 Nyungar words which have been adopted into Western Australian English, or more widely in English, include the given name Kylie "boomerang", "gilgie" or "jilgie", the freshwater crayfish "Cherax quinquecarinatus", and "gidgie" or "gidgee", "spear".The word for smoke, "karrik", was adopted for the family of compounds known as karrikins.The word "kodj" "to be hit on the head" comes from the term for a stone axe.