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This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang , have become widely used in other varieties of English , and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.
Note: As "Australian Aboriginal" is not a distinct language, but rather a collective term for a large group of languages, this category is useful as a holding place for all words with an origin in the different Aboriginal languages.
miri-bula dog-two miri-bula dog-two 'a couple of dogs' Possessor Tag: -gayi guri- man gayi POSS bargan boomerang guri- gayi bargan man POSS boomerang 'a man's boomerang' Locative "at, on, in" tags: -a/ -da/ -dja/ -ga/ -wa The locative tags -ga and -wa appear to be found after stems ending in vowels. gawin-da bank- LOC nhayi that.over.there gawin-da nhayi bank-LOC that.over.there 'on the other ...
The welcome, extended on behalf of the Noongar people, was intended to mirror the visitors' own traditions, while incorporating elements of Aboriginal culture. [9] Walley recalled that [ 10 ] Māori performers were uncomfortable performing their cultural act without having been acknowledged or welcomed by the people of the land.
Ngarrindjeri, also written Narrinyeri, Ngarinyeri and other variants, is the language of the Ngarrindjeri and related peoples of southern South Australia.Five dialects have been distinguished by a 2002 study: Warki, Tanganekald, Ramindjeri, Portaulun and Yaraldi (or Yaralde Tingar).
Deadly is used by many Aboriginal people to mean excellent, or very good, in the same way that "wicked", "sick" or "awesome" is by many young English speakers. [18] [16] Deadly Awards (aka Deadlys) were awards for outstanding achievement by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This usage is not exclusive to Aboriginal people.
The Wiradjuri people (Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjd̪uːraj]; Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjɟuːraj]) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family ...
Koori (also spelt koorie, goori or goorie) is a demonym for Aboriginal Australians from a region that approximately corresponds to southern New South Wales and Victoria. [citation needed] The word derives from the Indigenous language Awabakal. [2]