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Words for Category: Water

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Kolety

name of the Edward River

Mile

name of the River Murray

kapəl

river, general term

katən

water

*kurang pirr

river, 'large stream',

kurrumbit-katən

flood

kuthəl

dew, frost, also small cut or injury

luthak

waterhole

muna

lagoon

*pirr

stream, running water

*tern

frost

terning

ice

*tyekil

lake

tyilperla

to splash

tyurpa

to rain, to drip

warəntya

to wade in water

*withe pirr

creek, 'small stream',

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