KAURNA WARRA |
ENGLISH |
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pa |
pron.pers. 3rd sing. he, she, it |
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pa burro ngandandi |
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pa wa |
where (is) he? |
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pa wa? |
where (is) he? |
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padlaitya |
to him; for him; as in padlaitya padni, go to him |
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padlaitya padni |
go to him |
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padlaityanungko |
from him |
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padlo |
hair, fur of animals, plumage of birds |
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padlo |
he, she, it |
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padlo |
s. hair; fur of animals; plumage of birds |
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padlo |
pron.pers. he, she, it; the agent |
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padloappendi |
v.a. to kill |
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padlokundandi |
v.a. to slay |
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padlondi |
v.n. to die; v.a. to desire; wish; long; as mai padlonend ai, I desire food; kuri padlonend ai, I wish to have a dance |
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padlonintyerla |
adj. comp. strongly desiring; longing |
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padlopadlunya |
adj. dying; old person |
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padlopaltandi |
v.a. to kill by throwing or beating |
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padloriappendi |
v.a. to send word; give notice |
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padlourlaintya |
those two; also see purlaintya |
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padlourlaintya |
pron.dem. dual; these two here; corresponding with idlourlaintya, those two |
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padluntyina |
s. a deceased person |
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padmendi |
v.n. to jump; leap |
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padmendi |
v.n. to go; walk; travel; also see murrendi |
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padmipadminya |
adj. jumping |
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padmipadminya |
adj. quickly going; running |
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padna |
s. a star indicating Autumn; also see parna |
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padnaindi |
between Crystal Brook and Hamley Bridge |
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padue adlu |
let us go |
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padyotti |
adj. blind; a blind person |
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paia |
int. expressive of wonder or astonishment at the sight of something new or unexpected; Fantastic!; Wow!; Deadly! |
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paiandi |
v.a. to bite; chew; as in minno paiandi - to chew gum; to understand; also as in warra paiandi - to understand the language |
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paiarandendi |
as in manya paiarnandendi - it becomes very cold |
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paiarendi |
v.a. to bite; chew |
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paiendi |
v.a. to seek; look for; examine; be thinking |
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paierendi |
v.a. to seek; look for; examine; be thinking |
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paieriappendi |
v. caus. to make one seek or inquire |
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painingga |
adv. sometime ago; long ago; formerly. See bukki |
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painingiana |
adj. former; late |
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painkarni |
rush mat |
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paintya |
inter.affix is it he? she? or that? |
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paintya |
pron.dem. that one |
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paintya |
adv. there, or here. It corresponds with as yaintya; as paintya ninna wandeota? Ne yaintya - Will you sleep there? Yes, here. |
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paintya ninna wandeota? |
Will you sleep there? |
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paitpurla |
s. grease; fat; oil |
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paitpurla gadlaieri |
candle |
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paitpurtu |
adj. irritable; quarrelsome |
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paitpurturti |
don't be excited, passionate |
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paitya |
s. vermin; reptile; monster; any dangerous or disliked animal; int. expressing wonder or admiration |
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paityabulti |
s. old woman |
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paityowatti |
s. a thin pointed bone to the broad end of which is attached a piece of quartz. It is believed that when applied to the eye produces blindness |
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paitys |
eastern brown snake |
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paltandi |
v.a. to knock; push; throw; boat; pluck off; pull out |
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paltapalta |
s. knocking |
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paltapaltarendi |
v.r. to stretch one's self |
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paltapaltaritti |
s. stretching |
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paltarendi |
v. to knock; push; throw; boat; pluck off; pull out; as in manya paltarendi, it rains heavily |
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paltarindi |
v.a. to pull off; pluck up; rend |
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palti |
s. flank; groin; also see paltiwalti |
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palti |
s. song; play. see also palti tarkandi; palti ngarkondi; palti mutandi - to sing - generally refers to a 'corroboree' |
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palti mutandi |
to sing |
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palti ngarkondi |
