KAURNA WARRA |
ENGLISH |
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ma |
A headband of woven possum fur or human hair was worn by young and old. Additional hair decoration included beads made of small pieces of reed, approximately 2cm long, strung into tassels which hung at the back of the head. These beads could also be worn around the head by both young men and girls in five or six strings. Sometimes the men wore a strip of possum skin instead of a manga. |
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- ma |
an affix. to the root of a verb which makes it the subjunctive mood; for instance Kuinyunda mai admilo yakko ngarkuma yakko pa padluma - had Adam not eaten the forbidden fruit he would not have died. It sometimes is affixed to other parts of speech as Ngannaity yertama nindo wonda? - Why did you leave it there? It may frequently be translated into English by the conjunction if |
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ma alya bia |
where may he be? |
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mabo |
s. a local species of cat |
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madialla |
Paternal Grandfather |
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madianta |
Grandchild of Madialla |
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madla |
adv. only; merely; solely; as madla kauwe only water; madla nindo nammuntya yailtyandi you merely think so |
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madla kauwe |
only water |
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madla nakketitya |
merely to see |
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madla nindo nammuntya yailtyandi |
you merely think so |
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madlalla |
s. grandfather on the father's side |
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madlamadlarendi |
v.n. to cease; recover |
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madlanna |
adv. and adj. no; none; not |
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madlanta |
s. grandchild |
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madlara |
s. excrement of herbivorous animals |
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madlarendi |
v.n. to cease; recover; Madlamadlarendi - the same |
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madlariappendi |
v.caus. to make stop; to finish; complete |
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madle |
s. a swimmer |
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madlearri |
s. the gluteous muscle |
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madlendi |
v.n. to die |
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madletaltarni |
s. a red star the mother of the tinnunyara which see |
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madletera |
adv. and adj. indifferent; still; never mind; as madletera ai tikki - I was (sat) indifferent; took no part in it |
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madletera ai tikki |
I was (sat) indifferent; took no part in it |
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madletinna |
s. one who cannot swim |
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Madli bia pa |
Perhaps he has died. |
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madlo |
s. thick fog or mist |
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madlomadlo |
adj. foggy; misty; very dark |
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madlomadlonendi |
v.inch. to grow dark |
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madlurta |
white-tailed possum |
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madlurta |
s. a young opossum |
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madurta |
adj. straight; even; level |
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madurta |
straight even level |
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mai |
s. vegetable food; the reverse of paru - game meat |
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mai birra |
on account of food |
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mai kudna |
stingy; niggard |
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mai ngarkongarkunya |
edible food |
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Mai yungullunggulIa |
liberal; bounteous |
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maiendi |
v.a. to eat. Maiingga maiendi to live on vegetables; parungga maiendi to live on meat |
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maiimpi |
adj. in want of food; without food |
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maiingga maiendi |
to live on vegetables; vegetarian |
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maiitinna |
adj. having no food; destitute of food |
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maikarnkarnkatti |
s. spoon (n.t.) |
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maikudna |
adj. stingy; niggard |
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maikundo |
s. skin generally |
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maikurru |
s. cool breeze |
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mailtyamailtyandi |
v.a. to taste; also Mailtyandi |
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mailtyandi |
v.a. to taste; also Mailtyamailtyandi; marto mailtyandi to smell; warra mailtyandi to imitate one's language or speech when spoken incorrectly; midla mailtyandi to put the midla on the kaya |
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mailtyarendi |
v.n. to communicate; inform; see warra mailyariappendi |
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mailtyariappendi |
v.n. to communicate; inform; see warra mailyariappendi |
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mailtyariburka |
s. railer; scoffer |
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maiminma |
adj. stingy; niggard; see maikudna |
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maimnarngutta |
adj. desirous of food; hungry |
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maipadnitti |
s. throat; oesophagus |
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maitidli |
adj. provided with food |
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maityomaity |
s. bat |
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maityomaityo |
bat |
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maityukka |
adj. quick; lively; diligent; attentive |
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maityukka |
s. a girl whose father has died |
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maiwadli |
adj. liberal in giving food; generous |
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maiwadli |
liberal |
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maiwondtawondarti |
s. plate; dish; etc. (n.t.) |
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makarta |
s. head; markarta marni markarta walara markarta warpo adj. intelligent |
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makkandi |
v.a. to shake; quiver with the legs as in dancing; See ngunyawaietti |
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makki |
s. glass |
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makkitau |
s. glass hole i.e. window (n.t.) |
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makkitura |
s. looking-glass; mirror (n.t.) |
