ghost in Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland aborigines
g girl (from four or five years of age up to first signs of puberty). mi-ri mi-ri = netted fore-head band. mi-ri-wi2-ni = mountain, rock, small stone, m6-d-ri == poisonous white powder for producing sickness or death. (Rather an Upper Georgina word.) mo-ki == small fly in general. mok-wd-ri = speci…
- Record ID
- 1,387
- Year
- 1,897
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1387
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland aborigines; Walter E. Roth
- Published
- 1897
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- North-west-central Queensland, QLD (QLD): B
- State or territory
- QLD
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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g girl (from four or five years of age up to first signs of puberty). mi-ri mi-ri = netted fore-head band. mi-ri-wi2-ni = mountain, rock, small stone, m6-d-ri == poisonous white powder for producing sickness or death. (Rather an Upper Georgina word.) mo-ki == small fly in general. mok-wd-ri = specially- shaped pigeon- net. m6l-\6-r6 = mountain-top. mo-ma = ‘ghost’ or “spirit’’ o departed. mo-n& = upper-part front-of-chest. moéng-ka = thunder. moo-che- = to sleep. mool-k& = tree-trunk, -butt. moo-na-miil-yd-ri — opossum - string apron belt. moo-na-tim-pi-él-l%4 —= sp. of small red tit. moon-di = -self. moon-d6 = a circumcised.
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