The Yield

by Tara June Winch

  gulur, ngay – but, however

  gulun – burrow of wombat

  gulumba, gulibaa – box tree, coolabah

  gulu, galgu, dang – millet seed for flour

  gulgarr – concave, tray or plate of bark

  gulgang – head, top of the

  gulgandara – before, time and both place

  gulganagaba – bird, the jacky winter

  gulgama – gully, valley

  gulbirmarra – part, divide, separate

  gulbir – few, not many

  gulbi – mist or smoke in the air

  gulbalanha – peace, be at peace, no fighting

  gulamirra – seek in vain

  gulamilanha – alone, to be alone

  gulambali, birriyag – pelican bird

  gulamarra – open

  gulamalibu nunbabu – to open or close

  gulabirra – refuse, reject

  gulaay – crossing place, bridge

  gulaa – anger

  gugubarra – kookaburra

  gugi – cup, of bark

  guganha – crawl or creep

  gugan – caterpillar, a yellow

  gugabul – fish, Murray cod

  gudyiin – ancient time

  gudyi – basin, bucket

  gudhingan – composer of songs

  gudharang – duck, wood

  gudha – baby or child

  gudal – flat

  gubir – macquarie perch, also called black bream

  gubang – hickory tree

  gubaldurinya – conquer, drive off the enemy

  gubadhang – finch, diamond sparrow

  gubaadurinya, durrudurrugarra, gubaymanha, gulbadurinya – follow

  guba – cooba wattle acacia

  giyira, giira – future, the womb

  giyingdyung – marrow, from inside bones

  giyindyarra – lick

  giyarinya – frightened, be frightened

  giyang – lungs

  giyanda-dila-nh – escape

  giyan – centipede

  giyalang – belonging

  giyal, guwiindha – shame, ashamed

  giyal-giyal – cowardly, partly ashamed

  giyal-gang – field mouse

  giyaa-warra – frighten off, drive away

  giya-rra – fear, be afraid

  giwang wuurrranha – moon setting

  giwang bagarra – moon rising

  giwang – moon

  giwaang-giwaang – mad fellow, fool

  giwa-l-dhaany – cook, the person cooking

  girri girrigirri – red

  girran-girran – ill, poorly

  girra-wiiny – quiet place with many pretty flowers

  girra-ma-nha – feel hot, to be burnt

  girra-m-bi-ya-rra – scold, speak with anger

  girra-girra – lively, be well, be alive

  girarumarra – blow, as wind

  giran-giran, manggaan – broad, spear shield

  giralang bundinya – star, a shooting star

  giraangang – foliage of trees, leaves

  gingari – flint knives

  gindyarra – lap or drink water like dogs

  gindhaany, bugari – ringtail possum

  gindaymanha – to play, to have fun

  ginda-y-waruwar – laughing always

  ginda-y-ga-la-nha – laugh at each other

  ginda-y-awa-nha – smile, laugh

  ginda-nha – laugh

  ginan – kind, gracious

  gimarra – milk

  gilaa – galah

  gila – so, then

  giiny – heart

  giimbir – fountain, spring, well

  giilang – story

  giigandul – wattle with silver flower

  gigiy – eaten enough

  gigirr – scent or smell

  gidyirriga, badyariga – budgerigar

  gidyang – hair of body, wool, fur

  gidyagidyang – egret, little

  gidya-wuruwin – afraid, very much, overcome with fear

  gidya – broad-level wattle

  gibirrgirrbaang – star constellation of Orion’s Belt

  gibirgin, malanygyang, dindima – star constellation the Seven Sisters (Pleiades)

