NYUNGAR Words: yuda

yuda occurs in all the following expressions connected with flowering plants:

Australian	respelt	English	EngJSM	source
“beljie-ah-yootah-boolyah”	bildyiya yuda bulya	“leschenaultia (blue flowering bush) ”	blue shrub flowering	[16] Hammond [:309:41] [NYUNGAR]
“beljie-yootah-kwiljee”	bildyi yuda gwildyi	“runner, red (red flowering climber) ”	red runner	[16] Hammond [:365:31] [NYUNGAR]
“{beljie-yootah, boolyah}”	bildyi yuda	“everlasting, red”	red flower	[16] Hammond [:264:30.01] [NYUNGAR]
“beljie-yootah, bounuh”	bildyi yuda buna	“gum, red-flowering”	red flower tree	[16] Hammond [:279:2] [NYUNGAR]
“bounuh-yootah”	buna yuda	“kangaroo paw (stick bush) ”	kangaroo paw	[16] Hammond [:302:37] [NYUNGAR]
“kahta-ninda-yootah”	gada ninda yuda	“orchid, spider (head & tail flower) ”	orchid	[16] Hammond [:342:15] [NYUNGAR]
“yallominee-yootah-bounuh”	yalumini yuda buna	“bush, smoke”	smoke bush	[16] Hammond [:229:46] [NYUNGAR]
“yooljee-ah-mun-gyt-yootah”	yuldyiya mangad yuda	“banksia”	banksia	[16] Hammond [:209:42] [NYUNGAR]
“yooljee-ah-mun-gyt-yootah”	yuldyiya mangad yuda	“tree, banksia (yellow honey flower) ”	banksia	[16] Hammond [:421:10] [NYUNGAR]

From this is would seem the best interpretation of yuda is ‘flower’.

Other vocabulary that can be deduced:

bildyi: red/blood

bulya: [normally ‘magic/evil spirit; so possibly a transcription error for buna]

gwildyi: climber, creeper [?]

buna: wood, tree, stick

gada: head

ninda: tail

yalumini: white (bright?); moon, smoke (both being white/bright)

yuldyiya: yellow

mangad: sweet, honey, nectar, sugar — hence sweet things such as banksia flowers

Further support from the records: 

“bil-jee”	bildyi	“blood”	blood	[16] Hammond [:219:43] [NYUNGAR]
“biljie”	bildyi	“red (same as for blood) ”	red	[16] Hammond [:360:8] [NYUNGAR]
“boo-na”	buna	“wood”	wood	[4 (a)] Grey [: 446:42] [Wajuk]
“boona”	buna	“tree; wood; stick”	tree	[23] Buller-Murphy [: 420:42] [Dordenup [Wardandi]]
“cata”	gada	“head”	head	[8] Salvado 1851 [:284:38] [NYUNGAR]
“kat-ta”	gada	“head”	head	[5] Symmons 1841 [:284:51] [Wajuk]
“yallominee”	yalumini	“moon”	moon	[16] Hammond [:325:7] [NYUNGAR]
“yallominee”	yalumini	“white (same as moon) ”	white	[16] Hammond [: 438: 45] [NYUNGAR]
“Neent”	nind	“Tail”	tail	Nind, Scott [:4:44] [NYUNGAR]
“neent”	nind	“tail”	tail	[2] Nind 1831 [:403:34] [NYUNGAR]
“neander”	niyandir	“tail”	tail	[24] Hassell, Edney [:403:35] [NYUNGAR]
“neint”	niyind	“tail”	tail	[11] Hassell AA 1894 [?] [:403:38] [NYUNGAR]
“yool-jie-ah”	yuldyiya	“yellow”	yellow	[16] Hammond [: 449: 29] [NYUNGAR]
“mungitch”	mungidy	“honey, sweet, sugar”	sweet	[24] Hassell, Edney [:291:1] [NYUNGAR]
“mungitch”	mangidy	“banksia; honey; sweet; sweetly; sugar”	nut	[23] Buller-Murphy [:210:8] [Dordenup [Wardandi]]
“mungyt”	mangad	“sugar; honey; anything sweet”	nectar	[15] Hammond [:399:3] [NYUNGAR]

Observations

—yuda would seem to mean ‘flower’, not ‘bush/shrub’

—bulya (3rd example) might be a transcription error, given that buna appears in the example following, having the same form

—mangad would seem to mean ‘sweet’. This word was considered in a previous post, where it was suggested it might really mean ‘ant’. Perhaps there is a connection in ‘sugar ant’, Australian ants.