KAURNA WARRA |
ENGLISH |
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ta |
s. mouth. Tangga, in the mouth. This tem is frequently used as a prefix in compound words, implying an opening or aperture or having reference to the mouth |
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ta |
mouth |
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ta nurIitti |
key hole |
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ta yernkayernkanya |
sulky infecting |
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taarka |
adj. not full |
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tabandi |
v.a. to kiss |
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tabarendi |
v.n. to become open as a sore or ulcer |
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tabidlarendi |
v.n. to pull the lip; be sulky |
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tabidlariburka |
s. sulky fellow |
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taburra |
s. a species of large fly; flesh fly |
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tabuttibutti |
adj. fuII |
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tadarendi |
v.n. to grudge; grumble |
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tadarkendi |
to yawn |
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tadartandi |
v.a. to shut an opening |
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tadartatti |
s. cover; lid etc. |
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tadilbattendi |
to spit |
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tadla wodli |
a substantial hut; to protect one against hailstones |
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tadlanya |
s. tongue |
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tadli |
s. spittle; froth; foam; as in Tadlibattendi, to spit out |
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tadlibandi |
v.a. to bespit |
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tadlibattendi |
v.n. to spit |
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tadlitadli |
s. fryingpan; pot etc. |
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tadliumbo |
s. bladder |
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tadlta |
s. large hailstone; tadla wodli - a substantial hut; to protect one against hailstones; also see tarlta |
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tadnoununya |
s. a species of small snake |
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taiappa |
s. the hole of the mouth; mouth |
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taiendi |
v.a. to raise ; erect; build; as in wodli taiendi - to build a hut or house; also see taierendi |
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taierendi |
v.a. to raise ; erect; build; also see taiendi |
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taikurra |
postp. near; at the side of; as in wita taikurra, near or at the side of the peppermint tree |
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taikurrendi |
v.n. to be mixed; together |
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taikurri |
adv. with; in company; also; as well as |
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taikurriappendi |
v.a. to mix; to do anything together or in company |
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taikurringga |
in common; common; as in ngadliko taikurringga mai, food belonging to us two in common; also see Wirringga |
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tainga |
s. muscle; sinew; footstep; track |
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taingilla |
s. a species of large grub in light soil |
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taingiwflta |
adj. strong; powerful |
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tainkyedli |
s. rush; rush bag |
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tainkyedli mukartiana |
s. straw hat |
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tainmunda |
s. a parasitical plant on the red gum tree; mistletoe |
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tainya |
s. widow |
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taipartanna |
adj. muscular; robust |
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tairigilia |
grub found in light soil (hepialid moth) |
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taitya |
female emu |
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taityo |
adj. hungry |
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taityutinna |
adj. hungry |
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takanna |
adj. wide; broad; as in yerta takanna - open plain |
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takanna |
s. a grown-up girl; maid; virgin; also as in takanna padnendi, to be unmarried. Between women, to be referred to as a virgin was considered to be very insulting. Chastity was a highly undesirable state. As women usually became sexually active with the onset of puberty, the number of paramours was usually indicative of the woman's popularity while the early birth of a child was considered to give the woman status for being fertile. Thus for an adult woman to call another adult woman takanna indicated that the recipient of the insult was so unattractive in either manner or physical appearance that no man would desire her |
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takanna padnendi |
to be unmarried |
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takkendi |
v.n. to hang or lean to one side; see also Takketukkendi |
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takketukkendi |
v.n. to hang or lean to one side; see also Takkendi |
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takkupartapartanna |
s. a mother of many children. See comment on Tukkuangki |
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takkupetinna |
having no children; barren. This term used against another women is highly insulting. |
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takkutya |
adj. small; little; child; infant |
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taltaitpeti |
don't be obstinate ; disobliging |
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taltaitpi |
unkind; stubborn; obstinate; disobliging |
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taltapendi |
v.n. to go off; escape; abscond |
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taltarni |
adj. red; as in taltarnilia - dual; a red shirt |
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taltarnilia |
dual; a red shirt |