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makko |
s. cloud; Makko manmarra - the sky when covered with clouds |
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makko manmarra |
the sky when covered with clouds |
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makkotinna |
adj. cloudless; clear |
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malta |
s. beard |
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maltaitya |
s. cheek, (also maltaworta) |
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maltangaitya |
adj. speaking badly or incorrectly; the reverse of maltawilta |
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maltapirrandi |
v.a. to shave |
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maltapirrapirralla |
s. barber (n.t.) |
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maltapirratti |
s. razor (n.t.) |
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maltarra |
s. a species of eucalyptus resembling the stringy bark tree |
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maltawarpo |
s. cheekbone; Maltawarpo kundandi - to give a blow on the cheek |
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maltawarpo kundandi |
to give a blow on the cheek |
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maltawilta |
adj. speaking the language correctly and fluently; eloquent |
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maltaworta |
s. cheek |
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maltorendi |
to remain together; see kumangka maltorendi |
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maltoriappendi |
v.a. to assemble; collect |
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malyo |
s. a swelling in general; uneven |
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malyonendi |
v.inch. to swell; to be pregnant |
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malyopartanna |
adj. full of joke; funny |
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mamandi |
v.a. to tie up |
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mamba |
s. knee; as mamballakko wattingga - between the knees; mamba tartarta - upon the knees, (also matta) |
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mamba tartarta |
upon the knees |
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mamballakko wattingga |
between the knees |
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mambarta |
s. the hair of the head dressed in the aboriginal way, which consists in tying a string of opossum hair round the forehead, greasing and painting the hair with red ochre so as to make it hang down in thick matted pieces |
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mampendi |
v.n. to waver; stagger; undulate |
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mandarra |
s. string |
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mandi |
v.a. to draw; pull |
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manga |
s. thread made of the fur of opossum or other animal; a string worn round the head; animal fur thread or cord - also a head band |
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mangalya |
s. a kind of gum |
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mangatatta |
s. the long piece of the cross used for spinning locally produced string; vertical stick of the thread spinning spool |
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mangayaingki |
s. the transverse piece fixed to the cross used for spinning locally produced string; horizontal piece of the spinning spool |
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mangka |
Mangka was a cord of animal fur, spun onto a cross-shaped spindle as it was made; cord of animal fur, spun onto a spindle |
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mangka |
s. elevated scars on the chest or back produced by incisions or tattooing; raised scars on chest and back from initiation, (also minti) |
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mangka bakkendi |
to make incisions in the body |
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mangkamangkarranna |
s. pl. (girls) a constellation ; the pleiades |
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mangkamanka |
adj. striped |
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mangkarra |
s. girl; young female |
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mangkatnankarranna |
a constellation |
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mangkawitya |
Stage 4 to manhood from tarkanye |
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mangkimangkendi |
v.n. to tattle; tell tales |
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mangkimangkiappendi |
v.a. to tell; inform; slander; calumniate |
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mangkondi |
to steal or take by force especially when referring to the forceful taking of a wife; also as milla mangkondi - to steal or take a wife by force |
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mangkondi |
v.a. to touch; take; lay hold on; manmando (imp.) take it; dual manmaingwa pl. manmainga |
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mangkulaendi |
v.n. to fear; be afraid; dread |
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mangkurendi |
v.a. to touch; take; lay hold on; see Mankondi |
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mangkurlukko |
three times |
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manmainga |
pl. take it; see manmando |
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manmaingwa |
dual take it; see manmando |
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manmando |
(imp.) take it |
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manmarra |
v. a night with moonshine and occasionally darkened by clouds favourable for catching opossums |
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manna |
s. a cross-cut saw (mandi) |
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mannando |
s. the lower arm |
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mannanya |
adj. weak; in a delicate state of health |
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mannanya |
weak, in a delicate state of health |
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mannimanni |
s. a small species of hawk |
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mannimanninya |
s. a species of swallow |
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mannuworta |
s. the back part of the head, skull; occiput |
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manta |
s. untruth; lie |
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mantaappendi |
v.a. to belie; impose upon |
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mantakururendi |
v.a. to charge or accuse one of lying to doubt one's statement |
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mantakururiburka |
s. a person charging one with lying |
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mantapartanna |
adj. full of lies; lying |
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mantapartanna |
full of lies |
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mantarti |
adv. don't lie |
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mantawangandi |
v.n. to tell stories; to lie |
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mantawarrawarra |
