Badimaya Nature Words
Words for Animals
Badyalgara "tiger snake" (Notechis scutatus)
Bagudyu "fox" (Vulpes vulpes) In southern dialect, bagudyi
Bangara "large black lizard with yellow stripe" (possibly Varanus panoptes)
Bardi "witchetty grub" (Endoxyla leucomochla)
Bardurra "bush turkey" (Ardeotis australis) In southern dialect, bardurda
Barlabarla "small lizard with long tail"
Barnabarndi "honey ant" (Camponotus inflatus)
Barnbarn "crested bellbird" (Oreoica gutturalis)
Barn.ga "racehorse goanna" (Varanus tristis)
Bidyaru "bobtail lizard" (Tiliqua rugosa rugosa)
Bigurda "western grey kangaroo" (Macropus fuliginosus)
Bilbuda "maggot" In southern dialect, bilburda
Bilybarl "ringneck parrot" (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)
Birribirri "butterfly"
Biyarrgu "galah" (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Buda "lice"
Budyi(gad) "cat" (Felis catus) From English pussy (cat)
Bulugu "cow" (Bos taurus) From English bullock
Bundyuguda "grey teal" (Anas gracilis)
Burli "carpet python" (Morelia spilota imbricate)
Burlingga "night parrot" (Pezoporus occidentalis)
Dhalgad "bush rat" (Rattus fuscipes fuscipes)
Dhanindi "black-tailed nativehen" (Tribonyx ventralis)
Dhirandi "red-tailed black cockatoo" (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
Dhudhu "dog" (Canis lupus familiaris)
Dhudhundhudhun "gecko"
Dyirdamin "red-capped robin" (Petroica goodenovii) In southern dialect, dyidamin
Dyiibu "sheep" (Ovis aries) From English sheep
Dyiiga "snake"
Dyilawara "smallish speckled goanna with long tail"
Dyilingga "scorpion"
Dyindarlbi "grasshopper"
Dyindidyindi "willy wagtail" (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Dyirala "centipede"
Dyugi "chicken" (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Dyudiny "red-beaked mulga parrot" (Psephotus varius)
Dyulabardi In northern dialect, same as bardi; in southern dialect, "moth"
Gaarla "raven" (Corvus coronoides)
Gagarlagu "pink cockatoo" (Lophochroa leadbeateri)
Galadi "blue-tongue lizard" (Tiliqua rugosa)
Galbigura "mountain duck" (Tadorna tadornoides)
Galyawirri "rock wallaby" (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) Now extinct in Badimaya country
Ganbarrga "spider"
Gandarra "tortoise"
Ganharla Same as Bigurda
Gara Same as ganbarrga
Garlbardi "little lizard"
Gilgurda "small hawk" (possibly genus Accipiter)
Gudyirrung "pied butcherbird" (Cracticus nigrogularis)
Gulbardu "magpie" (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Gulu Same as buda
Gumal "brush-tailed possum" (Trichosurus vulpecular)
Gunduwa "echidna"
Guragura "fly"
Guran.guran "smoker parrot" (Polytelis anthopeplus)
Gurdily Same meaning as gudyirrung
Gurnma "march fly" (Tabanidae)
Gurulhu "black swan" (Cygnus atratus)
Guwiyal Same meaning as gumal
Guwiyarl "a type of goanna" (either Varanus gouldii or Varanus panoptes)
Lun.gi Same meaning as bardi
Mandyurr "termite"
Manymanya "hairy caterpillar" In southern dialect, manymany
Mara galarr Same meaning as dyiibu, literally means "split hoof"
Marinymariny "big black ant with a painful bite/sting"
Marlu "red kangaroo" (Macropus rufus)
Marnbi "bronzewing pigeon" (Phaps chalcoptera)
Marran Same meaning as dyiibu, from English mutton
Milarli Same meaning as galadi
Milyura "venomous snake"
Mindurn "black goanna" (possibly Varanus giganteus)
Mindyin "thorny devil" (Moloch horridus) In southern dialect, mindyan
Minga "ant"
Minganminga "beetle"
Miyurru "hopping mouse" (Notomys alexis) Incredibly cute!
