Umbugarla word list from Davies (1989):[1]
| Umbugarla | Part of speech | Gloss | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| abala | n. | legs, thigh | N |
| abambangar | n. | head | g-M, giny-/gimbi-F |
| abəlalwanj | adv. | yesterday | |
| abulu | n. | stomach | M |
| adamarrg | n. | tooth | N |
| ádarramu | n. | legs | N |
| adarmu | n. | back | N |
| adjalwa | n. | ear | N |
| adjarrmu | n. | nape | |
| amarudu | n. | hand | ginj- F, gə- M |
| amarurr | n. | thumb | see hand |
| amurrag | n. | language name | |
| -ardan | adj. | small | laa |
| -arig | adj. | bad | laa |
| arli | n. | elbow | |
| áwalang | n. | arm | N |
| awalang burruwa | n. | armpit | |
| awardang | n. | mouth, lips | |
| awurdang | n. | face | M |
| awUy | interj. | yes | |
| babinjbabinj | n. | palm tree, pine tree | |
| bada | n. | younger sibling | brother, or sister, -in-law |
| badangga | n. | meeting place higher up, where Butcher Knight stops | |
| bagi | n. | tobacco | |
| bandu.r | n. | carpet snake | Mayali? |
| bardadj | n. | grandfather | father's father, mother's father, son/daughter-in-law |
| barg | n. | barramundi | |
| barrumanj | n. | new month | |
| bawa | n. | father | |
| bawa gumbəlı́rrigu | n. | father's sister (auntie), mother-in-law | |
| bəʽdɒŋgu | n. | Patonga Waterhole | |
| bəgarrar | n. | calf, leg | |
| bərraŋir | n. | chest, liver | 79, N |
| bərrardbard | n. | jabiru | |
| bɛrg | n. | death adder | M |
| bi | n. | march fly | |
| bibi | n. | aunt | |
| bidj | n. | rat, ant, spider, mouse | |
| bigibigi | n. | pigs | |
| bilirring | n. | shoulders | |
| bimbirri | n. | tea tree, paperbark | |
| binidjarri | n. | frog | |
| biragadj | adj. | weak | |
| biral | n. | coolamon | |
| biridj | n. | white cockatoo | |
| birrang | n. | white (dog) | |
| birrgala | n. | boomerang | |
| birrgbirrg | n. | crocodile | F |
| birug | n. | coolibah | |
| bu | n. | river, creek | N |
| budjumala | n. | shoulders | |
| -(bu)g | v. | to go | |
| bugala | interrog. | what | |
| bugunidja | n. | language name, place name (?) at Bindi camp, Nourlangie camp | |
| -bulanj | v. | to throw, spear, spill, push | |
| búliːgi | n. | cattle | |
| bulu | n. | beard | |
| bulu | n. | smoke | |
| bulug | n. | belly | |
| bulumba | n. | bone | |
| bulur | n. | heart | |
| bulurrurr | n. | leaves | V |
| bunuːn | n. | snake sp. | |
| burr | pro. | them | |
| burrung | pro. | their (pl.) kin | |
| burruburru | adv. | morning | |
| deded | n. | parrot | Mayali |
| dinanjgu | n. | woomera | |
| dirra | n. | bark | |
| djabu | n. | son, daughter-in-law | |
| djanudj | n. | grandfather, and grandchildren | |
| djadj | n. | little frog | |
| djadja | n. | uncle | also father-in-law GB, A, 33 |
| djag | n. | story, yarn | |
| -djagan | adj. | good | 1b |
| djala | n. | female kangaroo | F |
| -djalag | adj. | short | |
| djalwa | adj. | deaf | |
| djamar | n. | stick, tree | V |
| djamarə | n. | nulla-nulla | |
| djamarə gunjdjuguba | n. | yamstick | |
| djangadj | n. | alligator | M |
| dja.ngarra | n. | ironwood | |
| djarlkurr | n. | JimJim | |
| djarnang | n. | mullet fish | |
| djarr | n. | tree, 'sort of a bloodwood' | |
| djarrəba | n. | hips | |
| djarrəgərra | n. | fighting spear | |
| djarrgarrg | n. | spittle | |
| djawun | n. | language, or people name | same as Gun-Djeyhmi |
| djəbirri | n. | fish; long nose, long tom, mouth almighty? | |
| djəmilig | n. | back | N |
| djəmilig | n. | nose | giny-F |
| dji | n. | liver | |
| djibigawan | n. | water rat | |
| djibiyugwarrma | n. | whistle duck | also Mayali? |
| djil | n. | sand | |
| djili | n. | water goanna | F |
| djimdjim | n. | JimJim waterhole | |
| djinbedjag | n. | centipede | |
| djirag | n. | bark | |
| djirr/ | n. | kangaroo | big one, hill kangaroo |
| djirridjirridj | n. | willy wagtail | |
| djirrmbanj | n. | mussels | |
| djirugu | n. | navel, liver | |
| djulg/ | n. | snot, spit | 74, N |
