from yardli man + gidja little - literally little man.
- the verb stem is yarugarri. Word endings are added directly onto the stem: yarugarri-dja.- see community grammar book The fragments of Budderers waddyfor details of how to use Nharangga verbs.- probably yaru gather + garridja get up, rise.- yaru is not listed separately in Nharangga sources, but does appear in related language records. It may or may not have been used separately in Nharangga as well.
the word as shared with related languages also means a large bark dish.related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.
the word ending li indicates a description or adjective.
- Egginton/Tindale and bird expert Condon agree on Pacific Gull, though the former lists Larus pacificus while Condon lists Gabianus pacificus.- Egginton/Johnson suggests black gull or molly hawk.
- another word is also recorded for four. In old Nharangga these were probably just alternative words with the same meaning. Yara burlayi is the more commonly recorded.- the Nharangga Language Workshop decided to use this as the usual word, to match with yara burlayi ngari five.- yara another, burlayi two.
from yara another, burlayi two + ngari one
- Egginton/Johnson says this means literally scratching about the dirt.- yarda means earth; nhanyarihas not been found elsewhere.