundil	transitive-verb	deceive
manukurru	noun	scorpion
manun-manun	adjective	kind, merciful
manyarr	noun	wife
manyarrinyu	noun	couple, husband and wife
manyi	noun	summit between Bloomfield and Rossville (sea view)
Manyi	noun	where Main Roads camp was, near the summit of the Bloomfield-Helenvale Road (place name)
mara	noun	hand
mara mulunman	intransitive-verb	clenched fist, closed fingers
mara-barin	adjective	one who takes things and doesn't put them back
mara-bawan	transitive-verb	to intend to steal something, but someone came so he had to leave it behind and couldn't take it
mara-dajil	transitive-verb	help. From English 'give a hand'
mara-dakal	intransitive-verb	have a go (idiom)
mara-duray	adjective	clever with the bands, steal something sneak something
mara-jalajala	adjective	clumsy
mara-kunbay	intransitive-verb	rest, stop working
mara-muna	adjective	thief
mara-waban-wabaji	adjective	always busy, always working
mara-warri	intransitive-verb	crawl
maraji	intransitive-verb	swim
marakal	noun	spider shell
maral	noun	young girl, unmarried girl
maral-maral	noun	young girls
maramba	noun	upper Watermelon Creek
maramba	noun	near Watermelon Creek (place name)
Marangaku	noun	on Main Camp trail (place name) (story site)
mararr	noun	cloth. Originally a sail made of plaited palm leaves.
marbaji	noun	species of stringy bark
marbaji	noun	stringy bark tree
marbaymba	noun	Rattlesnake Point (story site)
marbaymba	noun	Rattlesnake Point and Fritz Creek (story site)
Marbaymba	noun	Rattlesnake point and the ground around there, also the taboo place up Fritz Creek (story site)
mari	adjective	Aboriginal. English loan word (from English outback slang) (In modern terms some people may also know as indiginous or first nations) Also could be spelt murray, murry, murri. (Also relevant to far north Queensland, not just the Bloomfield area)
mari doctor	noun	Aboriginal doctor
marku	noun	species of oyster
marngkil	noun	species of ti tree
marngkil	noun	species of ti tree
marra	noun	zemia nut
marra	noun	zemia tree and the zemia nut which is roasted, ground and leaced to make flour wing
marra-warri	intransitive-verb	to fly
marra-warril	intransitive-verb	to be in a real bad temper, temper tantrum, picking up things and throwing them to go somewhere (just children, not adults) thoughtlessly, not thinking of the danger
marrabal	noun	species of ti tree
marrabal	noun	species of ti tree
marrakan	noun	red cedar tree
marrakan	noun	dugout canoe made of red cedar wood
marral	adjective	dry
Marralin	noun	Islander
marrbal	noun	sour, bitter taste
marri	time	prolonged, long time
marri-marri	noun	old people
marril	noun	species of ti tree
marril	noun	species of mangrove, with apple-like seed only much bigger. The wood is hard and is good for making oars.
marriman	intransitive-verb	settled
marrka	noun	calm sea salt pan, where salt water has been
marrkabina	noun	edible oyster
marrkin	noun	gun
marrkin-marrkin	noun	nickname for a stockman
marrku	noun	edible wild cherry which has two or three seeds in each fruit. It grows on lows by the beach and has a shiny leaf. (english - native cherry)
maru-maru	manner	with nothing, without any, empty
marubu	noun	species of oyster
marun-marun	adjective	bright red colour
Marurmbu	noun	Gold Hill (place name)
mawal	noun	species of bee
mawar	noun	the vine of the lawyer cane. Also user to refer to braces.
mawu	noun	a coarse grass used in the making of dilly bags
mawul	noun	small fresh water eel
mawul	noun	small variety of freshwater eel. Only old people were allowed to eat it.
mawurmbu	noun	Gold Hill
maya	noun	a species of clinging plant or vine
mayal	noun	bottle
mayarriji	noun	sub-species of grey kangaroo, lighter in colour than the "julmbanu"
mayi	noun	vegetable food or fruit generic term for food, whether vegetable or protein
midir	noun	knight fish
midir	noun	knight fish, sometimes known as the port and light fish
mijan	noun	wart
mijiji	noun	white woman. English loan from "Missus"
mijinan	noun	Wallaby Creek bridge
Mijinan	noun	where the bridge is over Wallabay Creek (place name)
milbal	noun	tear
milbanku	noun	pencil cedar. The skin of the seed is edible.
milbar	noun	generic term for shell nautilus shell button
milbarakal	noun	species of tree
milbarkal	noun	milbarkal (english name unknown)
milbayarr	noun	near China Camp
Milbayarr	noun	woomera used in mixed company when referring to a man's penis
milbija	noun	upriver Daintree
Milbija	noun	along upper reaches of Daintree, between bubu Jiwulkal and Jangkarra
milbil	transitive-verb	to show or tell something introduce
mili	noun	sting tree
mili	noun	stinging tree jellyfish (because they also burn)
milka	noun	ear. Many idioms are compounded with "milka" as the base
milka dudu	adjective	deaf stubborn
milka jalkinba wunay	intransitive-verb	can't sleep because of something on the mind
milka kaka	noun	sore ear
milka kari	adjective	can't hear, deaf
milka ngabal	transitive-verb	sentence, as in court remind
milka nyajil	transitive-verb	remember
milka-bakal	transitive-verb	remind, tempt, warn
milka-binalku	associative	remember
milka-bujar	adjective	homesick, lonely, sad, worried
milka-burray	adjective	tired of so much noise
milka-dalkay	intransitive-verb	remember
milka-dalkay-manil	transitive-verb	remind
milka-daray	intransitive-verb	sin, yield to temptation
milka-janay	intransitive-verb	listen obey
milka-manil	transitive-verb	contented
milka-marri	adjective	contented, peaceful
milka-wulay	intransitive-verb	forget forgive
milkabu baykal	transitive-verb	think about
milkabu dumbarril	transitive-verb	think about
milkabu manil	transitive-verb	remember, recollect
milkabu nyajil	transitive-verb	hear
milkabu wukurril	transitive-verb	think about
milkaji	noun	blue tailed mullet
milkaji	noun	earache
milkaji	noun	small mullet
milkanga-bungal	transitive-verb	remind, also used for explain
milkul	noun	soup or stew
milman	noun	azure kingfisher
milman	noun	azure kingfisher
milmarr	noun	edible lawyer cane
minday	adjective	tame, quiet, brace, not afraid of or shy of, confident.
mindil	noun	dog flea
mingki-janay	intransitive-verb	squat, crouch. People fighting squat down so you cannot hit them with your spear, or when camping out, crouch down all night because of the rain (can't lie down because it is too wet)
mingu	noun	the hook of the woomera that enters the end of the spear
mingur	noun	oilnut tree
mingur	noun	oil nut tree. The fruit is like a small green apple, which when roasted in the fire, turns black. The black is rubbed on the hand and then on the hair to beautify it.
