Gidiyalba

English Word
place in Point Pearce area, on the coast before the end of the sandhills
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different ways os saying this word: Gidiyalpa.
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gubara

English Word
wine
Definition/cultural note

may be related to gubilla alcohol.

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gubba (1)

English Word
1.spirit being or devil; 2.oath or swear word (the devil)
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different ways os saying this word: kuppa, guupa, kuupa
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gubba (2)

English Word
southern spiny lobster
Different ways of saying this word
different ways os saying this word: kuppa, guupa, kuupa
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Johnson/Tindale say the lobster is named for its ugly looks.

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Scientific Name
jasus ialandi.

gubilla

English Word
alcoholic drink
Different ways of saying this word
different ways os saying this word: possibly also kupilla.
Definition/cultural note

related language records indicate that the meaning alcohol comes from an earlier meaning seawater, taste of seawater.related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri

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alcohol

guddaga

English Word
kangaroo, probably joey
Different ways of saying this word
different ways os saying this word: guddaka, kuddaka.
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might be specifically the young female red kangaroo as listed in Egginton/Tindale.

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guddaga baldha

English Word
rug made from kangaroo skins
Definition/cultural note

the skin probably comes from a joey.- SA Museum has a Dama wallaby skin rug made by Louisa Egginton. It is featured in the famous portrait of Ivaritji.- It has an it inner surface a regular pattern of crossed lines formed by rubbing the folded skin with a broken piece of quartzite hammerstone. The skins were pegged out and dried in the sun, and stitched together with kangaroo (sinew) after trimming to a regular shape. (Egginton/Johnson/Tindale)

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Childrens Dictionary Definition
rug

gudilyaru

English Word
a kind of lark
Definition/cultural note

- this bird is identified as the groundlark (anthus novaeseelandiae australis).- however, this is not certain as another word is identified the same way.- gudilyarumight be another bird - perhaps the rufous songlark (cinclorhamphus mathewsii) (as indicated by related language records).related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.

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Gudliwardi

English Word
Originally a long, narrow peninsula of rock and mud jutting into the sea, probably Black Point. The name has been adapted for general use for the town Koolywurtie.
Different ways of saying this word
Kudliwarti, Kuliwarti (less formal with the plain l).
Definition/cultural note

- Higgins (in Cockburns in Whats in a name?) suggests a literal meaning of dirty tail. Wardli is a word ending meaning tail, but Nharangga records do not list gudli as dirty.- Johnson suggests where emus come to drink. This is not a literal meaning of the word, although it could be a description of a place - possibly where the English town Koolywurtie stands, rather than Black Point.

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gudlu

English Word
1.native louse, flea; 2.penis
Definition/cultural note

Tanne Arrito/Snell also record louse/flea as cutta. This is an important source because it was recorded well before the mission period, but it has several errors. It is not clear whether cutta is a different word, or perhaps misheard.

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Scientific Name
scientific name for louse: pediculus. gudlu, kudlu; gullu, kullu (both less formal); gudla (more recent)