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 44 go away with you; Winji badin, or Winji kolin, where are you going?

Kolo, s.—A flea; a louse. It is doubtful whether fleas are indigenous. The natives say not, and they have no distinct name for them. Lice abound; Kolo is the name for them. The natives pick them out and eat them.

Kol-yurăng, v.—Pres. part., Kolyurăngwin; past tense, Kolyurăng-ăga. To beat anything to powder; to pound; to melt.

Kombuil, s.—One of the trees from which the native shields are made The other is the Kirdil. See Wunda.

Komma, s.—Patersonia occidentalis (a plant).

Kolo, s.—The excrement.

Kona, s.—The anus. The natives to the east of the hills are said to be much addicted to an unnatural vice, whilst those to the west speak of it in terms of horror and detestation.

Konak, ad.—A species of crawfish.

Konakmarh-ra, s.—Scorpion.

Konang, v.—Pres, part., Konangwin; past tense, Konang-ăgga. To void the excrement.

Konang, s.—Bowels.

Kopil, s.—Sleep.

Kopin, ad.—Secretly—as Kopinijow, to hide; to place secretly.

Kopotjăn, v.—To make the same noise as the Gaddara, or steamer-duck.

Koragong, or Wurdo, s.—A species of fungus growing on the ground, of a sweetish taste, red-coloured, and very juicy.

Korbuil, a.—(Upper Swan dialect.) Fat; in good condition—as applied to animals; the opposite of Wiribal.

Korel, s.—Shells in general; sea-shells.

Koroylbardang, s.—The tall green-flowered Anigozanthus.

Kortda, ad.—Apart; separately. Wallăkwallăk.

Kotajumeno, s.—The name given in the Murray River district to the Naganok family.

Kot-ye, s.—A bone.

Kot-yedak, a.—Bony.

Kot-yelara, a.—Thin; bony.

Kot-yenin-gara, s.—Chrysorroe nitens, a shrub bearing a large brilliant dark-orange flower.

Kowănyăng, v.—Pres, part., Kowanyang; past tense; Kowanyang. To swim. See Bilyi.

Kowar, s.—Trichoglossus, screaming-parrot.

Kowat, s.—A young sister.

Koweda, or Kower, s.—Viminaris denudata; the broom-tree.

Kow-win, s.—Water.

Kudjidi, s.—Leptospermum augustifolia; the sweet-scented leptospermum. A slender, graceful shrub.