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e-ra : upright (Grey 1839)
e-rap : arise, get up (Grey 1839)
Yar-ruk : elevated land, high up, up (Grey 1841: 135)
Yir-ra-gan : elevated, high up (Grey 1841: 136)
E-ra-go : to arise, (see “Yee-rap” or “Erap.”) (Grey 1841: 37)
E-ra : upright, elevated (Grey 1841: 37)
Erap : to arise, go, walk (Grey 1841: 37)
Irabin. : Arise, To (Moore 1842: 121)
Irap. : Arise (Moore 1842: 121)
Yira-gan. : Elevated (Moore 1842: 131)
Irabin. : Get Up, To (Moore 1842: 136)
Irap. : Get Up, Arise (Moore 1842: 136)
Irabin. : Rise, To (Moore 1842: 154)
Irak. : Up, Upwards (Moore 1842: 166)
Ira. : Upright (Moore 1842: 166)
Irap. : Up, Get Up (Moore 1842: 166)
Ye-rak, Yi-ra-gan : High (Symmons 1842: 12)
I-ra-gân : High (Symmons 1842: 6)
I-rap : Get up (Symmons 1842: 9)
I-ra-bin : To arise (Symmons 1842: 9)
Ira : upright (Brady 1845: 24)
Irap : get up. (Brady 1845: 24)
ira : to get up; arise (Salvado 1851: 260)
iraman : to get up; arise (Salvado 1851: 260)
iraman : to raise; lift up (Salvado 1851: 260)
irapa : to raise; lift up (Salvado 1851: 260)
Yirăk; Yiragan. : High up (Moore 1884: 101)
Irabin. : Rise, to (Moore 1884: 109)
Irak. : Up, upwards (Moore 1884: 116)
Ira. : Upright (Moore 1884: 116)
Irap. : Up, get up (Moore 1884: 116)
Irabin. : Arise, to (Moore 1884: 90)
Irap. : Arise (Moore 1884: 90)
Yira-gan. : Elevated (Moore 1884: 96)
Irabin. : Get up, to (Moore 1884: 99)
Irap. : Get up, arise (Moore 1884: 99)
Yaraga yookan : High (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 27)
yeera yuk : erect (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912)
Yeera yuk : Erect (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 16)
Yeera gool : Get up, to (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 17)
Yeera : Ascend, to (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 20)
Yeerap : Arise, to (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 20)
Eerap : Get up, to (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 26)
Yeera woorai : Height (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 27)
Eerap : Get up (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 43)
Yeera yook : Arise, to (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 15)
Yeera yook : Ascend, to (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 15)
Yeera yook : Erect (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 18)
Yeera yook : Get up, to (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 19)
Yeera yook : Stand, to (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 25)
Yeerap, wooreep yook : Top (of anything) (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 26)
Yeera yook : Get up (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 29)
Yeera yuk : Arise, to (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 14)
Yeera yuk : Ascend, to (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 14)
Yeeragool : Get up, to (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 19)
Yeera goyn : Lift up, to (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 21)
Yeera yoog : Stand, to (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 27)
Yeera : Top (of anything) (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 28)
Yeera : Upright (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 29)
Yeera bulgoo : Arise, to (Beedagooroo; Bates XII 2B, 19: 9)
Yeera gool : Arise, to (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 16)
Yeera gool : Ascend, to (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 16)
Yeera yook : Erect (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 19)
Yeera gool : Get up, to (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 20)
Yerra yook : High (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 21)
Yerra gool : Raise, to (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 25)
Yerra gool : Get up (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 31)
Yeera gool : Arise, to (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 14)
Yeera gooling : Get up, to (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 19)
Yeera : Height (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 20)
Yeera : High (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 20)
Yeera : Stand, to (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 28)
Yeera : Steep (high) (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 28)
Yarragut : Top of anything (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 30)
Yeera : Upright (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 30)
Yeera gool : Get up (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 33)
yeera burrong nyinnin : lift up, to (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
yīra bărong nyinin : to lift up (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Yeera moordijup : Arise, to (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 20)
Yeeraman yenna : Get up, to (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 25)
Yeera : Straight (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 34)
Yeera moordijoop : Get up (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 40)
