NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

Mate. For a man, awawu is anyone he can potentially marry, ie. a female distant cousin.
For a woman, awawu is her distant female cousins, ie. anyone that her brother can marry.

Winged animals. Generic term for all flying animals with wings. The most typical awerrbalarr are birds, but the term, which literally means 'having feathers', also includes flying insects. Emus and bats are not covered by this term.

awerrbawurr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Ant lion.

awilfirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Wandering Whistle duck.

awin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bream (esp. Black bream). 'Snooty grunter'.

awinytyuk

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Black-faced cuckoo shrike.

awirirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Baby leeches, often found attached to underside of turtles, or in the armpits of water goannas.

awisamuy

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

White crane, Great egret.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya awisarmuy kene kebem puty gaganim?

Hey, who frightened the white crane away?

awudin

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Insect species (unidentified).

awudupun fulful

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Gosling that is just begining to walk around on its own.

awuleyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Goanna species (unidentified: small water goanna).

awulgarri

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bird species (unidentified: red legs, smaller than heron).

awululu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bar-shouldered dove.

awumbum

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Owl species.

awumirr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Snake species (unidentified, but poisonous).

awunytyerr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Zebra finch, Star finch, Crimson finch.

awunytyerryin'gini

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Baby catfish.

awurr

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Swamp quail.

awurrgesi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Edible grub, found in muyil swamp.

awurriyi

Wumirri Headword:

awurrsyi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Spider (generic).

awusi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Caterpillar species, edible.

awuwu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Cricket, all species.

awuyi

Wumirri Headword:

apunderrmi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Possum, Northern brushtail.

aya

Word Class:

interjection

Meaning:

Hey!, whoa!, hang on!

ayangarrmada

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Yabby, lobster.

ayelakun

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Small rat-like marsupial (unidentified).

ayendu

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Eel.

ayenimwalalpi

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Clickbeetle.

ayerrsya

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Bush cockroach.

ayerrsyinge

Word Class:

noun

Meaning:

Crocodile, freshwater. Alternative name for ewerrmisye 'fresh water crocodile', based on its resemblance to a floating pandanus trunk. (lit: pandanus tree animal).