Traditional

Aunty Phoebe Wanganeen says about this word: my children, or my close relations, I can tell them by looking at their murlgi, their face, who they are, and where theyre coming from.

the verb stem is murga. word endings are added directly onto the stem: murga-dja.- see community grammar book the fragments of Budderers waddy for details of how to use Nharangga verbs.

this seems to mean literally ugly forehead (murdla + bagi), referring to the screwed-up forehead of a frowning face.

Eglinton 1986 suggests a literal meaning of sand and water: muru sand + awi, from gawi water.

- this word is sometimes recorded as Mundanu (or the short version Mundan), showing the word ending nu, which is added onto a word to show the place someone is going to.

it is usual to drop the d(h) in a compound like this.

there are two words for egg. this one emphasises the shape of the whole egg.- can also mean other kinds of round things.

from muga, meaning egg, or any round object.