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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.
[citation needed] Many of the names listed below are properly understood as language or dialect names; some are simply the word meaning man or person in the associated language; some are endonyms (the name as used by the people themselves) and some exonyms (names used by one group for another, and not by that group itself), while others are ...
Noongar words which have been adopted into Western Australian English, or more widely in English, include the given name Kylie, "boomerang", [63] gilgie or jilgie, the freshwater crayfish Cherax quinquecarinatus, and gidgie or gidgee, "spear". The word for smoke, karrik, was adopted for the family of compounds known as karrikins. [63]
If separate categories are made for words from the larger languages (e.g., Arrernte/Aranda, Warlpiri), please use this category as a parent category for them. This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves .
A Noongar protest camp existed here for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Noongar culture is particularly strong with the written word. The plays of Jack Davis are on the school syllabus in several Australian states. Davis' first full-length play Kullark, a documentary on the history of Aboriginals in WA, was first produced in 1979.
Alive/well-being/coming together [46] Nengi Bamir See far (view) [10] Ngadyung Water [39] Ngunna yerrabi yanggu You're welcome to leave your footprints on our land [47] Nguru Camp [39] Pajong Ngunnawal clan group [13] Tuggeranong Cold place [48] Umbagong Axe [49] [50] Walga Hawk [51] Wallabalooa Ngunnawal clan group [13] Warabin Curlew [52 ...
The Whadjuk formed part of the Noongar language group, with their own distinctive dialect. Culturally they were divided into two matrilineal moieties: . Wardungmat, from wardung (the Australian raven, Corvus coronoides) and mat (lineage; meaning 'stock, family, leg')
The usage of some terms are for the name of Noongar groups as well as places Pinjarup is one of a number of names for one group – and it has been utilised and changed to the place name of Pinjarra. Earlier attempts had been published in the 1900s and 1920s exploring and explaining place names in the south west of Western Australia.