Appendix:Pama-Nyungan basic vocabulary

Below are basic vocabulary word lists of Pama-Nyungan languages from Blake (1981).

Blake (1981)

List 1

Blake (1981) provides 50-word lists for 12 languages.

No.	English	Alyawarra	Walmatjari	Nyungar	Pitjantjatjara	Wemba-Wemba	Dharawal	Bidyara	Pitta-Pitta	Kalkatungu	Mayi-Yabi
1	man	artwa	piyirn	nyungar	wati	beng	yuwiny	mardi	karna	yurru	pantyil
2	woman	ariḻa	marnin	yok	minyma	lerg	miga	gambi	parratya	marabai	panya
3	mother	amatya	ngamatyi	ngangk	nguntyu	guinggurin	minga	yanga	ngamari	mardu	yakura
4	father	akngiya	ngarpu	mam	mama	mam	baba	yabu	yapiri	kurla	mutyu
5	head	akapurta	tyurlu	kat	kata	murreng	walaar	ḏun-gu	karti	kaṉṯa	ngankul
6	eye	artnga	mil	miyel	kuru	mir	mabura	ḏili	miyi	miḻṯi	mili
7	nose	aḻa	punul	muly	mulya	ganyug	nugur	guwu	milya	ityintyi	kunyin
8	ear	iylpa	pina	twangk	pina	wirimbula	guri	manga	ngarra	iṉṯa	pinar
9	mouth	arrakirta	lirra	tya	tyaa	dyarb	gami	ḏaa	parla	aṉṯa	yatyin
10	tongue	alinya	tyalany	tyarliny	tyarliny	dyaling	ḏalany	ḏalany	ṯarli	marli	ngulan
11	tooth	arntika	katiti	ngorlak	kartirti	lia	yira	yira	mirlka	ardiṉḏa	yatyayin
12	hand	itipa	kurrapa	mar	mara	manye	maramal	marda	mara	magaṯi	malaru
13	breast	aylpatya	ngamarna	pip	ipi, mimi	gurm	nguminyang	ngamun	kaputyu	mimi	ṯampu
14	stomach	atnirta	munta	kopurl	tyuni	bili	biṉḏi	banbu	ngampa	putu	ngapurra
15	urine	umpwa	kumpu	kump	kumpu	gir		ḏuḏard	purra	kurkai	kipara
16	faeces	atna	kura	kwun	kuna	guni	guning	guna	kuna	unu	waṉṯu
17	thigh	ilyipirra	kantyi	yaty	tyunta	gareburdug	ḏara	ḏara	marla	nguḻṯu	ṯarru
18	foot	ingka	tyina	tyin	tyina	dyine	ḏana	ḏina	ṯina	ṯapandu	tyana
19	bone	ngkurna	kampukampu	kwety	tarka	merderug		yarrun	pirna	kunka	ṯimul
20	blood	arrknga	nungu	ngup	yirrami	gurg	ngawu	guma	kimpa	ultyi	kapul
21	dog	aringka	kunyarr	twert	papa	wilgar	mirigang	ngurra	piyawarli	ṯugu	yampi
22	snake	unima	tyilpirtityarti	nurn	nyinngi	gurnwil	gari	munda	kaṯi	ṯuat	tyinyur
23	kangaroo	aghirra	marlu	yongka	marlu	gure (grey), bara (red)	buru	bawurra	kulipila	matyumba	matyumpa
24	possum	aṉṯina	tyampiyirnti	kelang	wayurta	wile	guruura	ḏangurd	ṯinapali	mirramba	kakuny
25	fish	irrpinga	kapi		antipina	yauwirr	ḏany	guyu	kupi	wakari	palpi
26	spider	impa	purlkartu	kar	impu	wirimbeliny	maraara	ḏun-ga	kupu	kubu	kupu
27	mosquito	aghinya	kiwiny		kiwinyi	liri		buḏany	kuṉṯi	migara	wungkuny
28	emu	arranga	karnangantya	wety	tyakipirri	dyurung-wil		gulbari	warrukatyi	udingat	tyungkupari
29	eaglehawk	irritya	wamulu	warlity	warlawurru	banggel		guḏala	kurriṯala	uḻuyan	kurriṯala
30	crow	angirla	waangkarna	wartang	kaarnka	wa	wawarnang	waragan	wakiri	waagarla	waya
31	sun	ingkinya	purangu	ngangk	tyirntu	nyaui	wuri	ḏurdu	warlka	pintyamu	maṉṯara
32	moon	alkinta	yakarn	miyak	kityirli		dyadyung	gagarda	tyangi	tuṉḏal	kukara
33	star	ayntyarra	wirl	malyern	pirntirri	durd			tyinpi	tyirka	tyinpi
34	stone	apurta	pamarr	poy	yapu	la	garabang	banggu	tipu	ndia	mirnti
35	water	kwatya	ngapa	kep	kapi	gaden	ngadyung	gamu	ngapu	kuu	kamu
36	camp	apmira	ngurra	may	ngurra	lar	ngura	yamba	ngurra	muu	makiya
37	fire	ura	warlu	karl	waru	wanab	ganbi	burdi	maka	utyan	yangu
38	smoke	ukurta	nguntyurr	puy	puyu	burd	gaandi	ḏuga	kuṯu	purlu	kumiri
39	food	amirna	miyi	marany	mirka		ḏangang	maṉḏa	yaṉṯurru	maa	maṉṯa
40	meat	akira	kuyi	taty	kuka	benggug	mandidyang	yurdi	kaṯi	adi	kaṯi
41	stand	itnima	karri	yakiny	ngarra-	dyerriga	ḏar	ḏana	ṯarrka	nanbi	ṯari
42	sit	anima	kirrantya	nyininy	nyina-	nyengga		binda	ṉangka	ini	yini
43	see	arima	nyaka	tyinanginy	nya-	nyaga	nand	naga	ṉatyi	na-	ṉama
44	go	aḻima	yanta	kurliny	pitya-	yangga	yand	wadya	karnta	ingga	wapi
45	get	inima	warnta	paranginy	mantyi-	garga	mand	mara	marri	mani	mantyi
46	hit, kill	atuma	pungka	paminy 'hit'; wantanginy 'kill'	pu-	daga 'hit'; barrangguna 'kill'	bulm	guni	piṯi 'hit'	ḻai	puntyi 'hit'
47	I	ayinga	ngatyu	ngany	ngayulu	yandang	ngayagang	ngaya	ngantya	ngai	ngayu
48	you	nga	nyuntu	nyun	nyuntulu	ngin	nyindigang	yinda	inpa	nyini	yuntu
49	one	anyinta	layi	keny	kutyu	gebin	miḏang	wanggara	ngururu	ayat	kuruny
50	two	aṯirra	kurriny	kutyal	kutyarra	buledya	bula	bulardu	parrkula	lyuwadi	pulakara

