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| Wageegee | the head | | | Meanang | Fire | |
| Morye | the hair | | | Walba | a stone | |
| Melcea | the ears | | | Yowall | Sand | |
| Yembe | the Lips | | | Gurka | a Rope | |
| Bonjoo | the Nose | | | Bama | a Man | |
| Unjar | the tongue | | | Poinja | a male Turtle | |
| Wallar | the Beard | | | Mameingo | a female | |
| Doomboo | the Neck | | | Maragan | a Canoe | |
| Cayo | the Nipples | | | Pelenyo | to Paddle | |
| Toolpoor | the Navel | | | Takai | Set down | |
| Mangal | the Hands | | | Mierbarrar | smooth | |
| Coman | the thighs | | | Garmbe | Blood | |
| Pongo | the Knees | | | Yocou | Wood | |
| Edamal | the Feet | | | Tapool | bone in nose | |
| Kniorror | the Heel | | | Charngala | a Bag | |
| Chumal | the Sole | | | Cherr | } | expressions maybe of admiration which they continualy usd while in company with us |
| Chongarn | the ancle | | | Cherco | } | |
| Kulke | the Nails | | | Yarcaw | } | |
| Gallan | the Sun | | | Tut tut tut tut | } | |
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They very often use the article Ge which seems to answer to our English `a’ as Ge Gurka a rope.
consists, some only being added that were in only one list such as from the ease with which signs might be contrivd to ask them were thought little less certain than the others.
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© Derived from State Library of NSW Transcription of Banks's Journal page (vol. 2) *296, February 2004
Published by kind permission of the Library
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