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Some more Boonwurrung / Bunurong words

1 – balambalam – butterfly

2 – baldu – to fall

3 – barring – tracks, walking paths

4 – djindibik – all gone, empty

5 – Djouap – French Island

6 – djurt – star

7 – Euroyoroke – St Kilda

8 – Galinbarriam – East

9 – gangan – feather

10 – gurriin – storm

11 – kalk – bones/sticks

12 – koonwarra – swan

13 – kulmul – blood

14 – liik – headband

15 – Liwik – Ancestors

16 – mammam – son

17 – manggip – daughter

18 – ngamudji – white man

19 – nyudha – no

20 – Pareip = Spring

21 – parnmin – rain

22 – tarnook – wooden bowl

23 – tulum – a duck

24 – wallert wallert – possum

25 – Wamoom – Wilson’s Promontory

26 – Warnmarring – Westernport Bay

27 – yarradjinan nyilam – a nightmare

28 – yellinguth – yesterday, the past

29 – yulendji – knowledge

30 – yurok – eel

Source: All words according to Tasma Walton in her book I am Nannertgarrook, Bundyi, an imprint of Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty Limited, Sydney, 2025, pp. 255-260. Please refer to this work for a more extended word list

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