Nharangga Word

badbad

English Word

may mean rainbow

Sound

Lexical Category
noun
Main Sentence English
look at the beautiful rainbow.

Definition/Cultural Note

- we have only one record of this word, in the collection from Arrito/Snell - an important source because it was recorded well before the mission period, but it has several errors.- the word but-but is sometimes used in contemporary Nunga English for a kind of spirit being. Was Tanne Arrito telling Snell that there was a spirit in the sky? Perhaps a rainbow serpent?

Different ways of saying this word
fatfat (may be south dialect. Sometimes f can be an alternative for b/p.)