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talyerla |
s. name for a relative, corresponding with marna |
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tamammu |
s. grandfather on mother's side |
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tamammutta |
s. grandfather on mother's side |
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tamandi |
s. the lower lip |
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tamarto |
s. taste; the taste of something; as in Tamarto ngarkurendi - to taste |
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tamarto ngarkurendi |
to taste |
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tamba |
s. plain. |
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tambawodli |
Victoria Square area. This place has been set aside for many milenia as a tribal meeting place to conduct trade between other tribes, for the gathering of people for the palti and other outlets for social interaction. |
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tamino |
s. the upper lip |
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tamiti |
s. moutache |
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tammiammi |
s. plate (n.t.) |
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tammu |
s. grandson of the tamammu; see also tammutta |
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tammutta |
s. grandson of the tamammu; see also tammu |
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tampendi |
v.a. to know; recognize; be acquainted with |
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tamuritti |
as tamurti paitya, an expression used at any disappointment; as in "Oh dear me." "Damn it!" "Oh hell!"; the answer to it is waburti, which expresses sympathy with the speaker without easing the dissappiontment. It loosley expresses a sentiment something similar to "There, there, it'll be all right." |
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tanadlarendi |
to be sulky |
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tanadlariburka |
a sulky fellow |
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tanata |
many, much |
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tando |
s. a women's bag made of tanned kangaroo skin, and used by the women to carry babies or food. |
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tandondo |
s. ankle bone |
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tandotitta |
s. a string used for carrying the bag |
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tandotitti |
wild lilac |
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tandungga |
in a bag. |
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tangakka |
s. a large species of snake |
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tangka |
liver, the seat of the feelings |
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tangka kulluru |
s. belching; also see Tangkalluru |
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tangka mangkondi |
to get into favor; to insinuate |
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tangka Waiendi |
v.n. to sympathize; have compassion; condole; also see Tangka waierendi |
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tangka waierendi |
v.n. to sympathize; have compassion; condole; also see Tangka waiendi |
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tangkaiira |
s. a species of mushroom |
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tangkalluru |
s. belching; contraction of tangka kulluru |
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tangkarro |
s. violent rage; excessive passion |
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tangkarrunendi |
v.n. to be violently enraged |
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tangkaumbo |
s. gall; bile |
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tangko |
s. a large species of snake |
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tangkuinya |
s. dream |
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tannurti |
s. a species of grub |
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tanpandi |
v.a. to paste; fasten |
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tanparendi |
v.n. to stick - cleave to; adhere |
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tanpariappendi |
v.a. to paste on; to attach; to keep hold fast |
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tantaappendi |
v.a. to invite; order |
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tantannako |
s. the tantannako was a large and heavy war or fighting club; also see katta |
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tantannaku |
large, heavy war club |
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tantanriako |
another name for a woman's digging stick |
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tanurlo |
s. corner of the mouth |
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tappa |
s. pathway; road |
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tappingyandi |
v.a. to open |
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tappo |
s. fly; one of the two men placed at either side of the line which the natives form when about to perform circumcision |
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tapurro |
s. the skin of an opossum stuffed and used at a play as a drum and used at dances and ceremonies. |
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taralye |
s. chip; splinter; board; timber |
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taranna |
s. a large species of duck |
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tararta |
eggshell |
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tararta |
s. row; series; as in Matta tararta tikkandi, to kneel |
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tarka |
s. eggshell |
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tarkaarka |
adv. to walk softly; lame; also see tarkaarka padnendi |
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tarkaarka padnendi |
adv. to walk softly; lame; also see tarkaarka |
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tarkandi |
v.a. to name; mention |
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tarkanye |
s. the third stage at which an individual arrives after tattooing. There are five stages through which the adults have to pass; the first is ngulta, the second yellambamtti, the third tarkanye, the fourth mangkawitya, the fifth burtonna |
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tarkarendi |
v.a. to name; sing |
