Children | Nharangga Language Dictionary

barrdu

English Word

meat, animal food, game (hunted animal)

Different ways of saying this word

this does not include fish.

Definition/cultural note

see spelling and pronunciation for notes on rrd.

Lexical Category

noun

Word Categories

Food and drink

Main Sentence English

the dogs got the meat.

Sound

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Childrens Dictionary Definition

game meat

banggara

English Word

country, territory; the area belonging to someone by inheritance

Definition/cultural note

the word as shared with related languages indicates that banggara may be the land inherited through ones father.related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.

Lexical Category

noun

Word Categories

Land, landforms and water

Sound

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Childrens Dictionary Definition

country, territory

banya

English Word

1.younger brother or sister; 2.relations considered equivalent, such as a cousin

Definition/cultural note

banyari is also recorded, showing the Nharangga plural-ending ri for a few or many.

Lexical Category

noun

family

Word Categories

Family

Sound

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Extra Information

equivalent relation means the child of a parents younger brother or sister.

Childrens Dictionary Definition

brother (younger)

banyiwarda

English Word

daybreak, morning

Different ways of saying this word

banyiwarta, panyiwarta

Lexical Category

time word

Word Categories

Time

Sound

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Childrens Dictionary Definition

morning

bardna

English Word

goanna

Different ways of saying this word

pardna; barna (less formal)

Lexical Category

noun

animal

Word Categories

Reptiles

Main Sentence English

the goanna sees a wombat.

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Childrens Dictionary Definition

goanna

bagaggu

English Word

crested bellbird

Different ways of saying this word

bagakku

Definition/cultural note

- this seems to have developed from an earlier word bagubagu (supported by related language records).- the gu is stressed (Egginton/Tindale), which suggests it was once a whole word in itself.- the word as shared with related languages indicates the literal meaning of this word may be sound, noise, referring to the call of the bellbird.

Lexical Category

noun

Word Categories

Birds

Sound

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Scientific Name

oreoica gutturalis.

Childrens Dictionary Definition

crested bellbird

bagga

English Word

black snake

Different ways of saying this word

bakka

Definition/cultural note

Egginton/Tindale records this as specifically the black snake (pseudechis porphyriacus) - and corrects Egginton/Johnson which records it as any kind of snake. Possibly the word in Egginton/Johnson should have been badja.- Aunty Phoebe Wanganeen suggests the meaning death adder - a very deadly snake.

Lexical Category

noun

Main Sentence English

Look out, mate, there is a snake!

Sound