ngoonyong
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ngon-yung : honey flower (Grey 1839)
Ngon-yăng : Sugar (this, which is the name of a saccharine juice, exuding from the red gum-tree, is applied to sugar, on account of its sweetness.) (Moore 1842: 162)
ngugo : Sweet (Monger (Curr) 1886: 323)
ngungang : Sweet (Scott (Curr) 1886: 347)
Nyoga : Honey (mungaitch honey) (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 27)
Ngooga : Honey (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 20)
ngoonyong : sugar (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Ngooga, gwerra : Honey (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 29)
Ngō-ga : Honey (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 26)
ngo-okk : honey (Rae 1913: 2)
ŋuk : comb, honeycomb (Douglas 1968: 86)
Ngook : honey (Davis 1969: 12)
ngawk : comb of honey, honey (Douglas 1991: 18)
ngook : honey (Whitehurst 1992: 38)
nguka : honey from banksia (N,SW) (Dench 1994: 187)
Ngoonyang : sugar (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)