mini	adjective	correct, as a correct marriage according to tribal laws
mini-mini	adjective	beautiful, nice, pretty
minjal	transitive-verb	to keep/save food for someone
minjin-damal	transitive-verb	tidy up, make neat, straighten out.
minya	noun	meat, eggs (protein food) generic term for animal
miral	noun	scum on water whale oil
mirrba	noun	a wooden instrument to help throw spears more powerfully. This was used as an instrument of defence. After being found guilty, a man used to be given a woomera with which to ward off the spears thrown by a group of men. The aim was not to kill except for a capital offence. also rifle
mirrbangku	noun	pencil cedar
mirrbangku	noun	pencil cedar. The fruit is the shape of a date and very sweet.
mirrbi	noun	methylated spirits
mirrimar	noun	rib
mirrimbal	noun	cockatoo crest the name of a hat made from cockatoo feathers. To make the hat, the feathers of the cockatoo are mixed with bees wax and the hat is used in ceremonies.
mirrki	noun	kidney bird
mirrku	noun	kidney bird, totem of the dabu moiety
mirru	noun	club, nullanulla
miyil	noun	species with poisonous sap
miyil	noun	eye species of tree, which has poisonous sap used to blind fish. You wrap orange seed in grass to keep the sap from touching your skin and the eyes of people, then smash under water.
miyil kabanji	adjective	blind
miyil kari	adjective	blind
miyil-burra	adjective	blind
miyil-dandi	adjective	one who stares, looks hard, concentrates
miyil-dungay	intransitive-verb	giddy, dizzy
miyil-duray	adjective	person who pretends he is not observing, but really does
miyil-janay	intransitive-verb	look, watch
miyil-nandaji	intransitive-verb	pray (literally to close your eyes)
miyil-wurril	adjective	crosseye
miyilabu	noun	species of mangrove
miyilabu	noun	species of mangrove. It has a poisonous sap which makes people blind.
miyilda kujil	transitive-verb	guard something
miyilji bunday	intransitive-verb	literate
miyilkura	noun	smouldering log
mudaka	noun	motor car (english loan word)
mudu	noun	lower back
mudu wayjul	time	the time just before daylight, pre-dawn
muja	noun	Wtermlon Creek
muja	noun	wound not yet healed Watermelon Creek (place name)
muja-muja	adjective	rotten, easily broken, decayed wood or cloth
mujal	transitive-verb	collect, gather
mujarr	noun	species of fig
mujarr	noun	species of fig tree and its fruit, which is edible, and is like a very small apple - ripe in August to October. It is red when ripe, grows out of the trunk of the tree.
mujarrka	noun	archerfish (yalanji)
mujarrka	noun	archer fish (yalanji) (nyungkul - dalku) spotted Jewfish, fresh and saltwater, in King's Plains rivers
muji	noun	name given to a person who has spear marks on him
mujurr	noun	witchetty grub found in rotting wood
muka walimal	intransitive-verb	bend down
mukay	noun	relationship term, mother's older sister, father's older brother
mukirr	noun	mussel. Found in fresh and brackish water. There are many up the Daintree near Bairds, some up Granite Creek. Has to be cleaned from the black stuff that tastes like tobacco. First roast it, then clean the "ear" out, then boil it or else eat it right away without boiling
muku	noun	back small hawk
muku balmbarriji	intransitive-verb	lean oneself back
muku-duku	noun	hunchback, bent back
muku-muku	manner	go backwards
mukukana	noun	species of tree (with edible fruit)
mukukanka	noun	species of tree and its edible fruit - becomes ripe in August-September.
mukul	noun	old
mukurr-mukurr	adjective	brackish, just when tide comes up into river
mula	noun	blood
mula wanarri	intransitive-verb	bleeding
mula-mula	adjective	red colour (yalanji) (nyungkul - ngala ngala)
mulaji	noun	menstruation
mulawajarr	noun	star (yalanji) (nyungkul - dawar)
muliku	noun	Annan River area (between the Annan and the Bloomfield turnoff)
Muliku	noun	the other side of the Annan River bridge toward Cooktown, where the old bridge is underneath, cement on top
mulka-warri	intransitive-verb	ambitious
mulkal-mulkal	noun	totem. This word spoken with a rising intonation is an enquiry into a person's secret life. state of mind to fight for no reason. The father of an unborn child becomes angry at a mate and he will hit the mate at slightest pretense. This is then a sign that his wife is pregnant. Can also be anyone who fights for no reason. This is also a sign someone is pregnant the spirit being who keeps a snake from biting a pregnant woman
mulkay	noun	fetish an article with supernatural powers
mulkay-warri	intransitive-verb	content, happy, good feeling inside
mulma	noun	hornet
mulngku	noun	wave
mulujin	noun	upriver Daintree
Mulujin	noun	along Daintree River
mulumu	noun	dove wood used in a sacred corroboree
mulumunji	noun	with magic
mulun	adjective	folded, closed
mumal	transitive-verb	to throw a spear with a woomera
mumbal	transitive-verb	to insert, to place inside something, as to insert a part in an engine
mumbar	adjective	proper, correct, careful, alert
muna	adjective	quiet, brave, not afraid, confident (used to describe someone who asks for things, not being shy) tame, as a tame pig
mungari	noun	kaori pine
mungari	noun	Kaori pine tree
mungka	noun	hair on man or animal
mungka-dirka	noun	fur
Mungka-dunja	noun	islander
mungka-dunju	noun	Torres Strait Islander.
mungka-mungka	noun	small tree with thorns on branches
mungka-mungka	adjective	hairy, having a lot of hair
mungka-mungka	noun	little tree with thorns on branches
mungkil	transitive	spear to kill
munji	noun	big clam shell
munju	noun	forehead (yalanji) (nyungkul - yiman)
munju-dandi	adjective	stubborn
munju-jubal	noun	Shpton's Flat area (near the fork of Grasstree Creek)
Munjujubal	noun	ground near fork of Grasstree Creek (Shipton's Flat area) (place name)
munjurr	noun	green ant
munudumbun	noun	scorpion
munungkul	noun	ground pigeon
munwingkul	noun	species of dove (ground pigeon)
munwingkul	noun	dove
munyun	noun	snake scale
munyurri	noun	sandfly
munyurri	noun	sandfly
mura	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
mura	noun	species of tree. When this is in bloom it is time for minya jalan.
murba	adjective	close fitting, tightly built, patched up
murbuy	noun	red ochre
murma	noun	small paper wasp, yellow in colour with a bad sting. Its nest hangs in trees.