s. a liar |
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manti |
adv. expressing inability or unsuccessfulness; as manti yerltirend ai - I cannot persuade (them) |
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manti yerltirend ai |
I cannot persuade (them) |
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mantikaipa Warrarendi |
v.n. to tarry; hesitate; also see warrarendi |
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mantikatpa |
adj. glow; lazy |
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mantikatparti |
make haste |
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mantinda |
v. skin; kangaroo skin |
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mantinguiya |
adj. slow; tarrying; lazy |
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mantirri |
s. a kind of small purplish eatable berry in clusters of 2 to 8 which was eaten raw during summer |
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manya |
s. cold; rainy; manyarlo paltarendi - it rains |
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manya paiarna |
adj. cold; chilly |
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manya paiarnandendi |
it becomes very cold |
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manya paltarendi |
it rains heavily |
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manyarlo paltarendi |
it rains |
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mappa |
rubbish, dirt |
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mappabutto |
adj. full of rubbish; dirty |
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mappara |
adj. full of rubbish; dirty |
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mappe |
s. rubbish; dirt |
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marenndi |
v.a. and n. to put off; undress; to slip off |
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mari |
s. east; marika - easterly |
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marika |
easterly |
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marilanna |
s. a small species of sea fish |
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marimeyunna |
n.p. a north-eastem tribe of natives |
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marka |
s. slate |
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markamarkandi |
v.a. to number; count |
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markandi |
v.a. to trace; guess; warra markandi - to be attentive |
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markarendi |
v.a. to trace; guess |
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markariappendi |
v.a. to be dissatisfied; to grumble |
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markariburka |
s. a grumbling quarrelsome person |
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markarta marni |
adj. intelligent; see also markarta walara; markarta warpo |
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markarta walara |
adj. intelligent; see also markarta warpo; markarta marni |
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markarta warpo |
adj. intelligent; see also markarta marni; markarta walara |
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marndo |
s. a boy about to be circumcised |
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marnendi |
v.n. and a. to be fat; to grease; annoint |
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marngandidi |
v.a. to request; entreat; beg |
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marngarendi |
v.a. to request; entreat; beg |
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marngariburka |
s. beggar |
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marngo |
s. anything round and hard as a button |
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marngomarngo |
adj. uneven; knobbed; speckled |
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marngubinna |
adj. envious; jealous |
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marngul |
s. envy |
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marngungkaiendi |
v.n. to he envious; to envy; see marngungkendi |
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marngungkendi |
v.n. to he envious; to envy; see Marngungkaiendi |
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marngutta |
adj. desirous of getting something; generally used as an affix; paru marngutta - desirous of getting meat |
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marni |
adj. fat; rich; good; tauere marni - very good |
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marnirendi |
s. to grease |
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marnitti |
s. grease; a boy greased and painted with red ochre which is done among the eastern tribes at the same age in which the young men of other tribes undergo circumcision; so that marnitti among the former corresponds with a of the latter - lad; youth; young man |
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marnkurlukko |
adv. three times |
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marnkutye |
three |
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marnna |
s. name for relative |
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marnu yakko |
the gum of the wild pine |
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marpunna |
s. murderer |
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marra |
s. finger; hand; marrangga padnendi - to go along; accompany |
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marra kulpakutpandi |
to shake hands |
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marraangki |
s. the thumb |
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marrabinna |
adj. prone to fight; pugnacious |
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marrabirri |
s. nail of the finger; finger nail |
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marrakka |
adj. being without; destitute as turnki marrakka - without covering; naked |
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marrakurtaunyo |
s. the little finger |
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marrandi |
v.a. to pour out; to spill; to crawl |
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marrangga padnendi |
to go along; accompany |
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marraparkanna |
s. a species of grub |
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marraparkanna |
species of grub |
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marrarendi |
v.a. to spill. See marrandi. |
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marrata |
s. the palm of the hand |
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marrawadli |
adj. stingy; covetous; filthy; not liberal |
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marrawakka |
s. double hand |
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marrawakkandi |
v.a. to hold the double hand |
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Marrawarrondi |
to beckon |
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marrawodli |
s. the palm of the hand; the commencement of the phalanges |
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marraworri |
s. the finger end; tip of the finger |
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marrayerli |
s. the forefinger |
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marru |