  gibir – man

  gibayan – nephew

  gibany, darran-dirang – revenge, avenger

  giba – magic stone

  gaymaan – kangaroo grass

  gawuwal – lagoon, lake

  gawuraa – feathers

  gawunang, giwambang – moonlight

  gawimarra – gather or pick up

  gawaymbanha – welcome, tell to come

  gawaan, gabaa – white men, strangers

  garriwang – currawang tree

  garrindubalunbil – beetle in wood

  garril, wurung – boughs or branches on trees

  garraywarra – look for, seek, find

  garraygal – palm of the hand

  garray – land, sand

  garrawi – roe of fish

  garrari – net

  garranygarra – send

  garrandarang – paper, book

  garran – hook of any kind, fish hook

  garrabari – corroboree, a special dance

  garraba, marrin – body, human

  garraayigal – hand, grasp

  garraawan – light wood for making fish spears

  garra – hold, catch, stop, take

  gariya wanhamindya nganhanduyan – do not break a promise

  gariwang – cold east wind

  gariwag – leaf

  garingali – dingo

  garila – corella bird

  garba – fork, fork of a tree

  garay – sand

  garal – wattle tress

  garaan-dharra – eat forbidden food

  gany, yingiyan – like, similar

  ganhur, buringin, marri – kangaroo, red

  ganha-nha, bunha-nha – burn

  ganginmarra – lie, tell a lie

  ganggang – gang-gang cockatoo

  ganggaa – spider

  gangarrimaa – ring or circle

  gangan – hawk, fish hawk

  gandyar – spirit being, he sees and knows everything

  gandaru, gungarung, yambil – crane, blue, white-faced heron

  ganda – bend of the leg under the knee

  ganang – beeswax, wet

  ganaa-ba-nha – ride on horse or any animal

  gana-yi-rra – peppermint tree

  gambang, dilaang, dirraybang, gumbal – brother

  gambal, buragi, yungay, gamidha – bustard, native bush turkey

  gamalang – raspberry, native

  galiyang, birrgun – fork-tailed swift bird

  galing-gaan – bowels

  galindulin – eel

  galin-gabangbur – children

  galin-dhuliny, gibirrngaan – black snake, red-bellied

  galin-balgan-balgang – dragonfly

  galigal – knife

  gali-ngin-banga – desert place without water

  galguraa – friar bird, noisy

  galgambula – oven, for cooking in the earth

  galgaang – affliction, wherein is pity

  galga – hungry, empty

  galanygalany, galan galan – cicada, locust, its sound

  galang – belonging to a group

  galagang – wild onion

  galabarra – halve, separate into two

  galaabanha – noise, make a noise

  gagalin, bidyin – fish, golden perch

  gagaamanha – lead astray, seduce

  gadyilbalungbil – burrowing black beetle

  gadyilbalung – beetles generally

  gadyal – hollow

  gadyag – nasty, horrible

  gadya! – get away!