murniji	transitive-verb	to turn around, to go around in circles (as when lost)
murnil	transitive-verb	twist, stir
murrabal	noun	barramundi (yalanji) (nyungkul kudi)
murraja	noun	stonefish
murraja	noun	stone fish
murral	noun	tree kangaroo (yalanji) (nyungkul - jarrabina)
murramu	noun	dingo
murrangkal	noun	fighting spear (shovelhead), made from black palm
murrbun	noun	scabies species of lizard
murrka	noun	scar, scab, initiation marks. Not an open wound
murrkul	noun	species with edible fruit
murrkul	noun	species of tree with edible fruit, two seeds one above the other, round like an apple. Ripe August - October
murrmun	noun	rhinoceros beetle
murrngal	transitive-verb	to break off twigs or small branches to harvest fruit from a tree
murru	adjective	round spoken of animals or plants folding up when interfered with, i.e. sensitive weed
murru-kaday	intransitive-verb	to become ashamed, shy, bashful
murru-kaday-manil	transitive-verb	to shame someone
murru-kangal	intransitive-verb	scold, growl someone
murru-kangaway	intransitive-verb	argue
murru-murru	adjective	lumpy
murruji	manner	cannot
murrumu	noun	dingo
murrumun	noun	black beetle
murrunkal	adjective	guilty
muru	adjective	together
muru-bungal	transitive-verb	to put things together
muru-muru	adjective	close together
murun	noun	big toe
mururr-mururr	adjective	same time
muwul	noun	next ground south
muwul	manner	secretly, quietly between Tribulation and Bailey's creek
Muwunbu	noun	the tableland the other side of Rossville (place name)
muya	noun	english name unknown
muya	noun	kind of bird
muyar	noun	wind
muyu	noun	hair of a pig
muyu wayjul	transitive-verb	singeing the hair of the pig before cooking
muyu-muyu	noun	small red ant
muyul-muyul	adjective	funny, creepy feeling, like you have when something is crawling on you, nervous, a special feeling against.
muyurr	noun	umbrella part of umbrella palm
naka	direction	south and east; south along the coast used in referring to Cairns or Brisbane
naka-naka	direction	across, over, the other side of
nakawarra	noun	species of bee
nala-nala	noun	waddy club
nalmbarriji wunay	intransitive-verb	lean back
nalmbarril	transitive-verb	lean
nambarr	noun	stick of flexible bamboo used in nose piercing
nambil-nambil	noun	Jubilee
Nambil-nambil	noun	Jubilee (place name)
nandal	transitive-verb	to close, shut, bury
nangki	noun	wing
nangkibu warri	intransitive-verb	to fly
narmba	adjective	all
naybu	noun	knife (english loan word)
nbuyun-birrku	manner	only once
ngabal	transitive-verb	soak, leach
ngadi	time	a long time
Ngadi-muril	noun	near Grasstree where footprints are (Ngalba-bulal legend)
ngadiku	time	a long time ago
ngadil	noun	species of hickory
ngadil	time	hickory, good timber for woomeras
ngadingka	time	for a long time
ngajal	noun	low tide
ngajay	noun	species of small crayfish, not eaten
ngaji	noun	mother's father (relationship term)
ngakiji	intransitive-verb	to hide from someone, to run away
ngakil	noun	hide steal
ngakun	noun	flame tree
ngakun	noun	species of yam flame tree. The flowering of this tree signals the time when the scrub hen eggs are in season
ngala-ngala	adjective	red (yalanji) (nyungkul - mula-mula)
ngalayin	noun	Father-in-law, son-in-law (relationship term)
ngalba	noun	a term you can call a person when you can't say that person's name, i.e. if anyone has the same name as a recently dead person; or if someone has the same name as a woman's son-in-law. The taboo names for them become ngalba.
ngalba-bulal	noun	Mt. Peter Botte
Ngalba-bulal	noun	Mt. Peter Bottle (place name)
ngali	pr	we two inclusive
ngalin	pr	we two exclusive
ngalkarran	noun	species with edible red seed
ngalkarran	noun	species of tree with edible red seed like an apple, ripe in August - October
ngalku	noun	bush fire
ngalkun	noun	mullet
ngalkun	noun	mullet
ngalkunbu	noun	Wayalla Plains (upper end of Plantation Creek)
Ngalkunbu	noun	near Wyalla Plains
Ngalmbungu	noun	below Roaring Meg Falls (place name)
ngalmnbu	noun	jumper ant
ngalngal	noun	sand crab
ngalu-ngalu	adjective	refreshed, as after a swim. Can also mean healthy, lively, happy, glad, mentally alert
ngaluri	noun	flames
ngamar	noun	cliff, steep place
ngamba	adjective	not seeing or noticing or recognising absence
ngambuy	noun	to strong a taste, i.e. too sweet grog, liquor
ngami-ngami	adjective	separate
ngami-ngami-bungal	transitive-verb	to separate
ngamu	noun	Mother, mother's sisters, great grand-daughter (relationship term below Meg Falls (place name)
ngamu-baka	noun	sissy, mama's baby
ngamu-kaja	noun	the main part in things that go naturally together, as the rifle and bullets, or the tape player in cassette player and tapes
ngamu-manda	noun	mother and daughter
ngamu-murramu	noun	dingo
ngamujin	noun	Emojin Beach
ngamujin	noun	Emogin Beach
Ngamujin	noun	Emogin Beach
ngana	pr	we plural inclusive
ngandal	noun	mouth
ngandal milbil	transitive-verb	carry a rumour
ngandal-barin	adjective	nuisance, always telling someone to do something
nganday	adjective	in one place
nganga	manner	only, for just a little bit, just that
nganganjirrka	manner	just in case
nganganjurrbu	adjective	disappointed
ngangkal	transitive-verb	ignorant of something
ngangkal	transitive-verb	to be surprised or unexpected
ngangkay	intransitive-verb	surprise
ngangkin	noun	echidna, porcupine
ngangkun	noun	hiccups, hiccoughs
ngangkurr	noun	bark, as of a dog sound of a dog barking
nganja	noun	taste voice of one's spirit left behind
nganja-burra	noun	bad taste
nganjamu	noun	worm
nganjan	noun	father, father's brother (relationship term)
nganjan-manda	noun	father and son
nganjar	manner	secret purpose, pretence
nganjar-nganjar	manner	hinting to find out something, not asking straight out
nganjay	adjective	no good, wilted as nganka nganjay, "wilted flowers" bad smell. Methylated spirits is sometimes called nganjay
nganjin	pr	we plural exclusive
nganjirr	noun	grass tree
nganjirr	noun	grass tree (blackboy). If jarramali (thunderstorm) comes, anyone can burn one of these; ironwood bark (jujabala) wild grape vines (kangka); or grasstree pitch (kanunjul). The smell will make the thunder go away
Nganjuninda	noun	area across from Simm's Wharf behind Mangrove Island. (place name)
nganka	noun	flower, blossom
nganku	adjective	too quickly
nganya	pr	me, direct object of the verb
nganya kayi	exclamation	reaction to hurt
nganya-burra	adjective	old time Aboriginal trial. The one on trial has spears thrown at him. If he is able to dodge them, he goes free.
