Wonnarua / Wanaruah language (S63) (NSW SI56-01)

Last changed on Thu, 01/01/1970 - 10:00

Munang ngarapa

Dictionary Word
Munang ngarapa
Place name, the sea-snipe place.
Haslam wrote: "Pelican-coon Island were spotted".

Mulupinpa

Dictionary Word
Mulupinpa
Place name
Mulupinpa place name; in 1834 Threlkeld wrote: “the name of the site of Newcastle, from an Indigenous fern named mulubin”. In 1850 he wrote: "Mulubin in the name of the flower that abounds at the place called Newcastle hence it’s name Mulubinba".

Minimbah

Dictionary Word
Minimbah
Place name: teaching place

Ngakuya-

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Ngakuya-
Lie
Sharon Edgar Jones
Tell a falsehood, deceive, cheat. Impersonate, ‘to feign to be another person’

Nganpa-

Dictionary Word
Nganpa-
Deny knowledge of someone
Threlkeld wrote “to deny the knowledge of a person...", that is "asking who the person is when he is already known”

Ngaranpupari-

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Ngaranpupari-
Weep, to fall to tears, cry

Ngaringari-

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Ngaringari-
Pant

Ngarra-

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Ngarra-
Hear, obey, understand with the ear, believe, listen, know

Ngarrama-

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Ngarrama-
Make listen

Ngarramayinga-

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Ngarramayinga-
Hear but not obey