| djulu | n. | apple tree | |
| djumurru | n. | snake | M |
| djumuru | n. | beard gu- class | |
| djurrag | n. | stringybark | |
| djurrg | adv. | black (dog) | |
| djurru | n. | water goanna | F |
| dudu | n. | heart | |
| gaban | n. | black bream | |
| gadalwa | adj. | deaf | |
| gadaru | n. | quinine tree | |
| gadj | n. | fish | |
| gagudju | n. | language name | |
| garlgan | adj. | hungry | |
| gamanj | n. | mud, ground, dirt | |
| gamarul | n. | hands | see amarrur |
| gamburbulu | n. | old man, old woman | M |
| gamubulung | n. | old dog | |
| gamurg | n. | honeybee | sugarbag |
| ganabar | n. | flying fox | M |
| ganbarrg | n. | grass | |
| gangarlarr | n. | bone, ribs | toenails? |
| gangan | n. | meat, beef | skin |
| gangang | n. | granny | |
| gánga.rra | n. | rock cod | |
| gangbu | adv. | tomorrow | |
| gangginj | n. | sister's children | |
| ganggu | n. | grandfather | mother's father, father's mother |
| garda | n. | water | |
| gardin | n. | native cat | |
| gargarg | n. | eagle hawk | |
| garna | n. | death adder | M |
| garnrdum | n. | eggs | |
| garralg | n. | baby | |
| garrarra | n. | fat | |
| garrig | n. | kidney | |
| garu | n. | testicles | N |
| garwadj | n. | blood | |
| gawalan | n. | emu | F |
| gayang | n. | armpit smell | N |
| genjgenj | n. | little lizards | |
| gidjarda | n. | file snake | |
| gidji(g)/ | n. | yam | V |
| gilibilig | adj. | soft | |
| giling | n. | moon | |
| gimbara | n. | sun | |
| gimburbulu | n. | old woman | F |
| gimbuwungbug | n. | small mosquito | |
| gimərinjbu/ | n. | hill | |
| ginalg | n. | ibis | Mayali |
| ginjdjanag | n. | pandanus | V |
| ginjartan | n. | little girl | |
| ginjdjarart | n. | file snake | |
| ginwin | adj. | jealous | |
| girimbirr | n. | egg (bird's) | F |
| girrggirrg | n. | plover? | |
| girringgirr | no. | one | |
| girrwirrk | n. | egg | F |
| giyangur | n. | bamboo, bamboo spear | V |
| gobarla | n. | butt of spear | |
| gorrngba | n. | cooinda | |
| gorrnjdja | n. | slut | |
| gotbolbog | n. | big frog | Mayali |
| gubudj | n. | canoe, long-nosed | |
| gudbayig | n. | bag | |
| gudjɛn | n. | dry grass | |
| gudjudju | n. | hand, elbow | |
| gudjumilik | n. | nose | |
| gudjurrug/ | n. | vagina | |
| gulgulg | n. | frill-necked lizard | M |
| gúlidjbirr | n. | big-eyed fish | |
| gulurl | n. | tail (dog's, kangaroo's, fish) | |
| gumbulu | n. | cheek | |
| gumbungur | n. | head | |
| gumurnu | n. | spear | V |
| gumurrin | n. | sugarbag wax | |
| gungubuːlu | n. | clouds | |
| gunggung | n. | breast | F |
| gungi | n. | tree, callistemon? | |
| gungil | n. | toenails | |
| gunorra | n. | dilly bag | M |
| gurdinj | pro. | me | object |
| gurri | n. | blue-tongued lizard | |
| gurrumanj | n. | nest | |
| gura | n. | smoke | V |
| gurag | n. | urine | |
| guridyarrung | n. | woman, aboriginal | F |
| gúrrguːlig | n. | skin | |
| guwirr | n. | ashes | |
| gwara | n. | bee | F |
| ibərrangarr | n. | star | |
| idjəmilig | n. | nose, face | |
| -idjibirdi | adj. | tall | 2c |
| igirr | n. | fishing spear | |
| ilidjgirlik | n. | skin | |
| imaru | n. | hand, finger, fingernail | |
| imbalari | n. | young woman | F |
| imira | n. | back | |
| ı́mirri | n. | knees | |
| irrwa | n. | ears | N |
| lawa | n. | flour | |
| ləmirngarda | n. | plains goanna | F |
| -larung | v. | to cry | |
| lirr | n. | shoulders | |
| madjumarra | n. | shoulders | |
| magargur | n. | pelican | F |
| mala | n. | house, humpy | V |
| mala bı́rrimba | n. | windbreak | |
| maladj | n. | little lizards | |
| -malani | v. | to sit | stop |
| malanj | n. | wind | |
| malng | n. | kangaroo | old man and doe |
| malurr | n. | eye gu- class, mu- class | GB, A, 33 |
| mama | n. | elder brother | also brother-in-law |
| mamberr | n. | jungle, bush country | |
| mámu.mu | n. | swamp country | |
| mamurr | n. | leg | |
| manbir | n. | goose, geese | M |
| mánbiri | n. | greenback turtle | |
| marang | n. | king brown snake | M |