nganyay	noun	desert
nganyi	adjective	get ready, be prepared
nganyi-burra	adjective	not good at anything
nganyi-nganyi	policeman	policeman
nganyil	noun	haze, mist
nganyin	noun	onion (english loan word) sugar bag
ngara	noun	root
Ngara bali-bali	noun	upper Daintree River (place name)
ngara-bali-bali	noun	upriver Daintree
ngaral	transitive-verb	build spread
ngarkay	noun	waterhen
ngarkay	noun	water hen
ngarmu	noun	shovelnose ray
ngarmu	noun	shovelnose ray
ngarngkul	noun	splash
ngarra	manner	also
ngarra-yilbal	transitive-verb	win over, beat to pass
ngarrakaja	noun	species of shell fish, edible
ngarran	manner	fin
ngarrbal	noun	stranger
ngarri	lower legs	lower legs
Ngarri-muril	noun	near Romeo (place name)
ngarri-murril	noun	Romeo area
ngarrku-ngarrku	adjective	obliging, easy to get along with because he does what you ask him
ngarruy	shellbait	shellbait
ngaru	adjective	husky, or squeaky voice
ngawa	noun	infant, newborn baby
ngawiya	noun	sea turtle
ngawungkal	noun	a shout from a long ways away
ngawur	noun	always coming for food
ngawurr-ngawun	noun	freshwater crocodile
ngaybirr	noun	name for spouse (used only by old people now)
ngayku	noun	my for me, for my benefit
ngayu	pr	I went to the store
ngayurrku	manner	by myself
ngidin	noun	boundary or border
ngiki	noun	a cold, or any sickness of the lungs as bronchitis
ngiki-damaji	intransitive-verb	cough
ngikiji	noun	have a cold or chest complaint
ngingal	transitive-verb	to tease
ngingkirr	noun	We were going heard a grunt, a pig coming
ngingkirr badi	intransitive-verb	to grunt
ngingkirr wunay	intransitive-verb	to grunt
nginja	noun	grunt
nginja-wunay	intransitive-verb	roar or growl like a dog
nginjirri	noun	fidgety, restless, uneasy
ngiri	noun	creek south of Tribulation
Ngiri	noun	South of Tribulation
ngirran	noun	beetle fully developed from mujurr (witchetty grub)
ngiwa	noun	two jutting stones (snake story site)
ngiwa	noun	moray eel
ngiwa	noun	moray eel. Also used sometimes for sea snake between kangkiji and Kaway (snake story site)
nguba	manner	maybe, perhaps
ngubar	direction	the other side
ngubar-ngubar	direction	across, over
ngujakura	noun	Aboriginal law, the dreamtime stories anything to do with the dreamtime
ngujan	noun	a man or woman who is jealous-suspicious of his/her mate
ngujan-baka	noun	a person who is always jealous, always suspicious of what his/her spouse is up to
ngujay	noun	freshwater turtle
nguju	noun	fun
nguju-baka	noun	something or someone that is always funny/playful
ngujuji	noun	funny
ngujungu	noun	for fun or in fun, pretend
ngujuri	intransitive-verb	to play (yalanji) (nyungkul - kinkay)
ngujurr	noun	a man calls his sister's daughters (ngujurr) (relationship term)
ngukal	noun	the asking for things
ngukal-badi	intransitive-verb	to beg, ask
ngukal-baka	noun	someone who is always asking things, beggar
nguku maniway	intransitive-verb	playing together
ngulkurr	adjective	ngulkurr
ngulkurr	adjective	good well, not sick good in the moral sense
ngulkurrijin	adjective	pretty, beautiful
ngulnkul	noun	voice without words, also to hum a tune
ngulumuku	noun	seashell
Ngulungaban	noun	Rossville
ngumanji	adjective	person with teeth missing
ngumbal	adjective	fully trained boy. In the old time the boys were put through a course of physical training which included marches, hunting, etc. By about the age of 20, they were ngumbal, fully trained and eligible to marry.
ngumbi	noun	little spotted bandicoot
ngumbu	adjective	black, charcoal
ngumbul	noun	species of snake
ngumbul	noun	species of snake
Ngumbuymbu	noun	up above the Zigzag on way to Main Camp
ngunay	adjective	wet
ngundu	direction	this side
ngungul-ngungul	adjective	dark. It is usually contracted to nguwulnguwul or to ngulngul in fast speech
ngungumurr	noun	kidneys
ngunjil	noun	charcoal; hot coals or hot ashes
ngunnga	noun	an open place (yalanji - nyungkul - warrmba)
ngunnga-bungal	transitive-verb	to find
ngunya-ngunya	noun	imagination, something you can't see but can picture in your mind
ngunyarr-damal	adjective	to be in a hurry
ngunyin	noun	dilly bag the tree bark used to make into strips and weave fishing nets and dilly bags spider web placenta
ngura	manner	too soon for others who aren't yet ready
ngura-ngura ngal	transitive-verb	straighten, measure, aim.
ngura-nyajil	transitive-verb	jealous, envious, because of another's possessions.
ngurma	noun	shadow, picture, statue, movie, cards, reflection in a mirror or smooth water
ngurma-mulkaynji	noun	image
ngurmu	noun	decorated butt of woomera
ngurra	noun	Wtermlon Creek
ngurran	noun	rope, also dilly bag made from rope
ngurrbal	noun	fog
ngurrku	noun	rock in Bloomfield River
ngurrku	noun	mopoke, owl edible fig and the tree name of rock near Pearce's place, visible only at low tide (story site)
ngurrkul	noun	species of tree (with edible fig)
ngurrkul	noun	tree and its edible fruit, found only in deep scrub
Ngurru	noun	Watermelon Creek
nguru	noun	a woman's husband's younger brother, a man's wife's younger sister (relationship term)
nguwimal	manner	visible
nguwimal kari	adjective	invisible
nguwimal milbiji	intransitive-verb	appear, show oneself
nguwimalku kunil	transitive-verb	to kill as soon as the thing you kill is seen
nguyal	adjective	sticky (as honey)
nguyarr-manil	transitive-verb	plan to do, but unable to; to want something but can't get it.
niji	manner	already
nikar	noun	species of shallow water oyster found on rock
nili-nili	noun	duck
nili-nili	noun	duck
nirray-warri	intransitive-verb	to start crying
nubi-manil	transitive-verb	to lose
nubiji	intransitive-verb	to be looked for to be lost
nubil	transitive-verb	seek, look for
nukal	transitive-verb	to eat, to drink
nulngkun	adjective	busty
nulu	noun	ashes white pus
numburr	noun	sound of a motor, rattling noise
nuril	intransitive-verb	peep
nurru	noun	ancestral home out west from which the special corroborees have come
nuwi	noun	squid
nyabil	noun	tongue
nyajil	transitive-verb	to perceive, to hear, to see. If you need to specify between seeing and hearing, you can say milkabu nyajil (hear), and miyilda nyajil "see"
nyaka	transitive-verb	the command form of nyajil
nyamal	transitive-verb	to boil
nyambay	adjective	sulky
nyamun	noun	rubbish, (but not household rubbish) such as dead leaves or stuff washed up on the beach. Also leaf mould from scrub, good for growing things.
