Jeremy SteeleAug 17, 20102 minNYUNGAR Words: ‘Jetta’ or dyidaLewis Jetta of the Sydney Swans celebrates his goal with an Indigenous Dance during the 2015 AFL round 17 match between the West Coast...
Jeremy SteeleAug 14, 20102 minNYUNGAR Words: the ‘thunder’ trailThe sky darkens. There is a heaviness in the air. It feels damp. The clouds are massing. Then the rumbling of thunder starts and it...
Jeremy SteeleAug 14, 20101 minNYUNGAR Words: barang: effective auxiliarybarang crops up a lot. It seems to mean ‘carry’, ‘bring’ and the like. But is is also used in combinations, where it seems to have the...
Jeremy SteeleAug 11, 20102 minNYUNGAR Words: Wialki: meaning not knownWIALKI “Latitude 30° 29′ S Longitude 118° 07′ E The townsite of Wialki is … 341 km north east of Perth and 25 km east of Beacon. … Wialki...
Jeremy SteeleAug 3, 20101 minNYUNGAR Words: durda: 'dog' / 'healthy (frisky)'The most common Nyungar word for ‘dog’ is durda: There were various spellings: Some recorders did not hear, or note, the ‘r’ sound: What...