s. a species of red ant |
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marruato |
s. the sixth child if a female |
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marrutya |
s. the sixth child if a male |
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marruyo |
s. the sixth child if a female; the same as marruato |
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martallartalla |
s. slanderer |
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martandi |
v.a. to suspect; accuse; slander; martallartalla - s. slanderer |
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martanendi |
v.n. to be cold; to starve |
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martendi |
v.a. to embrace; clasp |
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marti |
s. bandicoot; rabbit eared bandicoot |
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martirendi |
v.r. to embrace each other |
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marto |
s. smell; taste; revenge; favour; martungga - on account of; Martuiya - on behalf of; Bukkiana turla martunggga - in rememberance of a former quarrel; Ngadlukko martiutya madli Christus - Christ died on behalf of us or for us |
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marto alya |
oh you are his favorite |
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martomailtyandi |
v.a. to smell |
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martuiya |
on behalf of |
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martulaendi |
v.s. to smell |
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martungga |
on account of. |
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matbendi |
v.n. to be sleepy |
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matpo |
s. venereal disease |
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matta |
s. knee |
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Matta tararta tikkandi |
to kneel |
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mattinyi |
s. a constellation . |
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mattomidla |
s. spleen ; milt |
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mayarendi |
v.n. to be cold |
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me - |
the root of mena; it begins several words the meaning of which stands in some relation or other to the eye |
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me ngarramarti |
opprobrious term - may your eyes be pushed out by a stick |
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mebudandi |
v.n. to open the eyes widely |
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mebulta |
s. eyelid |
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mebutti |
s. eyelash |
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mebutti |
eyelash |
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meda |
s. flame; blaze |
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medaindi |
north of Glenelg |
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medika |
s. flower; blossom |
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medo |
s. sleep; medo kadlorendi; medo paierendi; medo padlondi v.n. to be sleepy |
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medo bulti |
expired; deceased |
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medo kadlorendi |
v.n. to be sleepy |
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medo padlondi |
v.n. to be sleepy |
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medo paierendi |
v.n. to be sleepy |
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medo wandendi |
v.n. to lie down to sleep |
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medumpi |
adj. in want of sleep |
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medurti |
don't sleep |
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medutinna |
adj. sleepless ; not sleepy |
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mekauwe |
s. tear; literally eyewater |
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mekuamarti |
ali opprobrious term - may the crows pull out your eyes |
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memakki |
s. spectacles (n.t.) |
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memunto |
s. eyeball |
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memuntya |
s. the pupil and iris of the eye |
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memurka |
s. tear; cry. See mekauwe |
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mena |
s. eye |
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mendurnendi |
v.inch. to fall asleep |
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menga |
wattle seed pool |
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mengka |
s. the bean like seed pods of the wattle tree which are roasted and crushed. |
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mengketi |
don't laugh |
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mengki |
s. laughter; joy; joke; mengkimengkingga - in joke |
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mengkibinna |
adj. inclined to laugh; laughing; laugher |
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mengkilaendi |
v.n. to laugh |
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mengkimengkingga |
in joke |
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menpi |
s. flint |
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mentamentarendi |
v.n. to be wearied; tired; as kadi mentamentarend ai - I am tired |
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mepadlo |
s. eyelash; the same as mebutti |
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meparkanna |
s. the white part of the eye |
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meperkebaratti |
opprobrious term |
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meperketanna |
opprobrious term |
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mepudlondi |
v.a. to show |
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mepulyonna |
s. the Pupil of the eye. See memuntya. |
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meri |
s. hail; used also for salt |
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metitys |
species of snake |
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mettanya |
s. owner; proprietor; master; as wodli mattanya - owner of the house; kadli mattanya - proprietor of the dog; yangarra mattanya - husband |
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mettellittillawadli |
disliking; hating; thieves |
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mettendi |
v.a. to take away; steal. See Metterendi |
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metterendi |
v.a. to take away; steal. See Mettendi |
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metteriburka |
s. thief |
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mettillittilla |
s. thief |
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meya |
s. the anterior fontanelle; as in meya yurlandi - to be sleepy |
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meya yurlandi |
to be sleepy |
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meyu |
s. man; as in pindi meyu - a European; yaitya meyu - an Kaurna person |
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meyukatta |
s. pugilist; quarrelsome person |