nyanangarriji	intransitive-verb	spill out
nyandal	transitive-verb	to chop
nyandil	transitive-verb	to stop someone, to prevent, to stop a motor
nyangarril	transitive-verb	pour spill
nyarray	adjective	aged, wrinkled, shrunken. Can refer to people, cloth or food, as an old wrinkled apple.
nyarril	transitive-verb	step on, tread on, pinch, squash
nyarrkali	noun	black kangaroo
nyarrmal	transitive-verb	snatch, grab
nyidu	noun	waist
nyiku baja	time	very soon
nyiku-nyiku	time	soon
nyikurrku	time	until now
nyinday	intransitive-verb	bump against something
nyinja	noun	grunt
nyinja-kangal	intransitive-verb	to grunt
nyinjirri	noun	nuisance
nyinki	noun	corner of the eye
nyinyi	adjective	sook, crybaby
nyirran	manner	the big green ant that is eaten, comes in December - January
nyirray	noun	noise of crying, weeping, mourning.
nyirribulu	noun	appendix
nyubun	adjective	one
nyulu	pr	he, she, it
nyulurrku	manner	by himself/himself
nyulurrku yulmbarriji	intransitive-verb	boast, skite
nyumal	transitive-verb	to smell or taste
nyumba	noun	saliva, spittle
nyumba yilbal	transitive-verb	to spit
nyumba-buyun	noun	crave
nyumbil	noun	coolibah tree
nyumbil	noun	leech coolibah tree (messmate)
nyumbirr	noun	wax made by bees
nyumbul	noun	cheek
nyunbarraman	adjective	confused, all mixed up
nyunbay	intransitive-verb	to return, go back
nyundan	intransitive-verb	missed
nyungu	pronoun	he, she, its
nyungun	noun	direct object him, her, it (Yalanji) (Nyungkul - nyungunyin)
nyungun-bungal	transitive-verb	to recognize; to see and know someone before he sees and knows you
nyunil	transitive-verb	extinguish, or to put a fire or light out
nyunjal	transitive-verb	to poke out the tongue
nyurra	noun	noise, people noise refers to last stages of labour
nyurra-baka	noun	people making too much noise
nyurrbal	transitive-verb	to grind, sharpen
nyuyal	transitive-verb	blame, accuse
rrunyuji	noun	doctor-man
waba	noun	thigh, hip
wabarr	noun	shade
wabul	noun	torres strait island pigeon
wabul	noun	Torres Strait Island pigeon
wada	noun	species with edible white seed
wada	noun	species of tree with edible white seed the size of an apple, ripe. August - October
wadal	noun	magic instrument
wadi	noun	gesture of affection, to pinch or pat a person's cheek, usually done to a baby
wadil	transitive-verb	weather - rain or cold - entering
wadjal	noun	cyclone
wadu	manner	wrong, incorrect children of an incorrect marriage
wadu-wadu	manner	wrong, wrongly
waja	noun	species of crow
waja	noun	big yellow March fly crow
waji-waji	noun	stinging vine
wakal	noun	prawn, lobster
wakay	noun	wooden sword. The Port Douglas and rain forest people used them
waki	adjective	light colour, white
waki	noun	half-caste (darker than barbi half-caste)
wakuka	noun	species of crow
wakuka	noun	kookaburra
wakumba	noun	spreading branches of a tree
wakuy	arm	arm
walal	intransitive-verb	to enter, to go into
walarr	noun	whiskers, beard name of one of the tribe moieties type of honey bee, almost like the dabu (other moiety), but bigger and nests in trees
walarrji	noun	fresh water catfish
walarrji	noun	literally "with whiskers". Freshwater catfish are sometimes called this
walay	adjective	being good at working or getting food, as a good hunter
walay-manil	transitive-verb	to cause to enter, to put into
Walba-murru	noun	up above mission site, bordering Wujal-wujal (place name)
walba-ngarra	noun	Grasstree (story site)
Walba-ngarra	noun	near Grasstree where big footprints are (Ngalba-bulal story) (place name)
walbul-walbul	noun	small spotted sting ray
walbul-walbul	noun	butterfly small stingaray, spotted. Looks like a butterfly flying through the water flying fish species of mangrove - long round seed
walburr	adjective	recently bereaved, in mourning
wali	adjective	downwards
wali-wunay	intransitive-verb	lean or lay down
walkan	noun	diamond fish or devil ray
walkan	noun	diamond fish, devil ray
walkandu	noun	English. This is not used very much anymore
walkarr	noun	black scrub goanna
walku	manner	right past
walmba	noun	log
walmbaji	noun	one who interferes to stop a fight. He holds the arms of a relative so he can't fight anymore
walmbi	direction	left
walmbi-walmbiji	noun	left-handed person
walngal	transitive-verb	open wake (someone) up take clothes off
walngka	noun	swamp
walngkal	intransitive-verb	to hang to float, as a log on the water
walngkan-damal	transitive-verb	to hang up
walngkurril	transitive-verb	to beg, to ask for something - Nyungkul
walu	noun	face
walu karimal	intransitive-verb	disappearing, becoming few
walu-dalbaji	noun	species of bird. Sings out early in the morning, sounds like a saw near Thompson Creek. Story of that place has the same name (place name)
walu-dandi	noun	stubborn
walu-dungay	intransitive-verb	to faint
walu-jirrbu-jirrbu	adjective	sad
walu-kalngar-kalngar	adjective	someone who is going around after sex everywhere, can't stay in one place
walu-murumal	intransitive-verb	reconcile
walu-nukal	intransitive-verb	annoy
walu-walu	adjective	stubborn
walu-warri	intransitive-verb	giddy, dizzy
walu-wukurril	transitive-verb	look around
walu-yindu	adjective	different
wambaji	intransitive-verb	share out, portion out
wambal	transitive-verb	provide, put out
wambiji	noun	platypus
wanakan	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
wanakan	noun	species of tree. The fruit is a long sweet seed, ripe in August - October. It is edible if ripe, if unripe it must be roasted first.
wandi	noun	red backed sea eagle
wandi	noun	fish hawk, brown hark, red-backed sea eagle. One of the sacred birds.
