boola
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Poole : Five (Nind 1831: 50)
Boola : four. (R M Lyon, 23/03/1833 – Language of Derbal)
Poul : Five (Cinq) (Dumont D’Urville 1834: 2)
bel-uk-a : enough, sufficient (Grey 1839:135)
Belăk; Gyngăk; Kaa; Wiak. : Enough (Moore 1842: 131)
Bel-âk : Enough (Symmons 1842: 12)
Bellack : eough. (Brady 1845: 15)
bulla : much; very (Salvado 1851: 256)
boola : Plenty (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 355)
boola : Plenty (Armstrong (Curr) 1886: 335)
boolar : Plenty (Gifford (Curr) 1886: 363)
boolarong : Plenty (Goldsworthy (Curr) 1886: 385)
poola : Plenty (Graham (Curr) 1886: 351)
boola : Plenty (Hackett (Curr) 1886: 345)
boolar : Plenty (Hester (Curr) 1886: 361)
boola, boomba : Plenty (Hossell, Knight & Spencer (Curr) 1886: 389)
bulla : Plenty (Monger (Curr) 1886: 323)
boola : Four (see plenty). (Scott (Curr) 1886: 346)
boola : Plenty (Small (Curr) 1886: 359)
boola : Plenty (Whitfield (Curr) 1886: 327)
Boola : Abundance (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 20)
Boola : Number, a (Joobaitch (Ngoorweel); Bates XII, 2B, 14: 33)
Boolarrung : Whole (Kajaman; Bates XII, 2B, 11: 37)
Bulla : Many (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 22)
bulārăng : plenty, many (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Balling-a-ngarrungin : Continually (Ngilgee; Bates XII, 2B, 12a: 22)
boolanger : most (Bussell 1930: 52)
boola : many (Tommy Cowan, Tommy Kickett (O’Grady) 1960)
puIaṛaŋ : all, many, a lot (Douglas 1968: 82)
boolah, bullah : many (Hassell 1975: 231)
boollara : plenty (Bennell 1978)
pual : much, plenty, crowd (Von Brandenstein 1988: 56)
bula bularang : plenty, many (Douglas 1991: 25)
balang, boola, : many (Whitehurst 1992: 41)
bul : many (S) (Dench 1994: 187)
Boulah : Plenty (Richards 1994: 127)