Adopt a Wajarri word
Wajarri
English
Type / Color
baba yanayimanha
rain is coming
action
baduwimanha
stiffening
action
bagalgimanha
undress oneself
action
bagulangayimanha
rising
action
bajarlayimanha
dawning
action
bajarnmanha
biting
action
balgurdmanmanha
barking
action
banda-bandayimanha
hurrying
action
bangurrmanmanha
making a hollow noise
action
bariya
track
action
barnagi bawun!
cook it in the ground!
action
barndinmanha
smelling something
action
bayanmanha
digging
action
bayiba bajarnmanha
smoking a pipe
action
binyarri
fight
action
buju
finish
action
gagalimanha
rubbing
action
gambarnmanha
giving birth
action
gangabatharri
lying one on top of the other
action
gangga!
take it away!
action
ganu-ganunmanha
treading lightly
action
gardinba garlathanu
take it out of the fire
action
garlamanmanha
making a fire
action
gudardu
hunting spear
action
gugurr
keep continually
action
gulyba bagalgun
take the clothes off
action
guru bagiyarra
woke up
action
idinga!
get down!
action
irringamanha
climbing down
action
jajunmanha
wiping something
action
jambarn
quick
action
jardu yanmanha
going slowly
action
jigi-jigi
sexual intercourse
action
jinjayimanha
shrinking
action
luujumayimanha
getting lost
action
magabarndi duthunggu bajarna murlaba marlu
the clever dog killed the kangaroo
action
mirnunmanha
pointing
action
muduga
car
action
mulya jajun!
wipe his nose!
action
ngana badu?
whose turn?
action
ngangguwaranmanha
thinking about someone
action
ngarndimanmanha
stoking a fire
action
nyambi
dance with knee shaking
action
nyina magurnula
sit in the shade
action
nyinamanha
sitting
action
thaajimanha
swearing
action
thana marlu yuwalangaya
they're shooting at kangaroo
action
wala-walayimanha
shivering
action
walgajunmanha
writing
action
warnijanmanha
throwing
action
wilybalalu ganurna gurninyganha
the white man ran over that poor person
action
yalga
spread out
action
yanayi!
come here!
action
yuguly-yuguly
shaky
action
yunganha
giving
action
yuwanmanha
shooting
action
bagaa
white-faced heron
animals
bagun-bagun
crested bellbird
animals
bangara
goanna black with yellow spots, is not eaten
animals
barna-barnardi
Richard's pipit
animals
bibiny
white-browed babbler
animals
birl-birl
collared kingfisher
animals
budiri
sand insect
animals
buli
little corella
animals
burdubiri
blowfly
animals
burra
lice
animals
buyin-buyin
bronze wing pigeon
animals
dangi
donkey
animals
gagalagu
Major Mitchell cockatoo
animals
gajanya
caterpillar nest
animals
galbi
bronze wing pigeon
animals
ganabirriny
dotterel
animals
garlarrbi
Australian pelican
animals
garru-garrurra
small earwig-like animal
animals
gunthuguntha
native cockroach
animals
induly-induly
hairy
animals
jidu
ringed brown snake
animals
jiibu
sheep
animals
julirri
blue-tongue lizard
animals
junda gutharra
kangaroo skin
animals
manthurthurru
white ants
animals
marlga
stick insect
animals
marlu ganja
kangaroo skin
animals
marniny-marniny
big black ant, bull ant
animals
mindin-mindin
beetle
animals
miniyarra
centipede
animals
munggu
anthill
animals
nyunyurrbi
sandfly
animals
nyurni
mosquito
animals
thalanara
kangaroo skin blanket
animals
thambu warla
smallest emu egg
animals
waraga
animal meat
animals
warrari
fly
animals
aranji
orange
environment
babalya
water course
environment
babararla
water running underground
environment
balygurr
a branch with leaves
environment
banggara
type of bush potato
environment
Bararra
Perth
environment
barndu
flood
environment
bibira
limb of tree
environment
bilyarra
white quartz
environment
binu
distant smoke
environment
birdin-birdin
pom-pom flowers
environment
bulura
roots
environment
burna
hot sand around fire
environment
burngu
sand pile
environment
dii
tea
environment
dungguru
sandhill
environment
gagarru
creekline miniritchie
environment
gardilha
native medicinal plant
environment
garndilangu
mustard tree
environment
garu
white river sand
environment
gathara
gushing floodwater
environment
gawa
limestone wattle
environment
girrininyungu
ruby saltbush
environment
guba
ash
environment
gubaru
Maroon bush
environment
Ilgarijiri
things belonging to the sky
environment
ilimbiri
two hills at Twin Peaks near the Murchison River
environment
irrabira
storm clouds
