K
koonyak
NOONGAR
soft
ENGLISH
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
goon-yack : soft, smooth, as “u-raitche goonyack” soft-cheeked (Grey 1839)
Gunyak. : Soft, Smooth (Moore 1842: 159)
Gun-yâk : Soft (Symmons 1842: 6)
goonyok : Bandicoot, female, soft (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 8)
Goonyok : Soft (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 36)
Goonyuk : Soft (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 27)
goonuk : mud, muddy (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Goonya : Rot, to (Ngilgee; Bates XII, 2B, 12a: 34)
Goonyok : Soft (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 38)
Goonyuk : Soft (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 33)
counyup : soft or limp (Bussell 1930: 54)
kunyak : soft (Dench 1994: 188)