to sing |
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palti tarkandi |
to sing |
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paltiwalti |
s. flank; groin |
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palya |
s. a shrub resembling the myrtle; a small hook made of it used for drawing grubs out of their hole |
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pammandi |
v.a. to spear; pierce; touch; border upon |
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pammarendi |
v.a. to spear; pierce; touch; border upon |
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pangka |
s. lake; lagoon; n.pr. Lake Alexandrina |
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pangka meyunna |
n.pr. the natives on the banks of the lake |
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pangkarra |
s. a district or tract of country belonging to an individual, which he inherits from his father. Ngarrattya paru aityo pangkarrila, there is abundance of game in my country. As each pankarra has its peculiar name, many of the owmers take that as their proper name with the addition of the term burka, for instance, Mulleakiburka (Tam O'Shanter), Mullawirraburka (King John), Kalyoburka, Karkulyaburka, Tindoburka etc. Another mode of giving names to themselves is to affix the same term, or itpinna, to the surname of one of their children; tas Kadlitpinna (Captain Jack), Wauwitpinna, Wirraitpinna etc. |
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pangkarri |
the inherited territory of a man and family head |
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pangkawirri |
s. a waddy used by the pangkameyunna which is heavier and in every respect superior to that of the Adelaide natives |
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panyalu |
The panyalu was a large loose basket made from woven rushes. It was worn behind the back or under the arm, suspended on a string round the neck. |
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paninggolo |
adv. to-morrow |
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pantyandi |
v.n. to lie upon the side |
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pantyappendi |
v.a. to make one lie upon the side |
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pantyi |
s. side. Ninko pantiyingga, at the side of you |
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panyappi |
s. younger brother or sister; also see yungga |
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panyiworta |
s. daybreak; morning |
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papalto |
s. the stump of a tree; papaltoarra - passing by the side of a stump |
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papaltoarra |
passing by the side of a stump |
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papaltokuinyo |
s. a man carrying in both his hands a piece of burnt wood at a Kaurna funeral: he holds it close to his ears, walking in a stooping posture. Perhaps it means the piece of wood itself |
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pappa |
s. a youth who has undergone the ceremony of circumcision; as in pappa yuwandi - to undergo circumcision |
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pappa yuwandi |
to undergo circumcision |
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pappamattanya |
s. the person (generally nearest relative) who directs when and where the circumcision of the pappa is to take place and performs the rite |
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pari |
rice, in this sense the word pindi is frequently prefixed, as pindipari |
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pari |
s. maggot; lice. |
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pari biro timana |
the rice is not yet done |
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pari nurntinurnli |
on other side of the river |
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parku |
s. sound; noise; as in parku wappendi - to make a noise |
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parku wappendi |
to make a noise |
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parkulaendi |
v.n. to sound; make a noise |
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parna |
s. a star indicating the autumn |
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parna |
s. one of the two men placed at either side of the Iine which the Aboriginal men form when about to perform circumcision |
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parna |
pron.pers. they |
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parnaintya |
pron.dem. these here |
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parnakko |
their; theirs |
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parnakkoyerli |
s. a star said to be the father of the Tinniinyaranna or the Orion |
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parnalitya |
to them; for them |
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parnappi |
s. mushroom |
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parnatti |
postp. on this side; as in pattawilya parnatti - on this side of Holdfast Bay |
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parnatti |
s. the Australian autumn when the star parna is seen |
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parnbandi |
v.a. to instigate; dissuade |
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parnbaparnbanya |
adj. dissuading |
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parnda |
s. limestone; lime |
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parndalla |
s. the spine; lumbar region; also see ngaratta |
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parndapure |
s. ball; bullet; gun; musket; as in Tukutya parndapure - pistol |
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parndendi |
v.n. to crackle; sparkle |
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parndo |
s. ball to play with; a large fish |
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parngutta |
s. a wild potatoe which produces a small bulbous root. The root is roasted and then eaten by the Kaurna people. It wqas a food source that was available during the whoe year. |
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parni |
adv. here; hither; as parni kauwai, come here; kauwe parni, let me have water |
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parni kauwai |
