winalda

English Word
Winulta
Definition/cultural note

- 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.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
We have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga. This spelling is transcribed from the English Winulta. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

Wayinu

English Word
a well near Yorke Valley. It is suggested that this was a Nharangga word, taken up for the Rogers estate which covered the area in which the well was situated.
Definition/cultural note

- we have only one record of this word, from a source which is not always accurate, so the word may not be quite correct.- said to mean sweet water, but this is likely to be a description of the well, not the literal meaning of the word.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga. This spelling is transcribed from the English Ynoo. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

wannabari

English Word
this word was used as a place or estate name, but it is unclear whether it was a place name in Nharangga.
Definition/cultural note

- this word does not appear in the Nharangga wordlists, but only in Heinrich Wide sails & wheat stacks.- Heinrichs translation, waterhole under the brow of the hill, does not match the words in Nharangga records.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga, if at all. This spelling is transcribed from the English Wannaburee. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

Wallabi

English Word
a place on Point Pearce
Definition/cultural note

Nelson Varcoe uses this place name in a song, but he is not certain whether it is a Nharangga word.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

nhalyabba

English Word
probably a Nharangga word but possibly not originally a place name. The word was taken up to name Hancocks property which included the Weetulta springs.
Definition/cultural note

we have only one record of this word, from a source which is not always reliable, so the word may not be quite correct.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga. This spelling is transcribed from the English Nalyappa. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

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.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
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.

Dhigara

English Word
may have come from a Nharangga word, but was not necessarily a place name in Nharangga.
Different ways of saying this word
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga. This spelling is transcribed from English Tickera. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.
Definition/cultural note

- this word does not appear in the Nharangga wordlists, but only in Cockburns Whats in a name?.- Cockburns suggested meaning, place of the marshmallows, does not match the words in Nharangga records. It may be a description of the area, rather than a literal meaning of the word.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav

dhibara

English Word
a spring within a short distance of the coast. The name came into general use as Tiparra, for an area of Nharangga land
Definition/cultural note

- this word does not appear in the Nharangga wordlists. It is claimed that it comes from the Aboriginal name for the spring (Guide to & through Yorke Peninsula, source unknown), but it does not seem to have a Nharangga word structure.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga. This spelling is transcribed from the English Tiparra. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition. - the spring is in a group of sandhills; in the centre of the hills a hollow like the crater of a volcano, containing fresh, clear spring water.- this place is associated with burial grounds.

bugamari

English Word
lake on Nharangga land
Definition/cultural note

this word does not appear in the Nharangga wordlists, but only in Carmichael The ill-shaped leg.

Lexical Category
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
Extra Information
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga, if at all. This spelling is transcribed from the English Bookamurray. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition.

barara

English Word
1.may mean middle; 2.possibly also a place name
Different ways of saying this word
we have no record of how this was said in old Nharangga. This spelling is transcribed from the English Parara. you will find this word in the additional words section of the main dictionary Nharangga Warra Narungga Dictionary, First Edition
Definition/cultural note

- this word does not appear in the Nharangga wordlists but only in Mannings place names.- it is not clear whether this word was used as a place name by the Nharangga.- at one time used for what is now called Ardrossan, adopted from the given to, first, a pastoral property 3km south of Ardrossan, then a copper mine in the area.- in Mannings book of place names, the meaning middle is given for the English place name. This does not match the words in Nharangga records. It could be a description of the place in some way, rather than the literal meaning of the word.

Lexical Category
direction
noun
place name
Sound
Sound wav
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