  gadi, dharang – snake

  gadangul – lizard, small one

  gabur-gabur – rotten or broken

  gabuga – brain, eggs

  gabudha – reeds and
rushes

  gabin-gidyal – beginning, a

  gabargabar – green, colour

  gaban, barrang – white

  gaban – foreign, strange, unknown

  gaba-rra – fishing, drag-net

  gaanha, dharal – shoulder

  gaanha-barra gaanha-bu-nha – carry on the shoulder

  gaalmaldhaany – composer, poet

  gaagu-ma-rra – embrace

  gaa-m-bila-nha – hold a thing

  gaa-l-marra – compose, songs

  gaa-darra – erase

  gaa-ba-rra – carry on the back

  ga-rra – be or being

  dyirribang – an old man

  dyiridyinbuny – diver bird

  dyiramiil – charming, winning, eyes-up

  dyinmay, gurray – fight or war, tribal

  dyinidnug – duck, shoveler

  dyindhuli – hunger

  dyindharr – lean, barren, bare

  dyinang, mundawi, dinhang – foot

  dyilwirra – climb, a tree

  dyigal – fins of fishes

  dyibarra – speak

  dyandyamba – medicine, from the core of tree fern

  dyagula – lyrebird

  dyagang – boys without fathers

  dyabaraa – bull dog ants

  dyaba – girls without fathers

  dyaabiny – flying ant

  duyan – fat, meat

  duwambiyan – root of edible pink fingers

  duruung-gar-gar – glow-worm

  durrur-buwulin – ever, always

  durrumbin, giima – caterpillar

  durru-l-ga-rra – hide

  durru-l-ba-rra – burst

  durrawiyung – duck, grey teal

  durrawan – currawong, grey bird

  durrany – cloud, long white

  duri-mambi-rra – ill, make ill, cause to be ill

  duri-duri-nya – ill, to be ill

  dundumirinmirinmal – snail

  dumiiny – death adder snake

  dumi-rra – carry

  dumbi – blush

  dulu-dulu – logs of wood, big

  dulbun-bun-ma-rra – bow, or to bend

  dulbi-bal-ga-nha – hang down the head

  duguny-bi-rra, dugu-winy-birra – be generous

  dugu-wirra – catch

  dugin – shade

  duga-y-ili-nya – fetch for another

  duga-nha – fetch water, draw up water

  dubu – frog or toad

  dubi – chrysalis, pupa butterfly grub

  dirriwang – emu feathers

  dirrinan – bulbine lily

  dirrigdirrig – bee-eater, rainbow bird

  dirrang-dirrang – red ochre

  dirramaay – edible herb

  dirra-dirra-wana – herb

  dinggu – wild dog, dingo

  dinbuwurin – lark, native

  dinawan, gawumaran, nguruwiny – emu

  dilga-nha, bunganha-ba-nha – comb the hair

  dilan-dilan-garra – shake

  dila-dila-bi-rra – cause confusion

  dila-birra – scatter, sow

  diikawu – emu bush, spotted

  digu, mumbil, munbil – blackwood, black-timbered wattle tree

  digimdhuna – fig or fig tree

  digal – fishbone

  dibiya – duck, whistling tree

  dibang – nails or spikes

  dhuruwurra – cast off, shedding

  dhurri-rra – lay eggs, to be born

  dhurri-nya, dhurrirra – born, to be born

  dhurrgang, nguruwiya – owl, tawny frogmouth

  dhurragarra – follow up, track, pursue

  dhurany – news, or message

  dhuragun, bunbun – bittern, native

  dhungany – greenleek parakeet

  dhundhu, ngiyaran, gunyig – black swan

  dhundhal – close or near

  dhumuny – bardi grubs, used for fishing

  dhumba – brittle gum, eucalyptus

  dhulubang – soul or spirit

  dhulu-ga-rra – guilty, to be found convicted

  dhulu-biny – level, even, flat

  dhuliiny – goanna, sand monitor

  dhulay – fish, the river gar fish

  dhul – brown

  dhugamang – lobster, white clawed

  dhugaaybul – very

  dhubul – bore, underground water

  dhubi – cicada larva, beetle

  dhirril – sparrow hawk

  dhirran-bang – noon, midday (sun in the zenith)

  dhirraany, gandiyagulang – mountain

  dhiraa-nha – rise like the dough

  dhindha – ball, anything rounded

  dhin – nut or berry

  dhilbul – coot, purple swamphen

  dharrang – message stick or letter

  dharran – creek

  dharrambay, gimang, dirru, galbu – kangaroo rat

  dharra-barra – eat, cut with teeth

  dharra – eaten, swallow, engulf, absorb

  dhara – cast out, away

  dhangaang, dhal, dharrabu – food

  dhang – seeds, grains

  dhandyuri, dhandyurigan – mussel shells or shellfish

  dhandhaang – river catfish

  dhamiyag, baaliyan – cumbungi, bulrush reeds

  dhamaliiny, dharramaliyu, bulbul – bull roarer, whirler

  dhalba-nha – bruised

  dhalba – rain, the cloud burst

  dhala-y-ba-rang – mad frenzy, anger, excitement, sudden

  dhala-wa-la – forest country

  dhala-rug – wattlebird

  dhala-ba-rra – crack, burst, break

  dhala-ba-nha – ruin, destroy

  dhal-bi-rra – beat time on the boomerang, as the men do singing

  dhaganhu ngurambang – where is your country?

  dhagamang – crayfish, whitish-blueish claws, not a yingaa

  dhagal – cheek, jawbone

  dhadhi? – belonging to what place?

