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 * +NAMES OF MEN.


 * The following are the names of men, with their meanings:—


 * width=66%|Kaawirn kuunawarn||'Hissing swan'
 * |(Chief of the Kirræ wuurong—'blood-lip'—tribe, named after the noise the swans made when he robbed their nests.)
 * Wombeet tuulawarn||'Rotten spear'
 * |(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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 * 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
 * }
 * 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
 * }
 * Warrowill||Swamp—local name
 * Wombeetch puyuun||Decayed kangaroo
 * Wullæ merrii||Stony
 * }
 * Wullæ merrii||Stony
 * }
 * }