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tarkarlyelo |
adv. to-morrow; as in Tarkarlyeluitya, for or until tomorrow |
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tarkarlyeluitya |
for or until tomorrow |
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tarkarri |
adj. and adv. future; in future; a long time hence |
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tarkarrintyerlo |
comp. a still longer time hence; also see Tarkarri |
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tarkarta |
s. the epidermis of the large gum trees, annually thrown off |
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tarkendi |
v.n. to stand open; to gape |
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tarki |
to run away; also see tarkiwondarendi |
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tarkiwondarendi |
to run away; also see tarki |
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tarkorendi |
v.a. to inform; tell etc.; also see Turkondi |
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tarlanendi |
v.inch. to be angry; provoked; enraged |
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tarlta |
s. large hailstone; see also tadlta |
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tarlti |
s. wing; feather; pen |
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tarna |
duck |
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tarna |
s. backside; the rear end; as in wodli tarnangga, at the back of the house |
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tarnandi |
v.n. to rise; come forth; spring up |
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tarnda |
s. a large reddish species of kangaroo, the female of which is called kurlo. A fabulous person from whom the natives derive the usage of tattooing, and who was afterwards transformed into a kangaroo. The female is called kurlo |
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tarndanya |
Adelaide area |
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tarndarnendi |
v.inch. to be, or be transformed into a tarnda |
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tarndendi |
v.n. and a. to crackle; to show; pretend; as turla tarndendi, to challenge; to exercise; manoeuvre; as winda tarndendi, to flourish the spear |
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tarni |
s. saltwater; sea-water; surf; as in Tarni warra, the noise of breakers |
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tarni warra |
the noise of breakers |
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tarnipaitya |
s. sea-crab |
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tarnkondi |
v.a. (vulgar) to eat; gormandize; it is similar to "Stuff your face" |
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tarnma |
s. the honeysuckle tree. The honey contained in the blossom of this tree is a favourite article of nourishment for the natives |
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tarra |
s. string; girdle. A thin belt up to three metres long made from netted fibres and tied tightly around the lower waist when fighting. |
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tarrandi |
v.a. to equip; put on; as a bag or net etc. |
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tarraraitpapendi |
v.n. to give by turns so as to make the thing go from one to another; as in Warra tarraraitpapendi, to interpret; translate |
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tarratta |
s. brother-in-law; also see tarro |
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tarrendi |
v.a. to put on clothes; to dress |
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tarro |
s. brother-in-law; also see Tarratta |
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tarroanna |
s. name for a relative by marriage |
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tarrotanggula |
dual; two brothers-in-law; also see Tarrotaurla |
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tarrotarro |
s. a species of lizard; a fabulous person said to have made male and female, or divided the two sexes |
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tarrotaurla |
dual; two brothers-in-law; also see Tarrotanggula |
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tartandi |
v.a. to cover |
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tartarendi |
v.a. to cover |
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tarto |
s. low swampy country |
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tattarta |
s. stick; club |
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tattendi |
v.n. to climb |
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tattiappendi |
v.a. to climb |
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tatto ringuti |
don't kick; lie still |
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tattondi |
v.a. to kick |
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tattorendi |
v.a. to stretch one's legs, as at the fire when asleep; as in Tatto ringuti, don't kick; lie still |
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tau |
s. evening; dusk; hole; as in niakkitau, window; taurlo, in the evening |
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tauanda |
s. a species of duck; shoveller duck |
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tauandi |
v.a. to push; abuse with the tongue; scold; curse |
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tauarendi |
v.n. to quarrel |
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tauarlukko |
adv. many times; often; frequently |
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tauars |
adj. and adv. large; great; much; very |
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tauata |
adj. many; much |
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tauere marni |
very good |
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taulta |
s. a species off mushroom |
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tauondi |
v.a. to penetrate; go through |
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tauritti |
s. quarrel; swearing; cursing; opprobrious term; abusive language |
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taurlo |
in the evening |
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tawo |
s. breath |
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taworri |
s. dusk; evening breeze |
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tedarkendi |
v.n. to yawn; to be or stand open |
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teetle |
s. a wild cherry which bears a small reddish fruit. It is eaten raw in summer; also see tilti |
