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 83 Yirriwa, s.—An English knife.

Yir-Yir, s.—A flag-like grass, much disliked by the natives, as it cuts their legs in walking.

Y-jo, p.p.—I. (Vasse river.) See Gnadjo.

Y-jul—I will. See Gnadjo.

Yoi-yu—(K.G.S.) A small species of fish.

Yong-a, or Yung-a, v.—Pres. part, Yongawin; past tense, Yongaga To give.

Yonja, s.—Strix delicatulus; lesser White Owl.

Yowart, s.—The male kangaroo.

Yowir, a.—Giddy; confused as a drunken man.

Yowirgwart, v.—To fall down in a faint; to swoon.

Yowirin, a.—Being giddy, as Katta Yowirin, my head is turning round.

Yoyt, s.—Muscle of the thigh.

Yoytch, s.—Mountain dialect; the testicles. Yadjo.

Yuada, ad.—No.

Yual, ad.—Here; hither; come here.

Yuangur—(K.G.S.) A species of frog eaten by the natives.

Yudang-winnan, s.—The act of pounding anything.

Yugow, v.—Pres. part., Yugowin; past tense, Yugaga. To be; to stand; to exist.

Yugow-murrijo, v.—To run; literally, be, go.

Yugow-murrijobin—Go quickly; literally be moving.

Yukel, s.—The large volute, or conch shell. It is worthy of remark that many natives, towards the interior, invariably persist in asserting, that both these shells and the mother of pearl shell, Bedoan, are to be found in quantities a long way to the north-east of York. See Derbal.

Yukungadak—(K.G.S.) A sorcerer; a doctor.

Yulang, ad.—Nearer; closer.

Yulangera, s.—A woman who is old and has had children. This word is evidently derived from Gulang, a child; and Collins tells us that the name of the rite by which youths are initiated into manhood at Sidney is, Yulang ira bardang, which means "youth or child going up." almost to a letter in this language.

Yulang-idi, a.—Fruitful; having had children; as Yago; Yulang-idi, a woman who has had children.

Yulăp, a.—Hungry; empty. Probably an introduced word, though now very common; put see Ngul-yap (Vasse dialect).

Yulmăn, ad.—In turn; in return.

Yulmăn wangow, v.—To answer.

Yulmăn yonga, v.—To exchange.

Yuly—(K.G.S.) lazy; idle.