Nharangga Word

minna bilidi bidhigidja

English Word

wearing glasses

Sound

Dictionary Category
Children
Traditional
Lexical Category
phrase
wearing glasses

Definition/Cultural Note

Nharangga have the word ending (for nouns) ri which is the equivalence of the English plural s. Refer to the community grammar book The fragments of Budderers waddy for more information on word endings.

Different ways of saying this word
minna biliti bithigidja; midna biliti bithigidja (more formal). (Most people say bilidis, with the English plural s. Old Nharangga did not have an s sound, so the Nharangga Project group do not use it.)
Extra Information
minna is eye and bidhigidja means shine. we do not have a record of what bilidi means.- Egginton/Johnson explain the phrase as sun shining on glass.