Mawng Dictionary by Ruth Singer

Author:Ruth Singer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Published: 2021-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

marrungkut coverb.

kinilangani marrungkut kinilangani. MA subject; MA object. overcast. ● Inilanganing marrungkut. It was overcast. NOTE: one can see clearly into the water to see turtle when out hunting.

marruny1 noun. 1 • VE; ED. cabbage palm types and some other palms, but not coconut or pandanus palms. Gronophyllum ramsayi, Corypha elata. SEE: irrgiyirrgi ‘Carpentaria acuminata, Gronophyllum ramsayi’; iwak ‘Livistona benthamii’. 2 • nk. basket made from the lower end of the palm frond of the cabbage palm. NOTE: this is waterproof and is used to carry water or wild honey.

marruny2 noun. MA. bonefish. (Family: Albulidae). Albula vulpes. SEE: mumpuli marruny ‘pencil surgeonfish’; marrnguny ‘freshwater nailfish’ (generic).

marrwakara [marrawakara] coverb.

kiniwun marrwakara kiniwun. MA object. lie on stomach, fall forwards onto stomach. ● Marryun iniwuning marrwakara. The boy was lying on his stomach. ● Iniwung marrwakara. He fell forwards onto his front. ANT: kirrwara.

marrwakara [marrawakara] noun. MA. sand goanna, Gould’s goanna, goanna (generic), monitor lizard (generic). Varanus gouldii. SEE: wulak ‘small goanna’; yuryur ‘small goanna’; kawirrji ‘coloured goanna’; marrnganga ‘mangrove goanna’; narlngarr ‘goanna type’; yuwti ‘big water goanna’.

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