Tindale's standard meanings

This is the composite list of meanings used by Tindale in his tabulation Australian vocabularies, 1938-1963.
The order is also Tindale's to which numbers have been added for reference.
 
Tindale's standard meanings
no. gloss
1
camp
2
fire
3
water
4
man
5
woman
6
sun
7
moon
8
star
9
hair
10
hand
11
eye
12
nose
13
ear
14
foot
15
head
16
forehead
17
mouth
18
teeth
19
tongue
20
lip
21
jaw
22
chin
23
eyebrow
24
blood
25
kidney
26
back
27
belly
28
breast
29
emu
30
kangaroo
31
euro
32
wallaby
33
rock wallaby
34
dog
35
dingo
36
porcupine
37
native bear
38
tree
39
canoe
40
banded ant eater
41
wombat
42
opossum
43
native cat
44
bandicoot
45
kangaroo rat
46
padimelon
47
eaglehawk
48
crow
49
cockatoo white
50
cockatoo black
51
scrub turkey / mallee hen
52
plain turkey (bustard)
53
egg
54
carpet snake
55
brown snake
56
tiger snake
57
black snake
58
goanna black
59
goanna sand
60
frilled lizard
61
frog
62
black duck
63
wood duck
64
whistling duck
65
swan
66
native companion
67
pelican
68
seagull
69
mountain
70
plain
71
scrub
72
forest
73
sky
74
cloud
75
rain
76
rainbow
77
spear
78
boomerang
79
spearthrower
80
sleepy lizard
81
tomahawk
82
knife
83
club
84
stone
85
ground
86
wind
87
cold
88
smoke
89
one
90
two
91
three
92
four
93
five
94
many
95
N
96
S
97
E
98
W
99
come here
100
go away
101
walk
102
run
103
no
104
yes
105
salt water
106
river
107
poison for fish or nets
108
fish
109
yellow belly fish
110
eel fresh water
111
eel salt water
112
tiger or other shark
113
cat fish
114
whale
115
meat
116
food
117
turtle
118
native pitch
119
string sinews
120
grass baskets
121
dilly bag
122
initiation ceremony
123
circumcision
124
subincision
125
penis
126
testicles
127
vulva
128
anus
129
faeces
130
urine
131
yam wild
132
totem
133
beard
134
moustache
135
lightning
136
thunder
137
knee
138
oyster
139
sea cockles
140
crayfish
141
coitus
142
skin rug
143
pearl shell ornament
144
red ochre
145
charcoal
146
pipe clay



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