NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

amuduluny

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Little baby girl.

amukun

Wumirri Headword:

asyenytyerrkimi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Wallaby, white rock (male and female).

Kurungurr Example:

Gagu amukun fepi nide yenim wapup weri nide.

Rock wallabies live in caves up in the hills.

amulpiligen

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Billycan.

Amungal

Word Class:

placename

Meaning:

Adelaide River.

Kurungurr Example:

Amungal pagu ngaddi tye.

We came back through Adelaide River.

amunuk

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Fluff (eg. from kapok tree), cotton wool, etc.

amurri

Wumirri Headword:

amurru

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Egg.

Kurungurr Example:

Angani amurri wibem nganmadi bude nide.

The goose eggs are in the nest.

amurrinmurrin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bird species (unidentified).

amurriyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Crabs, small sand crabs.

amututu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Unformed eggs. Soft half-formed eggs (any turtle, goose, etc) usually found inside animals.

amuyfun

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Stingray barb.

amuyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Ant species, large red.

andi

Word Class:

kinterm

Meaning:

Aunty.

Kurungurr Example:

Andi ngayi Tawun pirri kaganim.

My aunty is gone into Darwin.

Kurungurr Example:

Andi ngayi tyikpala wurru. Minbe merrendi kanin tipek.

My aunty is very sick. She won't be able to come with us.

andirrk

Word Class:

interjection

Meaning:

'Nya nya, you can't catch me!' Slow chant to tease someone.

angalawut

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bird species (unidentified).

angalbuk

Wumirri Headword:

angambirri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Tadpole.

angamuk

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Greenwinged pidgeon.

angan'gityerr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Spring leech.

Kurungurr Example:

Kuri ngirringe wulil tye, angan'gityerr yeningngi garripap.

While I was standing in the water, a spring leech climbed onto my leg.

anganagarr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Grassland melomys.

angandirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Corella.

anganfepinimbi

Wumirri Headword:

pandutyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Rock python.

anganferrengirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Grass whistle duck.

anganggurr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Prawn, local freshwater species.

anganidanguri

Wumirri Headword:

anginidanguru

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Sausage.

anganifinyi

Wumirri Headword:

karrimbiyeli

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Echidna, 'porcupine'.

anganikide

Wumirri Headword:

anginikide

Word Class:

interrogative

Meaning:

Which type of animal? What kind of meat?

Kurungurr Example:

Gagu anginikide derrigidi yerim?

What kind of meat do you want?

angankurinimbi

Wumirri Headword:

karripindi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Water goanna.

anganni

Wumirri Headword:

egeningge

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Magpie goose.

angannisyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Snake, King Brown .

anganpipi

Wumirri Headword:

madit

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Black kite.

angantyamu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bush turkey, Kori bustard.

angantyarranggun

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Owl species.

angany

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Casuarina tree.

Kurungurr Example:

Yerr kinyi angany yeng'gi yubu. Yerrpurrpurrk yebi ket i ya mulfang kiniyewirr ngini, malarrgu kana ya ket yani.

This Casuarina tree makes good firewood. Also you can chop off small branches and sharpen the tip, then use them go poking in the mud for turtles.

angari

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Keratinaceous tissue, like the shell of turtles, eggshells, etc.

angekin

Wumirri Headword:

angikin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Guts, intestines of all animals, except turtles.

angete

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Any animal cooked in a ground oven.

anggirrgimi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Ribs, rib bones.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngayi anggirrgimi nawa derrgidi ngerim.

I'd rather have the ribs.

anggu

Word Class:

kinterm

Meaning:

Father's father.

anggul

Word Class:

kinterm

Meaning:

Mother's brother. Uncle.

Kurungurr Example:

Anggul ngayi dede nem Ngambungambu.

My uncle's country is Ngambungambu.

Kurungurr Example:

Anggul ngayi kine?

Is this my uncle?

angidi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Earth worms, mangrove worms, hookworms and most other intestinal worms except ringworm.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngumbu kurr ba angidi engelin ngini.

Let's dig worms for fishing.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngumbukurr ba angidi agarrtyinytyi ne.

angimunggi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Rainbow.

anginakul

Wumirri Headword:

awakul

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Fish (generic).

angini

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Flesh, muscle.

angityirrpa

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Pied heron.

angiyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

All species of gecko.

angunggutu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Maggot, little.

anguri

Wumirri Headword:

anguru

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Guts of turtles.

anguty

Word Class:

kinterm

Meaning:

Term of address that an older man can use to call out to a woman who is a close sister, so he doesn't talk to her directly.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya anguty, kinyi nganam palat!

Hey 'ghost', I'm just walking past, alright (so don't look)!

Anguty girim

Word Class:

placename

animba

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Snake, Yellow Tree.

animbilerri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Snake, Green Tree.

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