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teryarkoo |
String of kangaroo or other teeth worn round the head. |
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tetetitya |
s. a species of parakeet |
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tia |
s. tooth; edge; as in Tialla, dual; teeth; probably the under and upper row of teeth |
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tialla |
dual; teeth; probably the under and upper row of teeth |
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tiangarra |
s. a kind of shrub; also see Tiara |
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tiangarrarti |
s. a species of grub; also see tiararti |
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tiara |
s. a kind of shrub; also see Tiangarra |
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tiararti |
s. a species of grub; also see Tiangarrarti |
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tiararti or itangarrarti |
specie's of grub |
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tiarka |
adj. sharp; sour; ill-tempered; toothpick |
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tiarkutti |
don't be sour or ill-tempered |
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tiata wangandi |
to speak the truth |
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tiati |
adv. yes, to be sure; certainly; asserts and contends if the thing should be disputed; as in tiata wangandi, to speak the truth |
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tiatinna |
adj. toothless; blunt |
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tiaturutti |
s. stout hand-saw (n.t.) |
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tiawirutti |
s. stout hand-saw (n.t.) |
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tidla |
s. a leguminous plant, usually vetch, produces a small bulbous root which was roasted and eaten by the Kaurna people during winter and spring. |
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tidli |
s. hungry |
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tidli |
s. the bark of trees while green |
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tidli |
s. abdomen; waist; |
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tidli |
an affix, denoting that a person or object is provided with what the word to which it is affixed expresses; as maitidli, provided with food; yangaratidli, married, It supplies the want of the verb to have, and may therefore be added to any subtie. The reverse of it is tinna |
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tidlikuretti |
s. a girdle round the waist |
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tidliumbo |
bladder |
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tidna |
s. foot |
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tidna mutanna |
having a deformed foot |
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tidnabaltatinna |
adj. having no shoes on; barefoot |
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tidnakundo |
s. the sole of the foot; commencement of the phalanges of the toes |
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tidnatangka |
the hollow of the foot |
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tidnaworta |
s. heel |
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tidngi |
s. elbow |
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tiduabalta |
s. shoe or boot |
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tiki |
s. the region of the ribs; side; costes |
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tikiana |
s. waistcoat |
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tikkandi |
v.n. to sit; dwell; live; to be; as in warratti tikka, be still or silent |
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tikketikketti |
s. seat; chair |
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tilti |
s. a wild cherry which bears a small reddish fruit. It is eaten raw in summer |
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tiltya |
s. vein; sinew |
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tiltyalaendi |
v.a. to shake; disengage one's self by force; extricate; disentangle; also see Tiltyerlendi |
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tiltyapartanna |
adj. muscular; strong; powerful |
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tiltyerlendi |
v.a. to shake; disengage one's self by force; extricate; disentangle; also see Tiltyalaendi |
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timana |
uncooked; raw |
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timana |
adj. raw; green; not roasted or boiled; as in pari biro timana, the rice is not yet done |
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tindandi |
v.n. to be narrow; fast; immoveable; to stick fast |
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tindindi |
kingfisher |
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tindo |
s. sun; watch; clock; day |
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tindo bandi |
the sun shines |
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tindo kambarendi |
to be hot; close; sultry |
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tindo perkappe |
aftet sunset |
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tindogadla |
s. sunshine |
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tindomatta |
s. a small shell |
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tindomeyu |
s. a watchmaker |
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tingka |
s. liver; the inner part of anything; the seat of the feelings; as in Tangkarlo wandendi, to lie on the back |
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tinkpdla |
s. a species of quail |
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tinkyo |
s. leaf |
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tinna |
a privative afix, as maiitinna, without food; parutinna, without meat; gadlatinna, without wood, etc. The opposite of tidli. |
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tinniinyaranna |
s. the Orion, considered by the natives as a group of youths. They are said to hunt kangaroos, emus, and other game on the great celestial plain (womma) while the mangkamangkarranna dig roots etc., which are around them |
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tinninya |
s. rib |
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tinninyawodli |
s. the iron stores (n.t.) |
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tintyotintyo |