List 2

English	eye	ear	hand	excrement	woman	star	fire	two	water	mosquito
Wangka-Yutjuru	mirlati	ṉarrawa	mara	kuna	warra	tyinpi	maka	parkulu	kuṯa	murrulka
Karanya	mi	ṉarra	muru	kuna	parratya	tyinpi	maka	parkula	ngapu	kuṉṯi
Mayawarli	nganga	ṉarra	mara	kuna	parratya	tyinpi	maka	parkula	ngapu	kuṉṯi
Pitta-Pitta	mi	ṉarra	mara	kuna	parratya	tyinpi	maka	parkula	ngapu	kuṉṯi
Mayi-Yabi	mili	pina	malaru	waṉṯu	panya	tyinpi	yangu	pulakara	yapu	wungkuny
Gywa	ṯili	manga	mara	kuna	panya	yuku	ula	ura	kamu	pungkinya
Kalkatungu	miḻṯi	iṉṯa	makaṯi	unu	marapai	tyirka	utyan	lyuwati	kuwu	mikara
Pitjantjatjara	kuru	pina	mara	kuna	minyma	pirntiri	waru	kutyarra	kapi	kiwinyi
Widi	ku	kulka	ma	kuna	muni	purntu	utyana	kuṯarra	kapi	wulu-wulu
Mordialuk (Melbourne)	mirn	wiring	marning	kurnang	patya	ṯurtpirn	wiin	pulapil	parn	kukak
Sydney	mi	kurai	ṯamira		dyin, gin	pirang	kuiang	pula	patu	tura
Tharapal (Brisbane)	mil	pidna	mara	kudna	yiran	mirikin	kuyum	pudla	ṯapil	ṯiping

See also

• Appendix:North Australian basic vocabulary