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Dharawal indigenous plant names and pronunciations
English-Dharawal
This list is an extract from a draft manuscript: ‘Dictionary of the Dharawal Language’ compiled by Gavin Andrews & Frances Bodkin, with permission of Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews.
|
English |
D'harawal |
Pronunciation |
| Acacia binervia | kai-arrewan | kye-ah-rrr-ree-wan |
| Acacia cheelii | muttarumbung | muttah-rum-boong |
| Acacia decurrens | boo'kerrikin | boo-key-ree-kin |
| Acacia floribunda | marrai'uo | ma-rye-you-oh |
| Acacia implexa | weetjellan | wee-chell-an |
| Acacia longifolia | marrai'uo | ma-rye-you-oh |
| Acacia parramattensis | boo'kerrikin | boo-key-ree-kin |
| Acacia parvipinnula | boo'kerrikin | boo-key-ree-kin |
| Acmena smithii | tjerail | cher-ray-ill |
| Actinotus helianthii | talara'tingi | ta-lah-rah-tee-ngee |
| all edible acacias | buri | boo-ree |
| Allocasuarina spp. | dahlwah | darl-wah |
| Alphitonia excelsa | murrung | muh-rrr-roong |
| Angophora costata | kajimboura | kah-jim-bough-rah |
| Angophora floribunda | boonah | boo-nah |
| Angophora hispida | barrindah | bah-rrr-reen-dah |
| Angophora subvelutina | boonah | boo-nah |
| Asplenium australasicum | gannokan | gan-noh-karn |
| Banksia aemula | wallum | wah-loom |
| Banksia spp. | kuritja | koo-ree-char |
| Banksia spp. | wattungoori | wat-tuhn-goo-ree |
| Blandfordia spp. | budyari | boo-dyah-ree |
| Brachychiton spp. | kuritjong | koo-ree-chong |
| bracken fern | gunggai | goong-guy |
| brush cherry | daguba | dah-goo-bah |
| Bursaria spp. | kurwon | kurr-won |
| cabbage tree palm | daranggarra | dah-rang-gah-rah |
| Caladenia spp. | wagalldarra | wah-gal-dah-rrr-rah |
| Casuarina spp. | dahlwah | darl-wah |
| cherry ballart | guwigan | goo-wee-gan |
| Cissus spp. | yarrung | yah-rrr-roong |
| Cryptocarya glaucescens | oorawong | oo-rah-wong |
| Cryptocarya microneura | murrogan | moo-row-gan |
| cumbungi | wallungalin | wahl-loo-nga-leen |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides | yowarra | yoh-war-rah |
| cycad | burrawang | buh-rrr-rah-wang |
| Dianella spp. | pokulbi | poh-kull-bee |
| Duboisia spp. | gulgagaru | gull-gah-gah-roo |
| edible berry | wugay | woo-gay-yee |
| edible leaves | ganugan | gah-noo-gan |
| Elaeocarpus spp. | kuwandong | kwon-dong |
| Eremophila spp. | boobialla | boo-bee-allah |
| Exocarpos spp | guwigan | goo-wee-gahn |
| Ficus spp. | tamnon | tam-noon |
| grass tree | gallundalgdya | gah-loon-dal-gah-dyah |
| grass tree flower stem | yaygali | yay-yee-gah-jee |
| Grevillea robusta | numura | nuh-moo-rah |
| Hardenbergia violacea | warrabirra | war-rah-beer-rah |
| ironbark gum | muggago | mug-gah-goh |
| Kunzea ericoides | burgan | burr-garn |
| Leptospermum spp. | barunbarun | bah-run-bah-roon |
| Leptospermum spp. (medicine) | boonya | boo-nyah |
| Livistonia australis | durangurra | dew-ran-guh-rah |
| Lophospermum spp. | wallaya | wahl-lay-yah |
| Melaleuca spp. | gurrendurren | guh-ren-doo-ren |
| Melaleuca spp. | butjor | boo-chore |
| mistletoe | ban | barn |
| mottled bark gum | boo'angi | boo-an-ghee |
| mushroom | ngalangala | ngah-lah-ngah-lah |
| Myoporum spp. | boobialla | boo-bee-ahl-lah |
| native orange | bumbil | boom-bill |
| needlebush | bingawingul | bee-nagh-win-guII |
| Pandorea spp. | wongawonga | won-gah-who-ngah |
| paperbark | gurrendurren | guh-ren-doo-ren |
| Persoonia spp. | tjibbong | jee-bong |
| Port Jackson fig | tamnun | tamnoon |
| Pteridium esculentum | gunggai | goong-guy |
| red berries | bundan | boon-dan |
| ribbon bark gum | kaiyeroo | kye-yee-roo |
| rock lily | buruwan | boo-roo-wan |
| rough barked gum | bourrounj | boor-rownch |
| Rulingia dasyphyllum | kerrawang | kee-rrr-rah-wang |
| Santalum spp. | quandong | kwon-dong |
| scalybark gum | terriyergro | teer-ree-yeer-grow |
| silky oak | numura | nuh-moo-rah |
| smooth bark gum | maiandowri | my-arn-dow-ree |
| Solanum aviculare | goonigang | goo-nee-gang |
| Solanum spp. | gamaral | gah-mah-rall |
| Solanum vescum | goonigang | goo-nee-gang |
| spotted bark gum | booangi | boo-ang-ghee |
| stringybark gum | baiyali | bye-yah-lee |
| Syzygium spp. | tacobah | tah-co-bah |
| Tetragonia spp. | murrogal | muh-rrr-roh-gall |
| tree fern | kakowera | kah-koh-wee-rah |
| Tristaniopsis spp. | wallaya | wahl-lay-yah |
| tussock grass | garinali | gah-reen-ah-lee |
| Typha spp. | wallungalin | wall-loon-gah-leen |
| wild carrot | kurnell | koor-nell |
| Xylomelum pyriforme | maritja couroo | mah-ree-cha-kow-roo |
| yam | bundago | boon-dah-go |