come here |
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parni kawai |
come hither |
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parni ngatpa |
walk in; come in |
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parniappendi |
v.a. to forward, give; as in parniappindo, let me have it; see also parnimangkondi |
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parniappendo |
give it to me |
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parnimangkondi |
v.a. to forward, give; as in parniappindo, let me have it; see also parniappendi |
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parnu |
his; hers; its; also see parnukko |
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parnu tia wortangga tarkaringa |
sing according to his mouth (tooth); i.e. imitate the singer |
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parnukko |
his; hers; its; also see parnu |
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parpa |
s. the skin of the human body; skin generally |
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parra |
s. branch of a tree |
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parraitpa |
s. locust, grasshopper |
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parraitye |
s. seaweed |
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parrandi |
v.a. to kindle; light; as gadla parraandi, to kindIe a fire; to chew; to marry; as yangara parrandi |
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parraratanggula |
s. dual; a rent; tear |
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parrendi |
v.n. to swim |
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parri |
s. river |
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parriarra |
along the river |
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parriparu |
s. bird generally |
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parta |
s. coitus; sexual intercourse |
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partanna |
adj. many; much; all; an affix denoting that a person is to a great extent, or in a high degree, possessed of what the word to which it is affixed fies; as mantapartanna, full of lies; lying; etc. |
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parti |
s. a grub or insect in general; also see barti |
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parto |
adj. thick; big; large |
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paru |
s. game; meat; animal food; all sorts of animal food |
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paru karrikarrinya |
bird |
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paru marngutta |
desirous of getting meat |
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paru punggorendi |
to kill or catch game |
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parumpi |
in want of meat |
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parunendi |
v.inch. to become or be transformed into an animal |
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parungga maiendi |
to live on meat; carnivore |
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parupammamatti |
s. fork (n.t.) |
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paruparuappendi |
v.a. to place one's self in attitude to challenge |
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paruru |
s. an uncircumcised person; frequently as an opprobrious term to those who do not circumcise. The implication behind the term when used by a man to another man is either to call the object of the curse a coward or call him a boy who is not fit to be in the company of men. Either alternative is extremely insulting. |
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patpa |
s. south; patparia - southerly; patpangga - to the south |
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patpangga |
to the south |
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patparia |
southerly |
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patta |
species of eucalyptus |
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patta |
s. a species of gum tree |
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pattawilya parnatti |
on this side of Holdfast Bay |
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pattawilyangka |
Glenelg |
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pauane |
s. name of the ninth child |
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peelta |
black - tailed possum |
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peendi tubura |
drone bee |
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perkandi |
v.n. to be white; clear |
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perkanna meyu |
White man. This is a term which reflects the state of mind of the translators rather than that of reality. The Kaurna people referred to the Europeans as kuinyo or kuya. Each term reflects the sentiment expressed - either as white as the bones or as fish meat. The people of the north used the term kudna which reflected the colour that excrement turned after being left for a while. Currently the term used is Goonya a corrupted Narungga word koonya that literally means excrement. The term was universalised by the Nungas to describe a white person. |
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perkanna |
adj. white; as in perkanna meyu, white man |
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perkappe |
as in tindo perkappe - aftet sunset |
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perkendi |
v.n. to make a crackling sound; to crepitate |
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perkiappendi |
v.a. to shoot |
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perkinna |
s. the young of the wattewatte |
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perromba |
wattle blossom |
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pia |
or bia, adv. important and frequently used particle denotes that the person using it has a doubt, or is ignorant, or at least uncertain, in regard to the subject spoken of - perhaps; may be; as pia wa ngaityo yunga? Madli bia pa. - Where may my brother be? perhaps he has died. Wa ngaityo tando pia? - Where is my bag, where? Wa alya bia? - Where may it be? (meaning I don't know.) |
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pia wa ngaityo yunga? |
Where may my brother be? |
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piarendi |
