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Article #2774Re: Names for colours
From: Mark Addinall
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:25
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:25
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Tinkerer wrote:
>
> About 40k north of melbourne. I used to live near there (Kilmore)
Thank you. Every little hole filled in is a part of a wall :-)
Marky.
>
> "Mark Addinall" <addinall@tik.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3C31DE94.CA31B3F6@tik.com.au...
> > Tinkerer wrote:
> > >
> > > > The name for the young lad from Benalla, who is "blue" should be one from
> > > water,
> > > > like a river, creek, billabong, or something like that.
> > >
> > > Wallan - Australian aboriginal meaning water (wallan wallan = lots of
> water)
> >
> > Whereabouts? Just curious.
> >
> > Water Rat
> >
> > kurumburt - Wembawemba
> > muuluru - Paakantyi
> >
> > Water
> >
> > anheme - Eastern Arrente
> > badu - Sydney
> > bawa - Yindjibarndi
> > galiyn - Wir
> > gamba - Goo
> > gapu - Dat
> > guhtj - Bun
> > kabi - Nyu
> > kali - Ngi
> > katen - Wem
> > kwatye - Eastern Arrente
> > ngapa - Diy
> > ngarkula - Dat
> > ngipilinh - Mur
> > nguku - Paakantyi
> > ni - Merr
> > tharr - Mur
> > urewe - Eastern Arrente
> > wata - Tor
> >
> > Water hole
> >
> > gamba - Goo
> > kalkaay - Ngi
> > luthak - Wem
> > ngentye - Eastern Arrente
> > ntyanga - Eastern Arrente
> > pudna - Kau
> > thumpii - Paakantyi
> >
> > (I liked that last one :-)
> >
> > Waterlily flower
> >
> > waakwak - Dat
> >
> > (And that one :-)
> >
> > River
> >
> > balun - Bun
> > bila - Wir
> > bilu - Nyu
> > karirrhi - Diy
> > kurang pirr - Wem
> > mayang - Dat
> > ngipilinh - Mur
> > paaka - Paakantyi
> > parri - Kau
> > riyala - Dat
> > warlibirri - Goo
> > wo'uw - Wik
> >
> > Riverbank
> >
> > arnkarre - Eastern Arrente
> > (that was a good one eh? ;-)
> >
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Marky.
> >
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