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Article #2786Re: Names for colours
From: Tinkerer
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:33
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:33
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About 40k north of melbourne. I used to live near there (Kilmore) "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. > > -- > > ____ --------------------- > / /\ addinall engineering > / / \ mark addinall > / / \ addinall@tik.com.au > / / \ 0417 795 327 > / / /\ \ satellite > / L / / \ E \ wireless > / E / /\ \ S \ WAN/LAN > / D / / \ \ C \ project design > / O / / \ \ H \ project management > / G / / \ \ E \ embedded systems > / / / \ \ R \ C programming > / / / \ \ \ unix administration > / / / \ \ \ perl > / / / \ \ \ solaris, linux, bsd, > / `-------------------\ \ \ sco, aix. hp-ux > / B A C H \ \ \ TCP/IP. X.25, VPN > '----------------------------' \ \ ------------------- > \ \ / > \________________________________\/
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