NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

adenytyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Death adder.

aderrimipurr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Fin of fish.

adesyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Clitoris.

adetyerr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bait for fishing.

adetyerrminmin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Parrot species (unidentified).

adetyerrwukume

Wumirri Headword:

adetyerrwunggume

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Leichhardt's swordfish.

adewirri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Skink, all species.

adi

Word Class:

kinterm

Meaning:

Intimate term of address used in calling your spouse or children.

Kurungurr Example:

Adi, kuri pagu.

Dear, pass me some water.

adida

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

'Crying spirit'. Bad spirit, the threat of whose arrival is used to quieten crying children.

Kurungurr Example:

Apma! gagu adida yaga ketye firrfel nana!

Quiet now, or you'll attract that crying spirit!

adidirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

'White ants', termites.

adigar

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

'Bush swallow', Australian pratincole.

adilimbi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Zebra fish.

adilmi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Mullet.

adintyerrminmin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Red-winged parrot.

adiny

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Swamp leech.

adirrinbuk

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Fish species (unidentified: small, spotted).

Kurungurr Example:

Adirrinybuk warrakma nguni gat tye ngini kultyi nimbi.

Yesterday I caught three adirrinybuk.

adirrinybuk

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Edible worm that lives inside the nuts of the Salmon Gum (Eucalyptus alba).

adirrket

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Frog species, small.

adirrmi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Black cockatoo.

adirrminmin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Lesser wart-nosed horseshoe bat.

adirrngini

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Air pocket in one end of an egg.

adityi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Barramundi fingerling (males).

adityibi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bandicoot, Northern brown.

aditymadi

Wumirri Headword:

adityimadi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Green pygmy goose.

adiwin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Moonsnake.

adudumempi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Money. Coins.

adudumenderri

Wumirri Headword:

adudumemderri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Beetle (generic).

afan'girri

Wumirri Headword:

afarin'girri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Sand goanna, Gould's goanna.

afatyerr

Wumirri Headword:

agunbatyerr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Royal spoonbill, Yellow-billed spoonbill.

afayi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Fish species (unidentified: little quiet fish).

afilfilmuy

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Hairless pouch-bound baby kangaroo or wallaby.

afili

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Woollybutt grub.

afilpurr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Black snake.

afiny

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Juice of meat, gravy, soup.

Kurungurr Example:

Afiny pirri yengindi pisyarr ngini.

Save some of that soup for me.

Kurungurr Example:

Afiny ambirr yengiti pisyarr pe.

afinyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Emu's wing.

afinytyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bird species (unidentified).

afipi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bird species (unidentified).

afirirrpi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Kookaburra, including; Redbacked kingfisher, Sacred kingfisher and Bluewinged kookaburra.

afirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Corpse, dead body.

afirripa

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Carpet snake.

afirrmemele

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Sorceror.

afiti

Wumirri Headword:

afidi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Cicada. Insects that make shrill calling sounds.

afiwurr

Wumirri Headword:

afuwurr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Great cormorant.

afu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Whip snake.

afukarri

Wumirri Headword:

afunggarri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Brolga.

afungguli

Wumirri Headword:

afunggulu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bee (generic).

afungi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Mosquito.

afurra

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Dollar bird.

afurrgarri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Swamp Harrier.

afutyu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Father's mother, son's daughter.

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