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meyukattarti |
don't quarrel |
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meyutti |
describes a single woman who does not have a man or is without a husband. When applied to an immature female it is a statement of fact however when applied with reference to a mature woman it is a grave insult for it implies that no man wants the woman because perhaps she is selfish argumentative or of similar nature. |
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meyuworta |
s. countryman |
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midla |
s. an instrument for throwing the kaya; a throwing stick; spear thrower or launcher; also midlah; woomera; The design of the throwing stick or spear launcher varied greatly but the basic shape was that of a halved elongated football, falttened at the end, often bearing carved designs. It was made from sheoak with a kangaroo tooth or bgone peg bound on to the end with sinew to hold the spear. The other end had a pad of gum to facilitate a good hand hold. Using a midla, spears could be thrown for 100m instead of the 20m achievable of using hand alone. |
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midla mailtyandi |
to put the midla on the kaya |
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midlah |
spear thrower or launcher; also midla |
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midlaitya |
s. name of the fifth child if a male |
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midlato |
s. name of the fifth child if a female |
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midlendi |
v.a. to pinch a pliable tube in such a way as to close it; strangle; suffocate; choke |
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mika |
s. presence; also as mikangga - before; ngaityo mikangga - before me |
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mikangga |
before |
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mikawomma |
Croydon - Woodville |
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milla |
s. violence; force; or a wife taken by force; also as milla mangkondi - to steal or take a wife by force. |
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milla mangkondi |
to steal or take a wife by force. This was a regular practice which led to the introduction of new blood into the family groups. |
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milte |
s. red ochre; see also karko |
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mindaworta |
s. navel; as in mindaworta wirkandi - to rub the navel a superstitious act by which the natives believe the Doctors or warraras can remove or sooth the pain in the abdomen |
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mindaworta wirkandi |
to rub the navel a superstitious act by which the natives believe the Doctors or warraras can remove or sooth the pain in the abdomen |
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minde |
s. a net for catching wallabies or other game; form of hunting net, a net to catch wallabies and small animals. These were two, Minde and munta, of the many forms of net used by the Kaurna to catch kangaroos, wombats, emus, birds, fish and other types of game. |
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mingka |
s. wound; a hole in a garment |
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mingkamingka |
adj. wounded; hurt; damaged; broken |
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minkarra |
postp. before; in presence of; as in ninko minkarra - in your presence |
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minkominko |
adv. gently; easily; sofly; slowly |
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minne |
s. see muliebria |
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minninda |
s. the yolk of an egg; egg yolk |
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minno |
s. the wattle tree; gum of the wattle tree produces globules of gum on the lower parts of the bushes which is eaten raw as a sugar substitute during summer. |
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minno paiandi |
to chew gum; to understand |
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minnokoora |
root of the bullrushes whose bulbous root, about the size of an onion, is roasted. When it is hot, it is beaten between stones to form a kind of cake. The minnokoora bulb can be obtained throughout the year. |
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minnondi |
v.a. to make; construct; see also pinkyandi; Minnurappendi |
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minnuninnuna |
adj. slippery; glittering; shining |
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minnurappendi |
v.a. to make; construct; see also pinkyandi; Minnondi |
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minnurendi |
v.n. to be slippery; to glitter; shine |
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minti |
s. scar; cicatrix |
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minyarngkendi |
v.n. to chatter; talk |
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miranda |
s. a mistletoe which produces small fruits which are eaten raw during winter |
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mirinda |
s. a species of leech |
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mirka |
s. penis; pubes mascularis |
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mititya |
s. a species of snake |
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mitti |
s. thigh; leg; a person that climbs well |
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mittitinna |
s. one that cannot climb |
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monde |
s. the beating of the women upon their cloaks when the men are performing the ngungawaietti or other plays |
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- mpi |
an affix denoting want; as in maiimpi - without food; parumpi - in want of meat |
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mudla |
s. nose |
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mudlaialla |
s. septum nasi |
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mudlaiappa |
s. nostril |
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mudlaiko |
s. the extreme point of anything |
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mudlakanti |
s. the side of the nose |
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mudlarangkendi |
v.n. to drown |
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mudlarta |
s. a bone or piece of reed worn by men through the pierced nose in the septum nasi |
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mudlendi |
v.a. to smell |
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mudli |
s. implement; furniture; rubbish |
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mudliwadli |
s. anything useless; rubbish |
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mudno |
s. an uncircumcised person. See paruru |
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muinmo |
adj. and adv. more; again |
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muinmonendi |
v.n. to continue; go on |
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muinmurti |
no more |
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muiyo |
