In William Haynes's vocabularies of the Tatiara, two words for "no" are given, one being wawrek, the other allanya. (Haynes 1887, pp. 457, 459) Haynes, William (1887). "The Tatiara Country"(PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian Race: Its Origins, Language, Customs, Places of Landing and The Routes by which it spread Itself over that continent. Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 456–459.
Haynes 1887, p. 456. Haynes, William (1887). "The Tatiara Country"(PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian Race: Its Origins, Language, Customs, Places of Landing and The Routes by which it spread Itself over that continent. Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 456–459.
Lawson 1879, p. 59. Lawson, Robert (1879). "The Padthaway tribe"(PDF). In Taplin, George (ed.). Folklore, manners, customs and languages of the South Australian aborigines. Adelaide: E Spiller, Acting Government Printer. pp. 58–59.
Lawson 1879, p. 58. Lawson, Robert (1879). "The Padthaway tribe"(PDF). In Taplin, George (ed.). Folklore, manners, customs and languages of the South Australian aborigines. Adelaide: E Spiller, Acting Government Printer. pp. 58–59.
Haynes 1887, pp. 456, 458. Haynes, William (1887). "The Tatiara Country"(PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian Race: Its Origins, Language, Customs, Places of Landing and The Routes by which it spread Itself over that continent. Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 456–459.
"Belief in the mingka spirit being extended beyond the Lower Murray area. The Aboriginal name for the mingka (minkar) was said to be a Potaruwutj language term from the south-east of South Australia, and to be the equivalent of merambi from the Tangani language of the Coorong. The Potaruwutj believed that the mingka was a 'being, sinister, who may assume form of totem animal' and 'is an evil being, warns about death or trouble'. The spirit being was recorded as being able to assume the form of various ngaitji (totemic 'friends') such as an eagle, dog or hawk. In these forms, the mingka carried the spirits of sinister people, connected to their owners by nunggi or kortui described as 'like a spider web.' Men could kill these beings and the sorcerer owners of the attending spirits with a 'sacred club'. Ngarrindjeri said that the mingka was connected to the kowuk bird, which they described as a Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides). Berndt suggested that the mingka in the Lower Lakes was an owl." (Clarke 2018b, p. 22) Clarke, Philip A. (2018b). "Terrestrial spirit beings". In Cahir, Fred; Clark, Ian; Clarke, Philip (eds.). Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early Colonists. Csiro Publishing. pp. 19–34. ISBN978-1-486-30612-1.
"Dongaganinj was a man who practised magic. He had a wooden bull-roarer or mimikur that he kept suspended in a katal or ' talking tree,' that is, one in which the branches chafed together and supplied him with information of events in other places. When Dongaganinj spoke a man's name to the mimikur in the talking tree, that person would become ill and might die. " (Tindale 1974, p. 35)) Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Potaruwutj (SA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
"Their lewdly enunciated 'm! m!' were expressions of derision. When they shouted 'wi!' they shook their bodies fiercely and then shouted 'wo!' In effect this meant 'Send her back where she came from; let the dogs have her!'." (Tindale 1974, p. 35) Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Potaruwutj (SA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
Tindale speculated on the prehistorical indications potentially resident in the etymological link between the word for "native dog", whose introduction into Australia can be periodized archaeologically, and the word for fur seal; "Is the word for seal derived from the word for wild dog and coined when the Potaruwutj arrived near the shore of South Australia in post-dog-arrival time, or was the word for dog coined by an old established people confronted with a strange new animal that reminded them of the fur seal?" (Tindale 1974, p. 119) Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Potaruwutj (SA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
