Children

see community grammar book The fragments of Budderers waddy for details of how to use Nharangga pronouns.

this word is used specifically about my daughter, not someone elses.

according to Howitt, this Dreaming is part of the garrdi totem.

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.

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.

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.