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koolyam

NOONGAR

lies

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

ko-lain : deceive, lie (Grey 1839)
Dtal-yili, Gulin, Gul-yăm, Bartap, Burtap, Partap : Lie, To; Deceive (Moore 1842: 143)
Guli : tell lies (Brady 1845: 22)
Koolyum : Lie (to tell a lie) (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 29)
Koolyum : Deceit (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 17)
Koolyumin : Deceit (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 23)
Koolyum : Lie (to tell a lie) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 31)
Koolyum : Lie (to tell a lie) (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 28)
kuljumitj, kulumitj : pretend, to pretend, gammon (Douglas 1968: 96)
Koolya mut : telling lies (Davis 1969: 7)
quulyam : to tell lies, lie, lit. to make fog (Von Brandenstein 1988: 86)
kulyumitj : pretend (Douglas 1991: 16)
koolymitj : deceive (Whitehurst 1992: 34)
kulyam : to tell a lie (Dench 1994: 189)
Koolyi : deceitful, no good, incompetent (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)