adj. young; green; raw; also see purnkipurnki |
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tinunyarra |
s. a constellation the Orion; See mankatnankarranna |
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tinyara |
s. boy; lad; youth; also see kurkurra |
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tipo |
s. spark |
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tipogadla |
s. gunpowder; matches (n.t.) |
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tipongatpangatpatti |
s. ramrod (n.t.) |
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tipparendi |
v.n. to feel pain; to ache |
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tirendi |
v.n. to sit, as the natives; squat |
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tiritpa |
s. a species of lark |
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tirkallirkalla |
s. an intelligent, wise person |
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tirkandi |
v.a. to know; understand; learn |
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tirkatti |
s. a sort of bier. See wodnawodna |
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tirra |
s. obstacle; hindrance; Tirrangga, hidden; concealed as tirrangga wandendi, to lie or become concealed |
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tirraappendi |
v.a. to screen; protect; hide; conceal |
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tirramangkondi |
to interfere at a fight, which is done by throwing the arms round the waist of the aggressing party so as to prevent him from doing any outrage |
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tirrarti |
don't hide yourself; come forth; stand out of the way |
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titparra |
adj. tough; fibrous |
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titta |
s. anything joining one thing to another, as string, knot, button, handle, etc.; barter; exchance. Tittangga, in exchange; as in tittangga manqkondi - to take in exchange; tittangga yungondi - to give in exchange; to sell |
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titta binna |
bartering |
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tittabinna |
adj. bartering |
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tittaendi |
v.n. to whistle |
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tittangga |
in exchange |
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tittangga manqkondi |
to take in exchange |
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tittangga yungondi |
to give in exchange; to sell |
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tittappendi |
v.a. to bind; fasten ; tie; fetter; hang |
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tittinda |
s. pubic hair; the line of hair running from the pubes to the umbilica |
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tittitta |
s. whistling; a peculiar mode of whistling by pressing the lower lip together and drawing the air inward |
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tiwa |
s. wild honey |
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tiwi |
adv. often; frequently; repeatedly; also see tiwita |
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tiwita |
adv. often; frequently; repeatedly; also see tiwi |
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tiwiti |
no more |
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tiwu |
s. black cockatoo |
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toarendi |
v.n. to expire |
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toka |
mud, dirt, mortar |
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toka |
s. mud; dirt; mortar |
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tongkinendi |
pron.indef. to become offensive; to rot |
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tookoo |
A digging scoop made from sheoak; see karko |
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toole umpere |
rush mat |
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topa |
all; the whole, so that nothing is left; as topa ngarkondi, to eat it all; to leave nothing |
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tostoarendi |
v.n. to sit with the legs stretched out |
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towilla |
s. soul; spirit; ghost |
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towimandi |
v.a. to make long strokes; pun long; stretch; also see Towirondi |
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towinna |
adj. long |
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towirondi |
v a. to make long strokes; pull long; stretch; also see Towimandi |
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towirutti |
adj. stretched |
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tranggu |
s. a species of bird |
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trukkandi |
v.n. to drop; dribble |
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trukko |
s. inside; as in trukkungga - inside; within |
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trukkungga |
inside; within |
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trunga |
adj. dirty; also see Trungatrunga |
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trungatrunga |
adj. dirty; also see trunga |
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trunggu |
species bird |
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tuburra |
species of large fly, blowfly, bee |
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tudlyo |
species of parrot |
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tudlyo |
s. a species of parrot |
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tudno |
s. a species of snake |
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tudnoununya |
species of small snake |
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tuinya |
widow |
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tuka |
clay |
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tukkuangki |
s. a mother of many children; prolific woman. This term conveys with it great prestige. It is a term of high praise. |
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tukkuparka |
s. a grown up female |
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tukkupurlaitya |
having only two children |
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tukkutyarnendi |
v. inch. to become smaller ; thinner |
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tukkutyutanna |
adj. having no children; See comment on Takkupetinna |