Mulamula "cotton bush" (Ptilotus)
Myul "mule", from English mule
Nganawara "sulphur-crested cockatoo" (Cacatua galerita)
Ngawu "egg"
Ngubaanu "dingo" (Canis lupus dingo)
Ngulyag "white-tailed black cockatoo" (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)
Nguud "horse" (Equus ferus caballus)
Nyingari "zebra finch" (Taeniopygia castanotis)
Nyiriwinh "cicada"
Nyirrgu "mosquito"
Wabarl "malleefowl" (Leipoa ocellata)
Walararra "top-knot pigeon" (Ocyphaps lophotes)
Wanadyilingga Same meaning as dyilingga
Wanardi "lizard"
Warayi "housefly"
Warida "wedge-tailed eagle" (Aquila audax)
Warn.guran "frog"
Warrara "rough-neck lizard" (species unknown)
Wilhuu "bush stone-curlew" (Burhinus grallarius)
Wiludyarudyaru "banded lapwing" (Vanellus tricolor)
Windilya "long-tailed lizard"
Windyindyi Same meaning as dyindarlbi
Winilya "fish"
Wiriwiri "long-tailed arboreal lizard, mostly from Wajarri country"
Wiruwan "weiro" (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Wudhi Same meaning as bardi
Wurulinh "budgerigar" (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Yalibirri "emu" (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Yalurr "tawny frogmouth" (Podargus strigoides)
Yawarda "grey kangaroo" (Macropus fuliginosus)
Words for Plants
Bagurda "bowgada" (Acacia ramulosa var. linophylla)
Balgurr "bush"
Bandu "thorn, prickle"
Bardunyu "white cypress" (Callitris glaucophylla) In southern dialect, bardinyu
Barilya "poison from the breelya tree" (Gastrolobium laytonii)
Barlbiny "unknown tree with seeds that can be ground up"
Biliya "Murchison snakewood" (Acacia eremaea)
Bilydyaa "native flax" (Dianella revoluta) Good kangaroo feed
Bimba "sweet, edible sap"
Birawarany "white quandong"
Birdiny "dry stick"
Birili "leaf"
Biru "gum tree" (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
Bulara "root"
Bulga "grass"
Dharrunga "hop mulga" (Acacia craspedocarpa)
Dhidhiny "unidentified tree"
Dhurra In northern dialect, "york gum" (Eucalyptus loxophleba) In southern dialect, "yarri" (Eucalyptus patens)
Dhurugu "small-leaf mulga" (Acacia sclerosperma)
Dyadyany "turpentine bush" (Eremophila clarkei)
Dyagurda "bowgada fruit" (Acacia ramulosa var. linophylla)
Dyambarbi "spinifex"
Dyandyuru "baby wattle" (Acacia pruinocarpa)
Dyanga "parakeelya" (genus Calandrinia)
Dyindarl "broombush" (Melaleuca uncinata)
Dyula "root or butt of a tree"
Dyulinardi "bush carrot vine" (Vigna lanceolata)
Gagany "bush turnip"
Gagurla "bush pear" (Marsdenia australis)
Gambura "bush tomato" (Solanum ellipticum)
Gandyurang "toothache tree" (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) Used to relieve toothache; somehow stays green all year round
Gardunggaa "unidentified tree with flat beans"
Gariya "kurrajong" (Acacia coolgardiensis)
Garlgarl "bush, thicket"
Gaya "desert kurrajong" (Brachychiton gregorii)
Gugurdung "everlasting wildflower"
Gulyu "weir vine" (Ipomoea calobra)
Gurara "curara" (Acacia tetragonophylla)
Gurdalu "unidentified plant, like a quandong"
Guriny "bush onion" (possibly Cyperus bulbosus)
Guruma "bush medicine tree" (possibly Scaevola spinescens)
Iladyi "salmon gum" (Eucalyptus salmonophloia)
Iilba "unidentified tree, similar to the desert kurrajong"
Mangarda "jam tree" (Acacia burkittii)
Mardardi "unidentified plant with fruit and pink flowers which grows in granite country"
Marnany "unidentified tree with bimba that grows in granite country", potentially same meaning as gariya
Marun "quandong" (Santalum acuminatum) In southern dialect, maruny
Milyimilyi "dry leaves"
Mildyali Same meaning as milyimilyi
Ngamari "tobacco"
Walarda "sandalwood" (Santalum spicatum)
Walgaly "edible seed"
Walyguru "blue bowgada seed" In southern dialect, walygu
Wandyinu "mineritchie" (Acacia grasbyi)
Warany "creeper with a long root, similar to a bush potato"
Wayura "mistletoe" (genus Amyema)
Winda "tree, stick"
Yalgura "umbrella bush" (possibly Acacia ligulata)
Yalurr "broad-leaf mulga" (Acacia aneura)
Yura "Christmas tree" (Grevillea berryana)
Words for the Land
Barna "land, country; dirt"
Barnabarna "sand"
Bilgi "mud"
Burdarn "anthill, termite nest"
Dhaa "hole"
Dhagurl "shallow hole"
Dhugudhugu "dust"
Dhurndi Same as dhaa
Dhuu "rise"
Dyiwa "granite flat"
Dyuraldhaa "goanna hole"
Gabi "water"
Garla "fire"
Gidigidi "willy-willy"
Gumarda "storm, thunder, lightning"
Gurawu "spring; soak"
Iirla "quartz"
Ligarra "dry bark"
Marda "rock"
Mardalymardaly "rocky country"
Milha "claypan"
Munggardi "anthill"
Ngan.ga "breakaway, cave"
Nyarnda "frost"
Waagula "waterhole"
Waarn "creek"
Wadyan "fire; firestick"
Waladyarri "lightning, thunderstorm" In southern dialect, waladyari
Wambara Same meaning as gidigidi
Wilara "moon" In southern dialect, wilaya
Wilgi "red ochre"
Wiriya "sand from a riverbed"
Yalga "flat"
Yardangari Same meaning as dhugudhugu
Words for the Sky
Bila "sky"
Bundara "morning star"
Dyindu "sun"
Garang Same as dyindu
Indirri "Southern Cross"
Mandarda "cloud" In southern dialect, mandala
Warlandi "rainbow"
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