wandil	intransitive-verb	to get up, to move out of the way, to come out
wandu	noun	hat
wandu-wurril	noun	policeman (hat turned up)
wandul	adjective	fat
wangal	noun	boomerang
wangariji	noun	the hot season
wangay	noun	a fruit bearing vine, found at Main Camp
wangkanil	transitive-verb	choose; separate out, examine, then choose; count
wangkar	direction	up, upriver
wangkar-wangkar	direction	above
wangku	noun	small tree or wood goanna
wanja	question	where
wanja-wanja	question	when
wanjabu	question	where to
wanjaburr	question	which way
wanjakan	noun	species of ti tree
wanjakan	noun	species of ti tree, used for bark painting. Bark also used for roof of house
wanjamun	question	where from
wanjarr	question	how, which, how many
wanjarrku	question	how
wanji-baka	noun	overactive children
wanjil	transitive-verb	desire to accompany, but unable to
wanju	question	who (nyungkul) (yalanji - wanya)
wankar	noun	species of tree (english name unknown)
wankar	noun	a tree which grows along the water and has red flowers necklace made from little black and red seeds called kubirr-kubirr and threaded on a string
wankara	noun	upriver Daintree
Wankara	noun	upper reaches of Daintree River
wankun	noun	hiccoughs
wanya	question	who (yalanji) (nyungkul - wanju)
wanyu	question	what
wanyurrimbu	question	why to
wanyurrimun	question	why, i.e. as cause of accident or sickness
wanyurrimundu	question	with what (what (do you) use)
wanyurrinku	question	why
wara	noun	rock cod
wara	noun	king fish, Queensland groper, rock cod
waral	noun	stomach, belly
waral-dandi	adjective	greedy person
waralji	adjective	pregnant
waran	noun	men's dance
wararra	noun	empty box
wari	noun	sign, call, message which is sent by telepathy
wari yilbal	transitive-verb	to throw a message to another person by telepathy. A coal is taken from the fire and thrown into the dark.
wari-yirrkay	intransitive-verb	to defy
warimaji	noun	yawn
warka	noun	messmate
warka	noun	species of tree, messmate or stringy bark
warkal	noun	bailer shell used in the old time for a billy
warmbiji	intransitive-verb	to lie defend oneself when accused
warmbill	transitive-verb	doubt, not believe to run someone down
warngku	noun	sleep days
warngku wunay	intransitive-verb	to sleep
warngku-baka	noun	habitual sleeper, one who is always sleeping
warngku-kaday	adjective	sleepy
warngku-kaja wunay	intransitive-verb	to sleep heavily
warra-wayjul	transitive-verb	to purify (by smoking) the things of dead people because of spirits
warrabuka	noun	species of wild yam
warral-warral	noun	water spirit name of mythical tribe of women in Kumarkaji story upper reaches of the Thompson Creek (place name) (story site)
warrbi	noun	axe house made of grass, "beehive house"
warri	intransitive-verb	to run, to fly
warrin	noun	Sister-in-law or brother-in-law (actual) (relationship term)
warringal	transitive-verb	to watch, to see where someone is going
warrki	adjective	can't come close because of relationship
warrkin	noun	Helenvale English loan, from Watkins
warrma	noun	type of tribal dance, corroboree
warrmba	noun	uncovered or exposed place, in the open
warrmba-bungal	transitive-verb	find (yalanji) (nyungkul - ngunnga - bungal)
warrngkal	intransitive-verb	to groan, suffer because of pain and/or sickness
warru	noun	young man
warru-warru	noun	young men
warrur	noun	tree bark which can be used as vine. it was used to make fishnets, which were dragged through the water in the dry season when the water goes down.
wawu	noun	the spirit of a man breath
wawu	ass	wish, want, need, love, like
wawu jirray	ass	to love very much, like very much
wawu nandaji	intransitive-verb	to hold one's breath
wawu yilbal	intransitive-verb	to breathe heavily, to sigh
wawu yungal	transitive-verb	wish, hope, usually without prospects of getting what you wish for
wawu-balangaji	intransitive-verb	to have a rest
wawu-buyun	adjective	worried, anxious, yearn
wawu-daki	manner	alone, unsociable
wawu-dandi	adjective	courageous
wawu-daray	intransitive-verb	satisfied, feel good about something
wawu-darra	noun	so small that other things/people are being forced/squeezed out
wawu-darra	adjective	short-winded, gasping
wawu-dudaji	intransitive-verb	anxious, dread, to fear consequences the beating of one's heart
wawu-janbay	noun	spirit left behind in a tree whose voice (nganja) is singing out
wawu-janka	adjective	a quiet person
wawu-juljal	ass	used instead of a dead person's name
wawu-kari bajaku	ass	hate
wawu-karrbal	transitive-verb	satisfied
wawu-mini	adjective	happy
wawu-wulay	intransitive-verb	thirsty exhausted, tired
wawubaja	noun	river
wawubu-dajil	transitive-verb	give something and take it back again
wawuburra	noun	cottontree
wawuburra	noun	cottontree. Canoes were made out of these and the candlenut tree, bilar. When it blooms (big red flowers) it signals the start of the scrub hen egg season
wawukuna	noun	long wild yam
wawumal	intransitive-verb	agree
wawurr-wawurr	adjective	willing, glad
wawurr-wawurr-bungal	transitive-verb	to make happy, glad promise
wawurr-wawurrmal	intransitive-verb	decide
wawurr-wuwurrmaniji	intransitive-verb	glad
wawy-kujiji	intransitive-verb	to have a rest
wayal	transitive-verb	to lead
wayal-wayal	noun	Wayalla Plains
Wayal-wayal	noun	Wayalla Plains (place name)
wayarri	noun	hair belt
waybala	noun	white person (waybul) (nyungkal yalanji)
waybul	noun	white person (waybala) (nyungkal yalanji)
wayi-janay	intransitive-verb	jumping around because he's happy good dancer
wayjuji	intransitive-verb	to burn oneself
wayjul	transitive-verb	to cook food to burn something
waykal	noun	native cat
waymbil	noun	axe
waymbul	adjective	slow, gently
wayul	noun	seaweed
wuba	noun	red ochre
wubaji	intransitive-verb	to swell up to rise, as bread dough rising
wubali	noun	species of yam
wuban	adjective	strong, hard
wubar-wubar	direction	the other side of. Fast speech for ngubar-ngubar.
wubul	noun	heart
wubul yarangkan	intransitive-verb	strain the heart, as from lifting something heavy
wubun	noun	hump, as on a Brahman bull
wuburr	noun	site of present mission and up to the waterfall (place name)
wujal-wujal	noun	present Mission site
Wujal-wujal	noun	Wujal Wujal (place name)
wujirrngal	transitive-verb	blame because of your relationship to the guilty one, as if a child steals something, then the owner will blame the mother.
