adjiga

English Word
mate, friend, my friend
Definition/cultural note

can also be used to refer to a distant relative.

Lexical Category
noun
Main Sentence English
look out, mate, there is a snake!
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Sentence Original
marni marni adjiga. (Nharangga workshops 2002)
Childrens Dictionary Definition
friend

adjinidji

English Word
tired, weary
Definition/cultural note

- found in the compound yarlgu adjinidji 'leg-weary'.

Lexical Category
description
Main Sentence English
my baby is tired.
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Childrens Dictionary Definition
tired

agagala

English Word
white cockatoo
Lexical Category
noun
Word Categories
Birds
Main Sentence English
I see a white cockatoo.
Sound
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Scientific Name
kakatoe galerita
Childrens Dictionary Definition
cockatoo

alaladu

English Word
native cranberry
Different ways of saying this word
alalatu
Definition/cultural note

according to Aunty Phoebe Wanganeen, the alaladu grows in clusters - a dark maroon sort of colour, a little like gooseberry but without the green and sweeter.

Lexical Category
noun
Word Categories
Plants
Main Sentence English
the native cranberry is over there.
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Scientific Name
astroloma humifusum
Childrens Dictionary Definition
cranberry

anggi

English Word
woman; young woman or girl; female
Different ways of saying this word
angki (more common), ngangki also recorded.
Definition/cultural note

- usually means an Aboriginal woman.- anggi can mean 'wife' in some contexts (see example above).

Lexical Category
noun
Main Sentence English
the woman is swimming.
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Image
woman
Sentence Original
warri anggi. (anon in Sutton)
Sentence Two Nharangga
nhinni nganggi. (G/L. Egginton in Johnson/Tindale)
Sentence Two English
you are a woman or your woman.
Childrens Dictionary Definition
woman

anggi-yidja

English Word
girl
Different ways of saying this word
angki-yidja (more common), angki-gidja (more formal), anggidja (less formal)
Lexical Category
noun
Main Sentence English
the girl is going to school.
Image
girl
Childrens Dictionary Definition
girl

anna

English Word
true?, really? etc
Definition/cultural note

in old records, there are several meanings for this word and also different ways of saying it. The Project Group have decided to use anna in the way people are used to using it, as above.

Lexical Category
interjection
Main Sentence English
she's crying.Really?
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Childrens Dictionary Definition
really?, true?

anni

English Word
who? what?
Definition/cultural note

in old records, there are several meanings for this word and also different ways of saying it. The Project Group have decided to use anni when asking 'who' or 'what'.

Lexical Category
question word
Main Sentence English
what have you got?
Sound
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Childrens Dictionary Definition
what?, who?

Warra

English Word
language
Different ways of saying this word
I'm speaking Nharangga language.
Definition/cultural note

the word as shared with related languages indicates that it might also have additional meanings such as 'windpipe, throat, voice, word, speech'.

related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.

 

Main Sentence Nharangga
Nharangga warra wardlinu bammadja. (Nharangga Workshops 2002)
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language
Extra Information
related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.
Childrens Dictionary Definition
warra
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