marn-marna warrana wardli

English Word
emergency room, sick bay
Definition/cultural note

- this word was created on the basis of olders words for types of wardli (building or room), such as guna wardli.

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- marn-marna means many, plenty + warrana means sick.

marni wardli

English Word
health centre, hospital
Definition/cultural note

- this word was created on the basis of older words for types of wardli (building or room), such as guna wardli.

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- marni means health, plenty.

mara baldha

English Word
gloves, mittens
Different ways of saying this word
mara baltha
Definition/cultural note

- this word was created on the basis of old words such as birlda baldha (possum-skin cloak) and dhidna baldha (shoes).

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mara means hand + baldha means clothing.

manguri

English Word
a relative, possibly a male cross-cousin (see notes)
Different ways of saying this word
its not certain how to say this word: possibly manguri (with a soft ng as in singer) or mangguri (with a hard ng as in angry). you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.
Definition/cultural note

many family terms in Nharangga were not clearly recorded. it is not fully certain what this word means.- a cross-cousin is the child of either my fathers sister or my mothers brother.

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Gunari

English Word
area on Nharangga land. The name has moved into general use as Coonarrie.
Definition/cultural note

- this word does not appear in the Nharangga wordlists, but Cockburn (Whats in a name?) claims it is an Aboriginal word.- Cockburns translation hollow tree does not match the words in Nharangga records. It could be a description of the environment, rather than the literal meaning of the word.

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we have no record of hows this was said in old Nharangga, if at all. This spelling is transcribed from the English Coonarrie. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

gundu baldha

English Word
jumper, t-shirt
Definition/cultural note

- this word was created on the basis of old words such as birlda baldha (possum-skin cloak) and dhidna baldha (shoes).

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gundu chest + baldha (clothing).
Childrens Dictionary Definition
t-shirt

guunga wardli

English Word
childrens ward
Different ways of saying this word
this ng is soft, as in singer, not hard, as in angry.
Definition/cultural note

- this word was created on the basis of older words for types of wardli (building or room), such as guna wardli.

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guunga means child.

guura

English Word
tommy rough (small variety)
Different ways of saying this word
kuura you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.
Definition/cultural note

- we have only one record of this word from Ben Sims, a current resident of Yorke Peninsula. The word may not be fully correct.- its possible it should be just guuya, recorded as fish in general.

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madbra

English Word
morning star, that rises in the east
Definition/cultural note

- we have only one record of this word from Ben Sims, a current resident of Yorke Peninsula. The word may not be fully correct.- Early morning fishing was done by collecting fish from traps set up in stone rockeries.

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you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

idja walanggwidja

English Word
bandaid, poultice, bandage etc.
Different ways of saying this word
itja walangwidja.
Definition/cultural note

this word was created using records which show us how to create new words e.g. bindi Nhandhu (horse)

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idja (skin) + walanggwidja (cover)