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 73 Wan-gow, v.—Pres. part., Wangowin; past tense, Wangyăga. To speak; to talk.

Wan-gow-djinnăng, v.—To ask; To enquire.

Wănja, v.—Pres. part., Wanjawin; past tense, Wanjăga. To leave; to quit.

Wanna, s.—The long heavy staff pointed and hardened at one end by fire, carried about by the women, each of whom has one for the purpose of digging roots. The digging or pointed end is flattened on one side and rounded on the other, so as to act, when used, like the claw end of a crow-bar.

Wanni, v.—To die.

Wanniga, part.—Dead.

Wannyl, s.—Roots of trees.

Wan-yur-du, a.—Indisposed.

Waow, in.—An exclamation of surprise and warning.

Wappi, s.—A small species of fish, found in the pools of rivers in summer, and taken by pushing boughs through the water from one end of the pool to the other.

Warba, ad.—otherwise.

War-bum—(K.G.S.) To kill; to slay. Probably from wardo the throat and buma to strike.

Warda, s.—Fame; renown; news; the recent track of any animal, such as the fresh particles of sand left by the opossum's claws on the bark when climbing up trees, which immediately show the natives that the animal is to be found there.

Wardagadăk, s.—A hero; a great warrior; a man of renown, or authority.

Wardan, s.—A large species of long-winged buzzing fly.

Wardang, s.—Corvus coronoides? a crow. In appearance it is like the English crow, but its voice is very melancholy. It does not appear to be gregarious.

Wardo, s.—The neck or throat.

Wasdo-narrowin, part.—Being thirsty. Compounded of wardo the throat, and narrowin burning. The native is careful not to drink directly from stagnant water, but scrapes a hole in the sand at a little distance and drinks the filtered water. And even in springs he frequently inserts a quantity of grass-tree leaves, so as to act as a strainer; this is to guard against swallowing insects, a precaution which might be prudently imitated by the settlers.

Wardyl, v.—Pres. part., Wardyl-yin; past tense, Wardylăga. To whistle.

Wargat, v.—Pres. part., Wargattăgga. To search for; to look for.

Warh-rang—Numeral three.

Warh-ral, s.—Whirlwind.

Warh-ro, s.—A knoll; a hillock; an acclivity.

Warra, a.—(Mountain dialect.) Bad.