| maranju | n. | limbs (of atree), branch | V |
| marinj | n. | long-necked turtle | F |
| marl | n. | anus | |
| marl(pa) | n. | female wallaby | F |
| marnany | n. | big sister | also sister-in-law |
| marra | n. | taipan | M |
| marrəmarri | n. | knife | |
| marrərrala | n. | little crab | |
| marri | n. | mother | |
| marrngmu | n. | spouse | |
| -may | v. | to talk | |
| mayuy | interj. | no, don't | |
| mərnrdəngunynguny | n. | dugong | |
| mənggurra | n. | goanna | |
| mərrari | n. | fig tree | |
| mirdirdi | n. | nose (a man's) | |
| midjag | n. | dark, night | |
| mila | n. | big crab | |
| miling | n. | tree; palm trees, in swampy country, with big fruit?? | |
| mı́lingirrk | n. | chin | |
| milu | n. | mother | |
| milu gimbəlirriku | n. | mother-in-law | |
| mimbirri | n. | paperbark | see bimbirri |
| mimigu | n. | turkey | F |
| mimilig | n. | throat | |
| mingginjdjarrgu | n. | young woman | |
| minj | n. | dog | M |
| minmi/ | adv. | never | |
| miranggaty | n. | tucker, vegetable food, damper | V |
| mirrarru | n. | hair, eyebrows, beard | V |
| mirrimirri | n. | elbow | |
| mirrug | n. | waterlily | |
| mudjilirr | n. | buttocks | |
| mudjurra | n. | mangrove | |
| mudmu.rd | n. | sandfly | |
| mugan | n. | carpet snake | |
| mugmug | n. | night owl | big eye |
| muldj | n. | sinew | |
| mumugala | n. | roots (of a tree) | |
| mumurna | n. | penis | |
| munggala | n. | butt (of a tree) | |
| murg | n. | fly, blowfly | M |
| murmur | n. | feathers | |
| murrgarda | n. | dew | |
| murrundag | n. | foot | |
| múrurag | n. | shade, gum tree | |
| muwarla | n. | plain | |
| -na | v. | to see | |
| namatmardi | n. | place name, Deaf Adder Creek, Baruwurra way | |
| nambu | interrog. | who | |
| namən.garra | n. | goanna | generic term |
| narəlwanj | adv. | yesterday | |
| narəmidj | n. | thunder | M |
| narrədidj | n. | us two | he and I |
| narrɛrru | adv. | long time | |
| ngarra | n. | fire | N |
| ngárradjil | n. | stone | N |
| ngarrg | pronoun | I | |
| ngarrngarr | n. | flying fox dreaming | |
| ngəridjbirri | n. | ears | |
| ngərlarangərlara | n. | porcupaine | M |
| -ngi | v. | to eat, drink | |
| ngila | n. | forehead | |
| ngimirri | n. | knee | |
| nginj | pro. | you | sg |
| nginjala | n. | armpit | |
| nginjdju | ??pro. poss. adj. (kin) | your | |
| ngirrang | n. | son, daughter | parent talking |
| ngiyung | poss. adj. (kin) | our | |
| ngubulu | n. | clouds | see gungubulu |
| ngudjəmilig | n. | nose | |
| ngug | n. | anus, behind, faeces | |
| ngumburr | n. | language name | same as Umbugarla? |
| ngunany | adv. | today (soon, just) | |
| nguni | n. | armpit | |
| nguyurg | n. | moon | |
| nidj | pronoun | he | |
| nidjarra | n. | yabby | |
| -nig | v. | to cook | |
| nimbulgurdur | n. | brolga | |
| nimili | n. | dingo, bush dog | |
| nimin.gu | n. | policeman | |
| nimiwurr | n. | crow (M) | |
| nin | interrog. | where | |
| nindu | n. | horse | |
| ninguwonga | n. | galah | |
| niwin | n. | brother-in-law | |
| -njang | v. | to sit (stop) | |
| najararn | n. | rifle fish | |
| njimurubəlangu | n. | blue tongued lizard | |
| nowawady | n. | Butcher's skin, subsection name | |
| nu | pro. poss. adj (kin) | (kin) his | |
| numənurru | n. | snake (M) | |
| numurrundag | n. | foot | |
| numundjurang | n. | kitehawk | |
| numunurunj | n. | frog snake? | |
| nurdayman | n. | neck | |
| nurrerru | adv. | long time ago | |
| nurr | pro. | we (pl.) check | |
| nurung | poss. adj. | (kin) your (pl.) | |
| nurunbun | n. | white (dog) | |
| -ra | adj. | none (lc) | |
| radja | n. | place | |
| rag | n. | camp, place | |
| ralim | n. | maggot | |
| rangang | n. | man, aboriginal (M) | |
| -rari | adj. | big (2a) | |
| -rignu | v. | to run | |
| rdadjulum | n. | willywilly | |
| -rra | v. | to get, have, pick up | |
| rramar | n. | teeth | |
| -rranju | n. | arm |
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