noun

created from wildja (night) + wanidja (fall).

in contemporary Nharangga records, this word appears only in the compound gagga wilya hair. Related language records also list it separately, with the meaning foliage, leaves, small branches, young branches, brushwood. It may or may not have been a separate word in old Nharangga.related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.

we have only one record of this word, in the collection from Arrito/Snell. This is an important source because it was recorded well before the mission period, but it has several errors, so the word may not be quite correct.

- we have only one record of this word, from a source which is not always reliable.- Reids suggested literal meaning grassy plain (in Normandales To and about Yorke Peninsula) does not match the words in Nharangga records. It may be a description of the place, or simply an error.

a shrub which creeps around on the ground.- the fruit has a strong smell like apples.

according to Howitt, this Dreaming is part of the widhadha totem.

made of reeds bound with sinews from a kangaroos tail.

place name