wuju	noun	sponge made from grass, used as a sop for eating honey or soup
wujurr	noun	darkness, night
wukal	transitive-verb	to frighten by tricking
wukarra	noun	autumn
wukay	noun	hairy yam must be cooked, ground and leaved before eating
wukuju	noun	freshwater prawn, the big one with long legs
wukurril	transitive-verb	follow weave make a fence imitate
wula	noun	flames
wulay	intransitive-verb	to die to become unconcious
wulbar	intransitive-verb	scar
wulbuman	noun	old woman (english loan word)
wulburr	noun	bamboo spear stick
wulburrjuburr	noun	sacred dance of women at which the men sing but do not dance
wuli-wuli	noun	soldier crab
wuljal-wuljal	adjective	long time
wuljaljiku	time	forever, always
wuljay-wuljay	time	long time ago
wuljil	adjective	to empty out, bail out
wulku	noun	fig
wulman	noun	old man (english loan word) an old animal husband
wulmbarril	transitive-verb	to blow
wulngku	noun	song
wulngku badi	intransitive-verb	to sing
wulngkurr	noun	species of stringy bark
wulngkurr	noun	stringy bark tree
wulu	noun	ankle, shin
wulurringkal	noun	temple (body part)
wumba	adjective	for nothing, for no reason
wumbul	adjective	hot
wunay	intransitive-verb	to lie down to sleep to have
wunay	intransitive-verb	state of being
wunay	transitive-verb	marry
wunba	noun	name of the English bee and its honey. Also used for honey bought in store
wunbu	adjective	quiet, lethargic, half asleep, won't do anything, shy, doesn't talk. Opposite of ngalu-ngalu
wundil	transitive-verb	bring, take
wundu	noun	Mt. Alexandra
Wundu	noun	Mt Alexandra (place name)
wungar	noun	sun
wungar dakal	intransitive-verb	sunrise
wungar daray	intransitive-verb	sunset
wungar jalamal	intransitive-verb	the sun comes out from behind the cloud
wungar jarra-jarra	adjective	midday
wungar wandil-wandil	intransitive-verb	sun rise. The sun is coming up.
wungar wangkar-wangkar	adjective	midday
wungka	noun	cry of a woman in distress
Wungka-baja	noun	point straight out from Bloomfield River (place name)
wungkabaja	noun	Tourist camp
wungkabaja	noun	tourist fishing camp
wungku	noun	turkey, domestic
wungku	noun	domestic turkey, not the scrub turkey
wunjal	transitive-verb	to finish food up
wunjan	noun	no personality, no style, not a pleasure to be with
wunkun	time	tomorrow
wunkun yindu	time	day after tomorrow
wunkuwingku	time	morning
wunyi-wunyi	noun	mimic
wurarr-wurarr	noun	dragon fly
wuri	intransitive-verb	to dance, swing to gamble
wurmbariji	noun	species of tree found in the scrub
wurmbu	noun	tip of tail or top of tree, but not point of hill
wurra	noun	navel umbilical cord
wurra-wurrangal	transitive-verb	shake
wurrarr-wurrarr	noun	mud wasp
wurrbal	noun	fog, mist rising from the river
wurrbu	noun	hornet, bumblebee. Nests in a stump or the ground
wurri-wurri	adjective	spotted, striped, speckled
wurril	manner	crossways, lopsided
wurrkal	intransitive-verb	hurt, ache
wurrmay	noun	robber, thief
wurrmay-baka	noun	someone who is always stealing
wurru-bulan	noun	small crab found on reef
wurrul	noun	species of shellfish
wurun	noun	humpy
wurunurru	noun	whirlwind
wuwu-damaji	intransitive-verb	to go back all the time to the same place, as a good place to fish
wuyar	noun	top
wuyarr	adjective	unable to see properly - if too far away, too dark, too small
wuybu	noun	whip (english loan word)
wuybubu kulbal	transitive-verb	to whip someone
wuybur	noun	jellyfish
wuymbariji	noun	scrub tree
wuyngkul	noun	spirit of sick person. Only a few people who know the wuynkul can see and talk to him. if they stare at him he hits them with a stick and the next day they become sick. He has eyes in front and behind him, and can see if bama stare at him. He can appear as a person, as a hairy brute with long teeth and a bad smell, or as a wild pig or snake. When by other persons, he has left the sick person.
wuyngkulji	noun	one who is possessed by the wuyngkul spirit
wuynkurr	noun	juice of meat
wuyumbu	noun	toad fish
wuyumbu	noun	species of fish - Striped toby, also toadfish
ya	exclamation	exclamation of surprise, attention getter.
yaba	noun	species of fresh water eel
yaba	noun	older brother freshwater eel - has a big head and is smaller than dandarribina. It does not have much taste, no fat, people don't eat it unless there's no other meat.
yabaju	noun	younger brother
yabarraban	adjective	big
yabarrka	manner	all the time, regularly, repeatedly, always
yaburr	noun	shark
yaburr	noun	shark
yajarril	transitive-verb	to laugh
yajin	adjective	full (of food) (nyungkul) (yalanji - yanji)
yala	question	what about?
yala	manner	like
yala	demonstrative	here, this.
yala-karrajikur	manner	alike
yala-yala	time	at the same time, when
yalada	adjective	alright, okay
yalakay	exclamation	expressing astonishment to another's statement. (nyungkul - yukil)
yalamal	transitive-verb	to say or do
yalanguwimburr	time	immeditely
yalanji	demonstrative	this area or place
yalarrku	manner	also, in the same way
yalayayku	demonstrative	this kind
yalaymba	demonstrative	at this place (nyungkul) (yalanji - yaluy)
yalaymbu	time	by this time
yalaymburr	time	in the meantime
yalbay	adjective	big
yalibalaku	time	early morning (english loan word, from early)
yalkaji	intransitive-verb	limp
yalkaka	noun	type of corroboree
yalkan	adjective	shallow water
yalkay-yalkay	noun	cripple
yalmba	noun	seashore, beach
yalmbar	adjective	wide
yalmburrajaka	noun	whale
yalmburrajaka	noun	whale
yalnga	noun	sea turtle, poisonous if sacs aren't removed
yalnganji	noun	manta ray (yalanji)
yalnganji	noun	manta ray (yalanji) (nyungkul - yidi)
yalngkal	noun	white wattle
yalngkal	noun	white wattle
yalngkurr	noun	grey sea eagle
yalngkurr	noun	eagle hawk. Totem of all the Kuku-Yalanji people. It represents the country to which they belong
yaluy	demonstrative	here, this place (yalanji) (nyungkul - yanyu)
yamba	noun	house opium
yamba	conjunction	but, however
yamba-kari	negative	none
yamba-kari	negative	none
yamba-yamba	noun	household goods, collection of personal things
yambal	adjective	slow
yanday	adjective	something used before, as scraps, rubbish, leftovers. Things that float up on the beach such as timber, usable things only. ready
yanday-bungal	transitive-verb	get ready, prepare
yanday-nyajil	transitive-verb	overhear
yangka	noun	green ant. There are used as a medecine for the common cold and other chest complaints. They can be crushed and the odour inhaled to cure headache; or the eggs, larvae, and pupae from the nexts can be mixed with salt water and taken
yangkija	noun	handkerchief (english loan word)
yanja	noun	rustling noise, as the wind blowing through trees or grass
yanji	adjective	replete, full, satisfied after eating (yalanji) (nyungkul - yajin)
yanji bajakukuda	adjective	overeating
yanyil	transitive-verb	to see and examine close up
yaral	demonstrative	this, here (nyungkul) (yalanji - yuluy, yanya)
yaral	adjective	fresh water (opposite of kalki) right, not angry or cheeky cool, not too hot
yarangkay	intransitive-verb	strain, sprain
yarkin	noun	corpse
yarra	direction	that way. This is always accompanied by a gesture.
