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yoowart

NOONGAR

no, not, nothing

ENGLISH

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Yu-a-do : No (Eyre 1840: 496)
Yu-a-da : no, nay (Grey 1841: 138)
Kyan; Yuat. : Nothing (Moore 1842: 148)
Yuada. : No (Moore 1842: 148)
Yu-a-da, Bârt : No (Symmons 1842: 12)
iuat; iuad; but : no; none (Salvado 1851: 260)
yooat : No (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 355)
wuadda : No (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 357)
Yuada. : No (Moore 1884: 105)
Kyan; Yuat. : Nothing (Moore 1884: 106)
yoo-ad-da : No (Armstrong (Curr) 1886: 335)
yooard : No (Chester (Curr) 1886: 391)
uadar : No (Gifford (Curr) 1886: 363)
nat, youat : No (Goldsworthy (Curr) 1886: 341)
youat : No (Goldsworthy (Curr) 1886: 385)
what : No (Graham (Curr) 1886: 351)
uad : No (Hackett (Curr) 1886: 345)
uadar : No (Hester (Curr) 1886: 361)
ooad : No (Hossell, Knight & Spencer (Curr) 1886: 389)
yooard : No (Knight (Curr) 1886: 333)
whad : No (Monger (Curr) 1886: 323)
yuat : No (Salvado (Curr) 1886: 319)
yooat : No (Scott (Curr) 1886: 347)
ooarda : No (Small (Curr) 1886: 359)
wadder : No (Whitfield (Curr) 1886: 327)
Yoo’oga : No (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 30)
Yoo’oga : None (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 30)
Yoo’oga : Not (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 30)
yooat keen : no (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912)
yooat, keen : nothing (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912)
Yooat keen : No (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 19)
Yooat, keen : Nothing (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 20)
Yooat : Never (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 31)
Yooaddee : Nobody (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 31)
Yooat : No (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 31)
Yooat : None (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 31)
Yooat : Not (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 31)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 34)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 23)
Yooat : Never (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 23)
Yooat : No (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 23)
Yooat : None, nothing, not (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 23)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 24)
Yooat : Never (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 23)
Yooat : No, none (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 23)
Yooat : Not, nothing (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 23)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 25)
Yooat : Never (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 23)
Yooat : No, nobody, none, not (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 24)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 25)
yooat, gee’en : no (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
yu-at : no, not, “absent” (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
yūat : no, never (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Yu-at : No, not, “absent” (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7b : 24)
yūat : No, never (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7b : 7)
Yooadda : Refuse, to (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 32)
Yooadda, yooata : No , none, not (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 30)
Jowee, yooat, yooadda : No (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 31)
Yooaddaga : Nobody (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 31)
Yooat : None (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 31)
Yooat : Not (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 31)
Jau’i : No (also yuat, yuada) (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 16)
Yuat, yuada, yuadaga : No, never, not, none (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 38)
Burt, yooat : No (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12c: 7)
yuat : no (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
yuat : none (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
Yuat : No, never, nobody, none (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 20)
gee’en, yooat : no (Deebungool; Bates XII 2B, 1a)
Yarrga : No (Goolaara; Bates XII 2B, 18: 12)
yuat : no, never (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
yooat, geen : no (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XII 2B, 3a)
Yooat : Never (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
Burt, yooat : No (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
Yooat : None (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
Yooat : Not, nothing (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 35)
yuat : no, never, nothing, nobody, none (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
yuat yuat yungarding : nothing nothing giving (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
Yooat : Never (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 29)
Yooat : No (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 29)
Yooat : None (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 29)
Yooat goolburt : Nobody (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 29)
Yooat : Not (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 30)
Yooat : Refuse, to (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 31)
yonader, chowie : no (Bussell 1930: 52)
jua:t : no (Charlie Innell (Tindale) 1939)
jua:t : no (Tindale 1939)
yuwat, wiṭi, njuka : no (Douglas 1968: 95)
uart : no, nothing there (Bennell 1978)
yuaat : no (Von Brandenstein 1988: 141)
yuawat : no (Von Brandenstein 1988: 142)
yuat : no, nothing (No! as negative reply) (Douglas 1991: 27)
yuwat, yuwart : no, nothing, No! (Douglas 1991: 27)
kiny, nganang, yoowart : nothing (Whitehurst 1992: 43)
noongka, yimoong, yoowart : no (Whitehurst 1992: 43)
yuwad, yuwada : No! (Dench 1994: 191)
Yuada : No (Richards 1994: 129)
Yoowat : no (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)
Yuart : nothing or no (Davis n.d: 9)