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Words for Category: Objects

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karn

dress

karənyuk

sinew from the leg of a kangaroo

karətyak

walking stick

lip

spike

lithpuk

splinter

manyənyuk

necklace made from crayfish claws lit. 'its claw'

*marrəm

possum fur

mityuk

bark of a tree

*murrpən wilu

curlew stone

*ngatuk

possum cloak

prrityirrim

resin from the Murray pine, used as a glue

*purrk

windbreak, shelter

*tetyim

bier

tyinert

sinew

*tyipuk

headdress

**wartin kalk

Message stick

*wathən

toothpick

wawurr

soft feathers, down

wirrparr

buggy

*withe-nguraty

loin covering

withən

feather

wurruwilu

wool

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