noun

this word appears also in older related language sources, so may have been used in old Nharangga too.

periwinkles can be found all over the Yorke Peninsula.

the only record we have of this word in Kuhns list, which has some errors, so the word may not be quite correct.

- some sources say that white surveyors named Wardang Island (Waraldi) after the Nharangga name for the many crows living there.- there is a more widely known word for crow.- this might be either a particular type of crow, or just an alternative name.

- elders in the sixties worried that the wardu has nowhere to live any more. Some say that they are returning in certain areas.- according to Howitt, this Dreaming is part of the wildu totem.

created from wardli (house) + yuggu (boat).

- Howitt, the collector of this list, seems to correct this word to mayibarrdu later.- this word might be a particular kind of mayibarrduor a related species, or perhaps an alternative name.

probably from badja snake, vermin.