Ayapathu Wordlist

Ayapathu form Gloss
'aalman hair
'agu land
'aku lip
'angkarradha (nga'a -) groper
'an.gu (minha -) plain turkey
'athu sugarbag
'aya language
'eka head
'engka (nga'a -) saratoga fish
'inchan (minha -) frilly lizard
'ingki shoulders
'okanji (yuku -) hibiscus
'olonbo (thata -) frog sp.
'onchon dry season
'onyon dilly bag sp.
'othogo (minha -) northern quoll, "native cat" (Dasyurus hallucatus)
'oynggo vomit
'uchan young man
'umu chest
'untu testicles
'uthu dead
'uuwa leech
'uyu all, many
achamba (minha -) emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
Ayapathu language name
chewu (mayi -) tree with edible root (young shoots only)
chokerre red
chokolong (minha -) scrub hen, Alectura lathami
ka'arra (mayi -) round yam
kaa nose
kaa walu cheeks
kaawa east
kabam storm
kachin yamstick
kaje (minha -) white crane
kalbi (yuku -) Leichhardt tree
kaleny uncle
kalimbang (minha -) galah
kampin dilly bag sp.
kamu blood, blood red
kancha tooth
kangka (yuku -) leaf
kangkang (minha -) sea eagle
kanhe (minha -) freshwater crocodile
kanji bone
kapi moon
kayemen resin pallet
kayew (minha -) black and white ibis
keka spear
kicha (wati -) paperbark tree
ko'adhe (mayi -) white berries
ko'anji blind
ko'ele three
ko'on (minha -) magpie goose
koche (minha -) lizard sp.
komanh young woman
kome (yuku -) sandpaper fig tree
komo (minha -) brown hawk, eaglehawk
kompo young man
konkon (minha -) laughing kookaburra
kono ear
koone (minha -) burdekin duck
kothembang (minha -) masked plover
koyngkon (yuku -) cabbage palm tree
ku'a dog
kuche two
kudin navel
kuja (minha -) kangaroo
kul'a rock
kuman leg
kumba (mayi -) or (yuku -) black fruit tree for making woomera
kumpu urine
kuna shit
kunchi penis
kungka north
kunjan (yuku -) pandanus
kuuwa west
kuuyu string
kuypang (nga'a -) black bream
ma'a hand, thumb, palm
ma'alang (minha -) brown crane
maga (yuku -) wongay tree
maji hungry
mankan (nga'a -) rock cod
mano neck
mantabal (minha -) plain turkey
mayi food
mee eye
migu (minha -) freshwater catfish
minha meat
miwun (minha -) pygmy goose
molanh red ant
monte (minha -) jabiru
moo body
moo (yuku -) tree trunk
moyerre cousin
muno bum
muuwa (minha -) white cockatoo
nga'a fish
ngala 1st person dual accusative pronoun
ngalabi (yuku -) or (keka -) spear rod, spear rod tree
ngalang 1st person dual possessive pronoun
ngale 1st person dual nominative pronoun
ngampa 1st person plural nominative pronoun
ngana 1st person plural accusative pronoun
nganang 1st person plural possessive pronoun
nganyi 1st person singular accusative pronoun
ngathi father
ngathu 1st person singular possessive pronoun
ngaya 1st person singular nominative pronoun
ngoton black
nhampi (minha -) emu
nheke chin
nhepa breath
nhiiya 2nd person plural nominative pronoun
nhiiyang 2nd person plural accusative pronoun
nhiiyang 2nd person plural possessive pronoun
nhila 3rd person singular nominative pronoun
nhingku 2nd person singular possessive pronoun
nhingu 3rd person singular possessive pronoun
nhinha 2nd person singular accusative pronoun
nhinta 2nd person singular nominative pronoun
nhipa 2nd person dual nominative pronoun
nhipang 2nd person dual possessive pronoun
nhipang 2nd person dual accusative pronoun
nhompo (minha -) black eagle
nhucha star
nhuna 3rd person singular accusative pronoun
nhunku cough
paba mother
pach white
pacha bald
pache (yuku -) flowers
pama man
panchi eyelash
pangku (minha -) wallaby
panthen (mayi -) bulguruw
papa father
parrpa (minha -) brown hawk
pe'en skin
pepinyi (minha -) white chest ibis
pigo hit
pinba (minha -) rainbow lorikeet
pinchi (minha -) saltwater crocodile
pinhi awake
pintan (mayi -) or (yuku -) monkeynut tree
pinyerrel aunty
po'ol (mayi -) nonda apple
ponenye little brother
ponthe (yuku -) messmate tree
ponto little brother
pu'u vagina
puchalam (yuku -) orchid
puku child
puku 'arrka baby boy
pula 3rd person dual nominative pronoun
pulang 3rd person dual accusative pronoun
pulang 3rd person dual possessive pronoun
punche (minha -) long neck turtle
punga sun
punpen (mayi -) grass lily
puntha arm
puntha creek
puntha elbow
puparrang (minha -) wangu lizard
pupi (yuku -) firestick, firestick tree
putu (yuku -) bloodwood tree
puunyi hornet
tha'u foot
tha'u puku toe
thaa mouth
thachi (minha -) sand goanna
thagwa old woman
thala centipede
thampe (minha -) black duck
thana 3rd person plural nominative pronoun
thanang 3rd person plural possessive pronoun
thanang 3rd person plural accusative pronoun
thangkarr semen
thata frog
thipi belly, guts
thono one
thudu breasts, milk
thuli woomera
thuma fire
thunta (mayi -) white apple
thupinh pregnant
thutamba (minha -) wallaby
thuuwenye niece, nephew
titalang (minha -) peewee
wa'awa river
waanga tooth
wachin (nga'a -) barramundi
wadha (minha -) crow
wage (yuku -) white gum tree
waka grass
wali (minha -) bluetongue lizard
walu face
wanchi sick
wanchu wife
wangga dilly bag sp.
wangka long yam
wanthaji (yuku -) forest cotton
wanthi good
wati paperbark, paperbark tree
waya bad
wayi Interogative pronoun
wayinang Interogative possessive pronoun
weba sleep
wendho deaf
wewam red
wika language
wileny little sister
winchin (waka -) sugar grass
wonggan liver
woyodho (minha -) whistle duck
wudu old man
wudukerre big uncle
wunya big brother
ya'a none
yakalba (minha -) red kangaroo
yangan hair
yapany big sister
yenggwe (mayi -) lady apple
yenken bone
yi'i eyebrow
yib south
yongko (yuku -) ironwood, ironwood wax
yorrpe (mayi -) black berries
yoyko mountain
yuku tree
yuuwa sky, cloud
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