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tukutya parndapure |
pistol |
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tundarri |
adj. always; repeatedly |
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tungki |
adj. of a bad smell; offensive; rotten |
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tunnurti |
species of grub |
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tuno paitja |
brown snake |
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tuparra |
s. a small species of lizard; blue tongued lizard; black-banded lizard |
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turiduri |
pron.indef. self; one's self; separate; as in turiduri mutandi, to eat (it) one's self or alone |
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turiduri mutandi |
to eat (it) one's self or alone |
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turka |
grey kangaroo |
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turkani |
s. cloak; cloth; rainment |
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turko |
s. back; backside; as ninko turkungga, behind or at the back of you |
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turkondi |
v.a. to inform; tell etc.; also see Tarkorendi |
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turla |
adj. and s. serious; angry; provoked; enraged; immense; as in turla ngarkondi, to eat with great appetite; quarrel |
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turla ngarkondi |
to eat with great appetite; quarrel |
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turlabinna |
adj. quarrelsome; pugnacious; see also Turlawarpo |
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turlabutto |
adj. full of anger; hostile |
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turlalaendi |
v.n. to be angry; provoked; enraged |
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turlarti |
don't quarrel or fight |
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turlatinna |
adj. not quarrelling; quiet; peaceable |
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turlawarpo |
adj. quarrelsome; pugnacious; also see turlabinna |
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turlawarpurti |
don't quarrel; be quiet |
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turlawinko |
s. wrath; anger; passion |
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turlayakkarendi |
to begin a fight; to attack |
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turlayurra |
beetle (lamellicora) |
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turlo |
s. a person who performs circumcision. Turloyakkandi or yakkarendi, to catch the turlo. The turlo pretends to be unwilling to perform this ceremony, endeavours to escape, but is caught by pursuers, carried to where the circumcision shall take place, is then laid upon the ground and rubbod over with dust. As many boys as there are to be circumcised so many turlos are appointed and generaIly a supernumerary one; the reason why is not yet known. After a short time he is taken by the ears and raised to a sitting position Ioud shouts being made to recover him from his supposed state of enchantment |
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turlobutto |
wrathful; angry |
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turlokka |
s. a species of grub |
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turlondi |
v.a. to roll; to trim the fire |
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turlunjaru |
water beetle |
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turnda |
adj. not close; not tight; leaking |
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turnki |
cloak, cloth, raiment; also see Watpa |
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turnkimarngo |
s. button |
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turnkimarrakka |
adj. destitute of clothes; naked |
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turnkititta |
s. button |
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turra |
s. shade; shadow; likeness; as in Turrangga tikkandi, to sit in the shade |
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turralyendi |
v.n. to see one's self in a looking-glass; to reflect or throw back light or the shade |
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turrangga tikkandi |
to sit in the shade |
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turraturranna |
adj. similar; equal |
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turro |
s. back; ridge. Ningko turrunga, on your back. Turruna padnendi, to travel on the ridge of a mountain |
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turrondi |
v.a. to push; to saw |
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turti |
s. the whole arm; wing; branch etc. |
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turtiana |
s. jacket; coat etc. |
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turto |
s. glebe; clod; as in Yerta turto, a clod of earth |
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tutpandi |
v.n. to stretch; extend; reach; continue |
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tutpatutpandi |
v.a. to stretch |
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tutpo |
adj. narrow; close |
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tutponendi |
v.n. and a. to be narrow; close; to fold together |
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tutta |
s. grass; hay |
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tuttaipiti |
scarlet robin |
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tuttaipiti |
s. a small species of bird (the male) with a red breast |
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tuttakuinyo |
s. a woman carrying a tuft of grass at a Kaurna funeral; also see ngarrakuinyo |
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tutto |
watching; as in tutto tikkandi, to sit or be watching; to lie in ambush |
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tuttumburri |
adj. and adv. straight; upright; straight on |
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tutturnendi |
v.n. to be tired; also see burkonendi |
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tutturnendo |
s. the right hand or sight |
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tutturto |
s. circle; compass; wheel |
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tuyondi |
v.a. to take or pick up; to gather; collect |
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tuyorendi |
v.a. to take or pick up; to gather; collect |
