nhibu anggi

English Word
Indigenous woman, Nunga woman
Different ways of saying this word
nhipu angki; nhip wangki, nhip-ki
Lexical Category
noun
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nhibu marni dhura/bindira

English Word
Aboriginal Health Worker
Different ways of saying this word
nhipu marni dhura - members of the project group decided to use dhura or bindira for a range of occupation words. (Dhura is used for an Aboriginal person, and bindira for a non-Aboriginal person).
Definition/cultural note

this new word literally means Aboriginal health person.

Lexical Category
noun

Nhibu Wambana Bindira

English Word
Aboriginal Education Teacher
Definition/cultural note

this new word literally means Aboriginal knowledge person.

Lexical Category
noun
Extra Information
- members of the project group decided to use dhura or bindira for a range of occupation of words. (Dhura is used for an Aboriginal person and bindira for a non-Aboriginal person). - the word bindira is used here because the AET is generally a white person. This would not be the correct word to indicate an Aboriginal AET.
Childrens Dictionary Definition
Aboriginal Education Teacher

Nhibu Wambana Dhura

English Word
Aboriginal Education Worker
Different ways of saying this word
nhipu wampana dhura - members of the project group decided to use dhura or bindira for a range of occupation words. (Dhura is used for an Aboriginal person, and bindira for a non-Aboriginal person. An AEW is always an Aboriginal person.)
Definition/cultural note

this new word literally means Aboriginal knowledge person.

Lexical Category
noun
Childrens Dictionary Definition
Aboriginal Education Worker

Nhildidjari

English Word
a coastal area of Nharangga land, near Cape Spencer, also known as Rhino Head
Different ways of saying this word
Nhiltidjari
Definition/cultural note

- part of the Badhara-Ngarna Dreaming.- the head itself is 100 feet high, composed of limestone, probably all terrestrial dune limestones.- Ngarna is seen as an outcrop of rock.- there is some confusion in the sources about the names of places also known as Corny Point, Rhino Head and Royston Head, so that it may not be not fully certain which place has which Nharangga name.- this place is also described as Lagoon north of Cable Hut, or at Cable Hut itself.- M.Klein suggested to Tindale the literal meaning striped (or shaped) blanket. This does not match the words in Nharangga sources.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
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nhinggali

English Word
a master
Different ways of saying this word
nhingkali
Definition/cultural note

Tindale gives the literal meaning your father.

Lexical Category
noun
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nhindjana

English Word
the action of rushing through
Lexical Category
noun
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Nhildidji

English Word
area of Nharangga land, also known as Corny Point
Definition/cultural note

- it is claimed that this place name comes from the Aboriginal name for the spring, but it appears only in a general history of the area (source unknown).- there is some confusion in the sources about the names of places also known as Corny Point, Rhino Head and Royston Head, so that it may not be not fully certain which place has which Nharangga name.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
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nhanya

English Word
pubic hair
Different ways of saying this word
possibly also nharnyi
Lexical Category
noun

nhandhu magi

English Word
horse-shoe
Different ways of saying this word
nhanthu maki
Definition/cultural note

literally horse heel (nhandhu + magu)

Lexical Category
noun
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Image
horseshoe
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