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Re: Names for colours

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From: Tinkerer
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
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> 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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