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 61 Nidjalla, ad.—Here; in this place. (More emphatic than Nidja.)

Nido, s.—A mosquito. Very troublesome in summer in moist situations

Nidul-yorong, s.—Ægialitis nigrifrons, Gould; black-fronted plover.

Niggara, s.—The girdle of human hair worn round the waist.

Nilge, s.—The name of a dance among the natives to the north-east.

Nimyt, s.—The ribs.

Ninat, s.—Worms bred in sores.

Nindi. s.—Tail of an animal.

Nindian, v.—Pres. part, Nindianin; past tense, Niudianaga. To kiss.

Ninim, s.—Large species of leech.

Nin-ya nin-ya, p.—These.

Niran, v.—Pres. part., Niran; past tense, Niran. To plant; to sow; to put in the ground. They do not plant, but they put the Byyu in the ground to prepare it for eating.

Nirimba, s.—Pelecanus Nov. Holl.; pelican. It is singular that these birds are seen frequently to come from the interior, across the York district.

Nirran. v.—To bark; to growl as a dog.

Nirrgo, s.—A mosquito. Numerous in damp situations.

Noba, or Nuba, s.—Young of any creature. Plural, Nobagărra.

Nodytch, s.—The dead; a deceased person. The aborigines have an extreme aversion to mentioning the name of any one after his decease; and this word, Nodytch, the departed, is used among them when speaking of a person who is no more.

Nogăt or Nokăt, v.—(Word used in the York district.) To sleep.

Nogo, s.—A species of fungus.

Nogolan—(K.G.S.)—Accidentally; unintentionally.

Nogon-yăk, s.—The name of one of the great native families. The Didarok and Djikok are Matta gyn with these people. See Ballorok.

Nogoro, s.—Heavy sleep—as, Bidjar nogoro ngan-ya băkkan, heavy sleep bites, or oppresses me.

Nogyt, s.—The elbow.

Nol-yang, s.—Gallinula, Nol-yang. These birds are not much known in Western Australia, though common in New South Wales. In 1836, they made their appearance here suddenly in great numbers, to the surprise and alarm of the farmers, for they devoured all the green food in fields and gardens with the appetite of locusts; and then they disappeared almost as unaccountably and suddenly as they had come, nor have they, with some few exceptions, been seen since. They are about the size of well-grown pullets, frequenting the low grounds near rivers, and, though not web-footed, swimming with great facility. Thousands were shot and consumed as food. The meat has something of a fishy flavour.

Nona. s.—A very deadly snake, cream-coloured, with dark spots.

Nopyn, s.—The young of animals.

Norndukaun—(K.G.S.) To fly from anyone or anything.