the Yangga language

words from this historical source

Barnett (1891)

This source may contain Yangga words. Some words seem definitely Yangga, others not. For completeness, we give you all words, that have the same English translation as a Living Yangga word.

Words from this source:

Word Living Yangga English
armon nummoondj breasts / milk
balgue bulgoo tomahawk
bimby bimbi good
boolarro boolaroo two
boora boori fire
bulbun wabbin bulbun bone
burrie burri stone
cabble gubool carpet snake
carlo mugurra old man
carmoo gumoo water/rain
carnoo gumurra egg
cocera yilburra moon
conda gulga war spear
cooberra woboo three
cooberry goolburri black duck
coorinbyer booroo booroo four
cooyah yoori meat
cooyou gooyoo bream
cudder kutha hair of head
culberar birri creek
cundooloo goondooloo emu
cunger booloo grandfather
currah kurra no
curthaner unti brother/uncle
dilly dhilli eye
dinner dinna foot
dolar boobulla stick
dolar dhooloow wood
ena inda you
ena wancha cow wow yinda nayoo come on
kila mugurra old man
meggooloo miggooloo white man / ghost
mingera boolgool hill
moboning nigurra grandfather
morndilla moondulla thunder
muller mulla hand
mumboo noonda nose
munder mundha food
nanny nunni ground
nulla yira teeth
ooka kooka bark
qui boodhirri wind
rie gaya sun
stoar diggarra walk
thuger boori ubidji smoke from fire
tommy dummi fat
tonguehoo wooludji possum
waggue djiridjiri grass
wallew wulloo ear
wandy wundhi tame dog
withern wuthung crow
woollalla woollaroo dead
woonal wongolla boomerang
woorah woora kangaroo
woorrra budjoo star
worber naya one
yabboo yubboo father
yambo yumba camp
yelger yulga foot track
yella yooway yes
younella doongulla cloud
youngen yungulla mother