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birok

NOONGAR

hot season, summer, Birak

ENGLISH

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

“Beruc : Seasons, beginning with June and
July, or Winter. (Nind 1831: 50)”
be-roke : summer season “Ngan-ga moor-doo-een” (Grey 1839:135)
Birok. : Summer (Moore 1842: 162)
Bi-rok : Summer (Symmons 1842)
piroc : summer season; heat (Salvado 1851: 264)
Beeruk, doolbera : Summer (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 35)
Beerok, beeruk : Summer (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 37)
Beeruk : Summer (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 29)
bīrak : summer (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Bīrak : Summer (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7b : 3)
Beeruk : Summer (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 37)
Beeruk : Summer (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 39)
Beeruk : Summer (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 35)
bearuck : summer (Bussell 1930: 62)
Beeruk : summer (Davis n.d: 3)
birak : summer (Dench 1994: 190)
Birok : Dec/Jan (Richards 1994: 133)