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wirn

NOONGAR

ghost, spirit

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

wooern : spirit of recent dead (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912)
wooern : spirit of recent dead (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 15)
Wē yen nardup dardagup : Dying (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 25)
weern-wak : spirits like dead natives (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 19)
wâjăm : ghost, spirit, devil (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
wajjurn, : devil (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Wē-yel-um : Coward (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 23)
Wē-ye-lăm : Coward (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 35)
wūyirn : ghost (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
Wi-urn : Spirit (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 18)
Wi-urn wăk : Spirits like dead natives (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 18)
wi-en : ghost, spirit of dead native (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
Weya-we : Coward (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 24)
Wata murnong : Die, to(I am going) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 25)
wuyern, wiurn : ghost, spirit (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
wiṇ : spirit (of the dead) (Douglas 1968: 85)
wen : disembodied (Douglas 1968: 87)
weṇ : disembodied, dead, a spirit (Douglas 1968: 88)
weṇ kuḷinj : gone, dead and gone (see also ‘go’) (Douglas 1968: 90)
weṇ : spirit of the dead (Douglas 1968: 98)
wernitj : bad, spirity (Bennell 1978)
nyungar wern djulurr : dead person’s bones (Douglas 1991: 16)
wern : spirit of the dead (Douglas 1991: 22)
wiin, wirn : human spirit (Douglas 1991: 24)
nyungar werna djulurr : dead person’ bones (Douglas 1991: 30)
wiin, wirn : human spirit (Douglas 1991: 31)
win : empty (Whitehurst 1992: 35)
wern, wirn : spirit of the dead (Whitehurst 1992: 48)
wiyarn, wern : spirit, ghost, devil (S) (Dench 1994: 179)
wen : to die (Dench 1994: 190)