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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES

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  | colspan=2 |The following are the names of men, with their meanings:—
  |- |width=66%|Kaawirn kuunawarn||'Hissing swan' |- | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;font-size:83%;"|(Chief of the Kirræ wuurong—'blood-lip'—tribe, named after the noise the swans made when he robbed their nests.) |- |Wombeet tuulawarn||'Rotten spear' |- | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;font-size:83%;"|(From the old decayed spears his father carried.) |- |Gnuurnecheean||Hunting bag |- |Puunmuttal||Bite meat |- |Weerat kuyuut||Eel spear |- |Pundeet puulotong||Dragger out of fat |- |Teel meetch willa neung||Untied eel spear |- |Wittin yuurong||Strips of skin |- |Yambeetch||Swamp weed |- |Laaweet tarn{ae}||You eat my food |- |Wuromkil wuurong||Long lip |- |Purteetch wirrang ween||Fight with fire-stick |- |Wol muutang||Lightwood tree |- |Gnunnahiniitch||Bat |- |Peaalko{ae}||Redgum tree |- |Wuruum kuurwhin||Long grass burning |- |Wuuro killink||Long waterhole |- |Nuurtekel wing||Deaf |- |Muuro{ae} wuulok||Seed of long grass |- |Tiyeer bariin||Spear knee |- |Puunmirng||Swamp—local name |- |Puunbat||Local name |- |Marrohmuuk||Swamp—local name |- |Puulepeetch||Bald head |- |Tuulirn beem||Red head |- |Naaweetch||Swamp water |- |Tumeetch puuruutch||Calves with large veins |- |Warrowill||Swamp—local name |- |Wombeetch puyuun||Decayed kangaroo |- |Wullæ merrii||Stony |}

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