  dhabugarra – bury

  dhabugany – buried

  dhabudyang – old woman

  dhabal – bone

  dhaan yanha – come here

  dhaalirr – kingfisher bird

  dhaagunmaa – cemetery

  dhaagun – land, earth, dirt, soil, grave

  dha, -dya, -la, -ra – on, at, in, by

  dha-l-mambi-rra – feed, a child or dog

  dawin, bawa-l-ganha – hatchet

  darruba-nha – leap over

  darriyaldhuray – bedroom

  dargin – across

  danyga-ma-rra – compete, to vie in throwing

  dani – wax, gum or honeycomb

  dangarin – shell fish

  dangar, dhandhaang – fresh water catfish

  dangal – covering or shelter

  dangaay – rainwater, oldwater

  dang – roots, edible

  dalungal – fine fella, excellent person

  dalawang, gabu, gabudha – box tree, apple

  dabu-ya-rra murun – life, give, bestow life

  dabu-wan – leech, small one

  daanha – knit, make a net

  buyaa – law

  buya-marra – beg

  buwi-birra-ng – boomerang of bark, a toy

  buwawabanhanha, gugabarra – boil

  buwanha – grow

  buwaa-bang – orderly, tame

  buwa-garra – come

  buwa-gany – edible root

  buwa-ga-nhumi-nya – before, be before

  buwa-dharra – fill the mouth

  buurri – boree tree, weeping myall

  bururr – hop-bush

  burrindin, gulridy – magpie-lark, peewee or mudlark bird

  burrbang – ceremony of initiating to man

  burral, darriyal – bed

  burral – birthplace, the spot, the soil

  burra-m-bin – eternal

  burra-giin – beeswax, dry

  burra-di-rra – cut down
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  burra-dhaany – ball, bouncing

  burra-binya – leap, jump

  burra-ban-ha-l-bi-rra – fire, light a

  burguwiiny-mudil – blacksmith

  burbi-rra – beat the time, and sing

  burba-ng – circle, a round shape, heap

  burany – parrot

  buram-ba-bi-rra – share

  buralang – black-faced cockatoo

  buraandaan – heron, night-heron

  bura-mi-nga-nha – cause to be

  bunyi-ng-ganha – breathe

  bunyi-ng – breath

  bunhiya – wild oak tree

  bunhi-dyili-nya – beat

  bungi-rra – swing

  bundi-nya – fall

  bundi-mambi-rra – let fall, cause to fall

  bundhi, nalanala – club, thick knob on end, war weapon

  bundharran – paddle

  bundharraan – canoe oar

  bundarra – freeze, feel very cold

  bunda-nha – draw, a picture

  bunda-ng – cicadas, butterfly

  bunda-l-ga-nha – hanging, be suspended

  bunbiya – grasshopper

  bunba-nha – escape, run, moving away, fleeing

  bunba-na-nha – run after

  bunan, bundhu – dust, rising vapour

  bunan – carried by the wind, dust storm

  bun-ma-rra, ma-rra – make or do

  bumbi – smoke

  bumalgalabu wayburrbu – right or left

  bumal-bumal – hammer, a stick

  bumal – hammer, stone for bruising nuts

  buma-ngidyili-nya – beat one’s self

  buma-l-gidyal – fight or battle

  bum-bi-rra – blow, with mouth

  bulun – egret, white crane

  bulan-bulan – parrot, crimson rosella

  bulaguy – saltbush

  bula-bi-nya – couples, to be in couples

  buguwiny, bugaru, gungil – grass

  bugurr – climbing plants or vines

  bugu-l – fish line

  bugiyunbarrul – time, after sunset, twilight

  buginybuginy, manygan – blue bonnet parrot

  bugarr – carrion

  bugarnan – bad smell

  bugang – necklace or beads

  budyabudya – moths and butterflies

  budyaan, dyibiny, dibilany – bats, birds general flying creatures

  budulbudul – far off, high, the bluish air at a distance

  budhi – corner

  budharu – flying fox

  budhar-ba-la-nha – kiss each other

  budhanbang – duck, black

  budhaanybudhaany – common sneezeweed, old man weed

  budha – sandlewood

  bubul, dula – backside, buttocks

  bubu – air or breath

  bubil – wing, feather

  bubay-bunha-nha – lessen, get small

  bubay – little, small

  buba-dyang-marra, garrigaan, banhumiya – fingers of the hand

  biyambul – all

  biyal-gam-bi-rra – hang (transitive)

  biyal-ga-nha – hang (intransitive)

  biyaga – often, many times

  birring, birrgan – chest of a man

  birrinalay – blossom of white box tree