idja
this word as shared with related languages indicates that this might not mean skin as such, but flesh, muscular parts of the body; non-fatty meat.related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.
gurriwidj
- the verb stem is the word that word endings are added directly onto. However, it is not clear what the verb stem is for this word, as it might have developed from a longer form gurri-wanggadja (supported also by related language records).- see community grammar book The fragments of Budderers waddy for details of how to use Nharangga verbs.
gurru
- the word as shared with related languages indicates that this can mean any kind of vessel, such as a kettle.-additional meanings possibly include other long, round things, such as a stick or poker, or a cylindrical container, like a tube.- related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.
guruu
- although this word only appears in recent records for Nharangga, related language records indicate that it was used in the region in old times, so it was possibly used in old Nharangga too.- the earlier meaning was crown of the head - all you can see when someone looks at the ground in shame.
guuduubaruu
- a very large brown snake, not poisonous.- it is respected but rarely found on the peninsula (more common to the north, at least in the past).- there is a story about this snake in the Bookayana Stories.
guuya
this is the general term, including eg butterfish, mullet, whiting etc (but not sharks)
gura (2)
this word only appears in handwritten notes by Tindale.- it is not clear in Tindales notes which kind of gum tree it means.