yeera : up (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 5)
Eera-man : Get up, to (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 26)
Eeramun : Raise, to (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 34)
Eeramun : Get up (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 43)
Īrabin : Rising, getting up (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 14)
Yira : High (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 37)
Yīra dandongin : High climbing, to ascend (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 37)
yira : high (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
yira : steep (high) (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
yira gui wat : walk away, to (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
Year yuk : Steep, high (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 20)
Yarăng : Top of anything (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 20)
Yeerab : Arise, to (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 15)
yeera : East (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 19)
Yeerap : Get up, to (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 20)
Yeerap : Go out, to (get up and go) (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 20)
Yeera : High (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 21)
Yeerak yeera burdain : Grow (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 21)
Yeera yookain : Upright (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 32)
Yeerap, yeeranum : Get up (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 35)
Yeera gool : Arise, to (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 14)
Yeera gool : Erect (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 16)
Yeera gool : Get up, to (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 17)
Yeera : High (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 18)
Yeera gool : Get up (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 21)
Eer-up : Arise, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 21)
Eerup urt : Ascend, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 21)
Yerra yook : Erect (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 26)
Yeerap : Get up, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 28)
Yardok : High (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 29)
Yeeral mindaitch : Swoon, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 40)
Ya-ruk, katta : Top (of anything) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 41)
Yeera yooka : Upright (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 41)
Yeera koola : Get up (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 45)
yira : high (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
yira gul : to get up, get up (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
Yeeragool : Arise, to (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 19)
Yeera gool : Get up, to (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 24)
Yeera yaggin : Stand, to (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 34)
Yeera gool : Get up (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 40)
Yeera boogoo beeroo : Rising, The river is (Kajjilgarra; Bates XII 2B, 23: 22)
yeran : up (Bussell 1930: 73)
Yiragan : high up (Old Settlers of WA 1949: 05)
yiṛa : up, overhead, high (Douglas 1968: 100)
yaṛa, yiṛa, yaṛaŋ : above (Douglas 1968: 82)
yiṛa kuḷinj : go up (Douglas 1968: 90)
yiṛa : high, up, overhead (Douglas 1968: 91)
yiṛa : overhead (Douglas 1968: 95)
yiṛa yakinj : stand, to stand upright (Douglas 1968: 98)
yaṛa, yiṛa, yaṛaŋ : top, on top, above (Douglas 1968: 99)
yiär֘a : on edge, high, up, upright (Von Brandenstein 1988: 139)
yiär֘al : up on (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yiär֘aliŋqa : upright (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yiär֘aŋ : upstream (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yiär֘aŋ : up, above, from top (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yiär֘aŋity : to do up, “knock up”, to build, erect (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yiär֘ap : to get up, arise (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yiär֘aq/g : up to, to the top (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yara : high (Douglas 1991: 14)
yarrong : on top of, above (Douglas 1991: 14)
yarrong : above, high (Douglas 1991: 14)
yira ngurndiny : lying upright (Douglas 1991: 14)
yira nyininy : sitting upright (Douglas 1991: 14)
yira yakiny : standing upright (Douglas 1991: 14)
yira ngurnt : rise up, lie upright (Douglas 1991: 22)
yara : high (Douglas 1991: 23)
yarrong : high (?many) (Douglas 1991: 23)
yarang : on top, above (Douglas 1991: 23)
yira ngurnt : lie upright (Douglas 1991: 29)
yara : high (Douglas 1991: 32)
yarrong : top, high (Douglas 1991: 32)
yarang : on top, above (Douglas 1991: 32)
yira ngurndiny : lying upright, rising up (Douglas 1991: 33)
yira : above (Whitehurst 1992: 29)
yira : up (Whitehurst 1992: 51)
yirra kwert, kedining, ketarding : to sing (Dench 1994: 189)
yirra : east (SW) (Dench 1994: 190)
yirra : up (Dench 1994: 191)
Yira : above, up (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)