v.n. to be scattered; stray |
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piariappendi |
v.a. to scatter; disperse |
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pidlingga |
adj. and affix, stingy; selfish; as paru pidlingga, not willing to give meat |
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piki |
s. moon; the same as kakirra, used by the eastern tribes |
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piko |
s. eyebrow; also see pikuputi |
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pikuputi |
s. eyebrow |
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pilge |
s. a species of mushroom |
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pilla |
s. a species of eagle |
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pillupillunna |
S. the ensiform cartilage; sword shaped cartilege |
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pilta |
s. possum; opossum; hip; side; see also piltangga - together. |
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piltamuka |
s. the buttocks; nates |
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piltangga |
together |
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piltapilta |
s. a species of mouse |
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piltawarpo |
s. hipbone |
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piltayurlo |
s. a shallow or slightly cupped cavity such as the articular cavities of the shoulder bones; glenoid cavity |
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pilyabilya |
butterfly |
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pimpinna |
species of finch |
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pimpinna |
s. a small species of bird; finch |
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pindapinda |
adj. having no hair; bald; sleek |
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pindapindarniappendi |
v.a. to make bald; cut one's hair |
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pindi |
s. pit; den ; ditch; grave; the habitation of souls before birth, and after death; European; as pindimeyu, a European; white. pindimai, European food. Pindinanto, horse. The following is an explanation of the connexion which exits between a den and the Europeans:-The natives believe in metemsychosis, and thought that the souls of their deceased ancestors were retained in a large den. When they at first saw the whites they took them to be the souls of their own forefathers, who, having changed their black colour into white, and having acquired all the knowledge they at present possess had come back to see once more their home country |
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pindi kudlo |
flea |
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pindi pittia |
European goose; the Kaurna name for people of the Murray tribes |
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pindi mai |
European food |
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pindi meyu |
a European |
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pindi nanto |
horse |
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pindi pari |
s. rice |
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pindiwadli |
s. an old woman |
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pindiwonga |
s. grave; sepulchre; also see Wonga |
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pinggaintyerlo |
of a remote time, ancient |
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pinggaintyerlo |
comp. of a remote time; ancient |
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pinggaintyero |
remote time, ancient |
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pingko |
s. a small animal with a white tail that burrows in the earth |
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pingyallingyalla |
s. maker (creator) |
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pingyandi |
v.a. to raise; make; construct; form etc. |
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pingyarendi |
v.a. and n. to turn; to lighten; flash |
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pingyariappendi |
v.a. to turn round |
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pinki |
s. a small bag made of possum skin into which magic and mysterious implements are put such as paityowatti and kauwemuka and other small things |
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pinkya |
adv. slowly; softly; gently; as in pinkyapinkya, don't walk so fast; stop |
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pinkyapinkya |
don't walk so fast; stop |
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pinkyapinkyarti |
don't tarry; make haste |
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pinnarendi |
v.n. to stay ; tarry; hesitate |
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pinnariburka |
s. tardy; slow ; lazy fellow; loiterer |
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pinyatta |
s. the honey from the yacka plant (grass tree); sugar |
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pinyattutanna |
adj. leaving no sugar; not sweat |
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piri |
conj. however; yet: still; as in madletera; piri manmando - never mind; take it, however |
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piri |
adj. sufficient; enough; as in pirinna ngartunna, there is a sufficient number of children; adv. surely; most likely |
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pirianda |
sufficient; enough; no more; that will do |
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piripiri |
adj. used in reference to a woman relating to old; aged; a woman past child-bearing |
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pirrandi |
v.a. to pluck out; to shave |
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pirrapirralla |
s. shaver; barber |
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pirrarendi |
v.a. to pluck out; to shave |
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pitpa |
s. thorn; briar |
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pitpauwe |
s. the wild honeysuckle tree; the large blossoms are the sweet flowering part of it which the Kaurna people sucked for sweetness. Kundanye is a sweet drink made by soaking the blossoms in water. It is a drink available in spring and summer. See tarnma |
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pitta |