adv. fain; this word conveys the content of strong emotion towards the object to whom the speaker is directing the comment; as in muiyo mangkondi - to love; muiyo kabbandi - to hate |
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muiyo kabbandi |
to hate; to have spite against |
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muiyo mangkondi |
to love |
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muiyopindi |
s. the pit of the stomach |
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muka |
s. egg; any of a circular or oval form |
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mukabandi |
v.a. to recollect; remember; know; show |
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mukabarendi |
v.n. to recollect |
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mukamuka |
s. the brain |
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mukamukanendi |
v.n. to be alone; solitary; isolated |
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mukandariappendi |
v.a. forget; to leave behind |
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mukandi |
v.n. to play; see also ngunyawaiendi; mukareadi |
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mukareadi |
v.n. to play; see also ngunyawaiendi; Mukandi |
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mukartiana |
s. hat; cap (n.t.) |
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mukartinna |
adj. stupid; simple; harmless |
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mukartutanna |
adj. stupid; blunt simpleton |
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mukumukurru |
adj. round; globular |
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mukumukurru |
round, globular |
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mukurendi |
v.n. to breakup; hasten; move |
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mukuriburka |
s. rambler; rover; stroller |
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mukurta |
s. mountain |
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mulleakki |
The Para River; the area near Port Gawler |
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mullabia |
Is it dry? |
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mulla |
adj. dry |
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mullabakka |
s. a dry bark, heavy and solid shield of about 75 to 100cm in length. The mullabakka or dry bark shield was made from the solid wood of the red gum tree found beneath the bark. It was a heavy and hard shield and was carved, and sometimes painted, with personal designs that related to the totem of the owner. |
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mullandi |
v.n. to be dry |
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mullanendi |
v.inch. to become dry; parched up |
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mullawirraburka |
dry-forest-man (King John's aboriginal name) |
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mullerta |
s. rod; stick |
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multendi |
v.n. to melt; putrefy |
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multyo |
s. the fruit of the karrkalla; fig |
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multyomultyo |
s. the bowels and excrement of a kangaroo |
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muna |
adv. before; first; as in muna padni - go before; munangka - before; first; relative to time |
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muna meyu |
ancestor |
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muna padni |
go before |
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munaintyerlo |
adj.comp. of a very remote time; ancient |
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munaitya |
s. the name of the fourth child if male |
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munana |
adj. former; late; ancient; as in muna meyu - ancestor |
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munana meyu |
old; ancient |
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munangka |
before; first |
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munara |
adv. before; as in munara padni - go before |
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munara padni |
go before |
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munara padni |
go before |
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munato |
s. name of the fourth child if a female |
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mundo |
s. anus |
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mundo warra |
s. obscene language |
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munta |
s. a large net for catching game |
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munta |
a net to catch large animals; type of hunting net, (also minde) |
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munto |
s. abdomen |
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munto bakurta |
s. cuts on the abdomen usually resulting from intitiation or scarring; see also Munto wirri |
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munto wirri |
s. cuts on the abdomen usually resulting from intitiation or scarring; see also Munto bakurta |
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muntotakanna |
s. goat (n.t.) |
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muranye |
s. a mother whose child has died; This is a term not applied to a woman who child died through deliberate killing as a consequence of infanticide |
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murka |
s. cry; weeping; lamentation |
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murkandi |
v.n. to cry; weep; lament |
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murkarti |
don't cry |
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murki |
s. face; forehead; see also yurlo |
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murrendi |
v.n. to go; walk; travel; v.a. to take away; remove; as in nukke murrindo - clean your nose |
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murrimurrinya |
adj. walking slowly; creeping |
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murro |
s. dust; ashes |
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murromurro |
s. flour; bread |
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murta |
s. excrements of animals |
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murtatendi |
v.a. to evacuate the bowels |
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murtpandi |
v.n. to leap; jump |
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mutamutarro |
eating rapidly or by the way |
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mutandi |
v.a. to eat; mutamutarro - eating rapidly or by the way |
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mutandi |
hurt, injured |
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mutanna |
adj. hurt; injured; deformed; defective; as tidna mutanna - having a deformed foot; worti mutanna - of defective tail; short tailed as horses |
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mutarta |
adj. well done; soft; brittle |
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mutyerta |
(very likely a corruption of the English) my shirt |
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muyendi |
v.a. to remove; wipe; clean; see also murrendi |