yarraman	noun	horse
yarrka	noun	bee, the smallest bee in the bush
yarrkay-yarrka	noun	group of children
yarru	noun	rainbow serpent (mythological serpent)
yarru	noun	rainbow snake (mythical serpent) deep water hole
yaru	adjective	wet
yarun	noun	black wattle (yellow flower)
yarun	noun	black wattle tree and its yellow flower
yawa	noun	possum
yawarr	noun	species of palm
yawarr	noun	species of palm tree
yawu	noun	stingray
yawu	noun	stingray. Long ago only old people were allowed to eat it, but now this isn't followed much. Spearing one will bring on thunder and rainstorms.
yayin-yayin-bungal	transitive-verb	scatter (like seeds)
yayji	adjective	thin, emaciated
yaykarr	adjective	strong, hard, swift
yayngkar	noun	whisper
yibuy	noun	loya cane. Also walking stick made from the loya cane. The roots were used to make the walking stick.
yibuy-karrbaja	noun	Snapper Island
Yibuy-karrbaja	noun	Snapper island (place name)
yida	noun	southwards
Yida	noun	between Kangkiji and Kaway (place name)
yidi	noun	manta ray (nyungkul)
yidilnyul	noun	spotted manta ray (nyungkul) (yalanji - yalnganji)
yijarril	transitive-verb	to put
yijil-yijin	noun	cricket
yijirr	noun	shell of egg fish scales
yika	noun	little silver of something, as a silver of glass
yika-damal	transitive-verb	to split - as wood
Yikan-yikan	noun	above the Stoney crossing in the Daintree River (place name)
yikanyil	transitive-verb	to take clothes, shoes off (yalanji only)
yikari	noun	hardened beeswax, hardened with ironwood root juice. The juice is extracted by heating and is used to make spears.
yiki	noun	species of owl
yiki	noun	night owl
yiki-yiki	noun	didgeridoo
yikin	noun	bank or river
yilal	noun	curse song
yilay-yilay	time	late afternoon, when the sun is in the west
yilay-yinduku	time	day before yesterday
yilayku	time	yesterday
yilbaji	intransitive-verb	in disorder and disarray
yilbal	transitive-verb	to throw
yiljun	noun	type of grasshopper
yilki	noun	creek
yiman	noun	forehead (nyungkul) (yalanji - munju)
yiman bunjal	noun	bald headed
yimarr-yiman	adjective	a round face, like an Islander
yimbal	transitive-verb	come too close, knock down
yimbal	noun	message
yimbalji	noun	with a message
yimbi	noun	lips
yinba	noun	fish spear
yindili	noun	forest kingfisher
yindili	noun	forest kingfisher
yindu	adjective	another, other
yingkan	noun	knife spear
yini-yini	adjective	frightened
yinil	noun	fear (jalunji)
yinja-yinja	noun	cicada
yinjilji	noun	afraid
yinju-kangal	intransitive-verb	to grunt
yinjul	noun	fig parrot
yinjul	noun	fig parrot
yinkan	noun	ribs, side
yinkanda wunay	intransitive-verb	lying on the side
yinkar	noun	dilly bag for holding remains
yinkunji	noun	species of fig
yinkunji	noun	species of fig tree with edible fruit (longest black fruit which becomes rip in the wet)
yinya	demonstrative	that,there
yinyamun	time	then, next, after that
yinyarrin	demonstrative	those
yinyay	demonstrative	there
yinyil	noun	fright, fear
yinyil-kangal	transitive-verb	to frighten
yira	noun	tide fruit juice
yiri	noun	waterfall
yiril	noun	rainbow
yiringkal	transitive-verb	drag, roll
yiringkurr	noun	everywhere to talk "this way and that"
yirku-yirku	noun	frog
yirmbal	noun	taboo (yalanji) (nyungkul - jabul)
yirrbaji	noun	to scratch yourself
yirrbal	transitive-verb	to scratch, to scape
yirri	noun	running water
yirri-damal	intransitive-verb	leak
yirrkay	intransitive-verb	to shout, cry out
yirrmal	transitive-verb	to rip open/apart
yirrmba	noun	many-pronged fish spear
yirrnga	noun	labour pains
yiwan	noun	urine
yiwarril	transtive-verb	to tickle
yuba	manner	close
yubal	pronoun	you, dual
yubuji	noun	sawfish
yubuji	noun	sawfish
yubulu	noun	Mt. Poverty
yudal	transitive-verb	start something, like a motor
yuday	noun	large frog, edible
yukil	adjective	true (nyungkul) (yalanji - yalakay)
yukil	transitive-verb	swear
yuku	adjective	big or thick
yuku-baja	noun	Annan River
Yukubaja	noun	Annan River
yukurr	noun	a song sung by old men on behalf of someone whose relative has died in an unknown or far coutnry. The song is to send the dead man's spirit back to the right place
yulal	noun	board, plank. Contrast with kimil, "round stick"
yulba	noun	large round oyster
yulban	noun	any soft covering such as skin or vegetable or fruit peeling
Yulbulu	noun	Mt. Poverty.
yulkur	adjective	poor physical condition, lean
yulmbarriji	intransitive-verb	brag skite
yulmbarril	transitive-verb	welcome, to sing out to someone to welcome him praise
yumalba	noun	Mt. Yumalba, a montain new Mt. Poverty
Yumalba	noun	mountain near Mt. Poverty (place name)
yumba	noun	species of wattle
yumba	noun	wattle tree
yumu	noun	bottle brush
yumu	noun	bottle brush tree
yundu	pronoun	you, singular
yunduku baja	pronoun	it's up to you (idiom)
yundurrku	manner	by yourself
yungal	transitive-verb	send to allow to go free from custody
yunu	adjective	your, singular possessive for you
yunun	pronoun	you (object, Yalanji)
yununyin	pronoun	you (object, Nyungkul)
yuray	noun	species of snake
yuray	noun	sea snake
yurmbil	transitive-verb	swallow
yurra	pronoun	you (plural)
yurril	transitive-verb	scrape
yurru-janjil	intransitive-verb	suck down, as in quicksand or mud
yurrunji	noun	dead finish (tree)
yurrunji	noun	species of tree, called "dead finish" by whites. It is found only in Kuku-Nyungkul country except for one tree standing all alone at Main camp which is in Kuku-Yalanji country. The story is that he came from Romeo and was in Love with (bujanji) but was rejected and is now standing alone
yuru-dudal	transitive-verb	to join together by means of something else, as nailing, sewing, etc.
yuwu	noun	yes
yuy	exclamation	exclamation of surprise and awe, usually prolonged and said in a breathy voice and level intonation
yuyku	noun	a father is called this when he loses a child through death