Cape Barren goose |
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pitta |
wild goose; pindi pittia - European goose; noun propper of the Murray tribes; as pitta meyu, a pitta man; pitta warra, the pitta language; pitta yerta, the pitta country |
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pitta meyu |
a pitta man |
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pitta warra |
the pitta language |
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pitta yerta |
the pitta country |
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pittawarpo |
hipbone |
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pittia |
the Kaurna name for people of the Murray tribes |
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pua |
s. disagreeable smell; stench |
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pudlondi |
v.n. to tell; inform; make known |
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pudlorendi |
v.n. to tell; inform; make known |
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pudna |
s. a water hole; a locally constructed or protected well |
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puikurendi |
v.n. to be liquid; to melt, moulder |
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puingurra |
s. a peg used in bleeding. The last person (for are generally several bleeding at the same time) lets his blood drop on the puingurra, places it near the fire, and repeats, while it is drying, magic sentences, to prevent hhe and death which would else befall them. |
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puinyo |
s. a young opossum |
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puinyowadli |
disliking to smoke |
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puiyomarra |
s. young woman |
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puiyrendi |
v.n. to smoke |
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puiyu |
s. smoke; tobacco-pipe |
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puiyuriappendi |
v.a. to smoke, as tobacco |
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pukoli |
preying mantis |
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pultiulti |
adj. irritable; quarrelsome; see also paitpurtu |
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pulyo |
a privative affix; as gadla pulyo, without fire |
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pulyonna |
adj. black; pulyonna meyu, black man |
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pulyonna meyu |
black man |
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pulyorendi |
v.n. to be or become black; dark; dirty etc. |
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pundonya |
s. a species of goana |
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pundurpa |
s. blister |
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punga |
s. shade; shadow; karra pungangga, in the shade of the gum tree |
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punggondi |
v.a. to stab; kill; quarrel or fight; as paru punggorendi, to kill or catch game; also see punggorendi |
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punggorendi |
v.a. to stab; kill; quarrel or fight; as paru punggorendi, to kill or catch game; also see punggondi |
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pure |
s. stone |
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pureta |
s. loins; reins; kidneys; karko pureta, a smooth oval stone used for preparing the red ochre |
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purla |
pron.pers. dual ; they two |
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purlaintya |
those two; also see padlourlaintya |
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purlaitye |
number two. purlaityendi, only two |
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purlakko |
their; theirs |
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purlalitya |
to those two; for them |
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purlarlukko |
adv. twice; as in purlarlukkondi, only twice |
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purlarlukkondi |
only twice |
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purle |
s. star |
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purnendi |
v.a. to sprinkle ; to wet |
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purnkipurnki |
adj. young; green; raw; also see tintyotintyo |
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purnkipurnki |
adj. reddish; brownish; not quite black; as malta purnkipurnki, red-bearded; opprobrious term |
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purnkutta |
s. a small species, of bird |
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purno |
s. net bag, the same as wikatye |
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purrattendi |
v.n. to be alive; live; survive |
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purro |
adv. afterwards, still; as pa burro ngandandi - he is still sick; burroburro - by and by; also see burro |
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purrumba |
s. flower; blossom |
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purrunna |
adj. alive; living |
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purruttiappendi |
v.a. to make alive; to vivify |
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purrutye |
adj. all; the whole; altogether; all over |
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purtendi |
v.n. to rejoice; shout |
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purtiappendi |
v.a. to make glad; to salute |
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purunna |
alive, living |
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puti |
adj. hairy |
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putpa |
as in putpa yerta, a district of good land |
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putpa yerta |
a district of good land |
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putpunga |
between McLaren Vale and Rapid Bay |
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putpurendi |
v.n. to jump or leap as a kangaroo |
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putyilyulo |
s. drizzling rain; fog |
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putyurra |
adj. thin; slender; poor; lean |
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sheepi kang |
a shepherd |