environment
irratha
river mouth
environment
irri
sharp point
environment
jabulu
shovel
environment
jama
bare ground with no rocks
environment
jilumbarr
Blackcurrant tree
environment
magurn
fresh cloud before storm
environment
mangga
nest, spider web
environment
marrbulanga
native wisteria
environment
mili
mud
environment
mili-mili
water lily
environment
minjiny
mountain devil
environment
Moonie-Mia
Northhampton
environment
nurun
shady
environment
ruudu
road
environment
thilin
type of bush potato
environment
thurndi
limestone
environment
wagu
pit
environment
warlulu
altostratus cloud
environment
Wurumalu
a place on the Gascoyne river
environment
yalgany
open country
environment
yardaji
hideout
environment
yarlurr
mulga
environment
yurla
smoke
environment
yurrungarra
dry country
environment
baarnu
in this way
objects & categories
bagardi
pocket
objects & categories
baja-bajayimanha
becoming angry
objects & categories
bala
there
objects & categories
balagardi
other side
objects & categories
balagardi gayimanha
standing on the other side
objects & categories
balbaru
mad
objects & categories
banagarri
cup
objects & categories
barlga
bread
objects & categories
bayigi
bag
objects & categories
bilga
gap
objects & categories
bilharr
fat
objects & categories
bilihi
dry
objects & categories
binbi
wide
objects & categories
birdilyga
brush
objects & categories
birluny
white
objects & categories
bunthu
short
objects & categories
danggi
tank
objects & categories
ganggarn
bitter
objects & categories
ganjari
head ring
objects & categories
gardangany
broken
objects & categories
gayarl
unclear
objects & categories
girri-girri
bony
objects & categories
guga
meat
objects & categories
gumurru
blind
objects & categories
gurdiri
a circle
objects & categories
gurlgu
bag
objects & categories
imbilh
empty
objects & categories
jaardu
shirt
objects & categories
jala-jala banha!
that's really good!
objects & categories
jarala
saddle
objects & categories
jarlura
women's fighting stick
objects & categories
judi
ceremonial headband
objects & categories
luubala
low thing
objects & categories
magu
nearly
objects & categories
Mana-mana warany
Asian food
objects & categories
manthany
wintertime
objects & categories
marda
money
objects & categories
minangu
south
objects & categories
murdi
cold
objects & categories
ngardu
short cut
objects & categories
ngatha bagi ganjanmanha
I've got nothing.
objects & categories
ngurra walha
camp song
objects & categories
nyardu
left
objects & categories
ruubu
rope
objects & categories
thaabiri
hollow
objects & categories
thala
where?
objects & categories
tharra
no good
objects & categories
urda
later
objects & categories
urrgu
straight
objects & categories
waji badu!
not again!
objects & categories
wana
long digging stick
objects & categories
wangaly-wangaly
half raw
objects & categories
wanmala
east
objects & categories
warriyugul
flagon of wine
objects & categories
waya
telephone (from wire)
objects & categories
wilya
wet
objects & categories
winja
old
objects & categories
yalyba
lots
objects & categories
yanda
picture
objects & categories
yarnda
large
objects & categories
yarriwa
axe
objects & categories
yunba
same
objects & categories
yunduly-yunduly
hairy
objects & categories
yurna
rotten
objects & categories
yurru
shut, closed
objects & categories
bagarli
Aboriginal man who has been through the law
people
bagitharra
ignorant
people
baja
angry
people
banggu
group
people
bardarnu
elder
people
barla
forehead
people
barlba
ankle
people
barlbaru
ignorant one
people
barnda
kidney
people
bibi
breast (of male or female)
people
biga
sick
people
birdagu
sneaky
people
biriji
shoulder
people
burru
knie
people
dagi-dagi
doctor
people
ganggaly-ganggaly
cough
people
gara
male erection
people
garimarra
one of the four skin groups
people
garlbarda
knee
people
gulbarga
law scars
people
gumbu
urine
people
gurdurdu
heart
people
iga
bone
people
imbily-imbily
untidy, raggedy
people
irra
mouth
people
jiyirr-jiyirr
ashamed
people
mabarn
magic man
people
malardi
tired
people
mamayimanha
becoming a father
people
Mana-mana
Asian descent person
people
manggalya
hair of head
people
marniny-marniny
show-off
people
marnun
forearm
people
mulya
nose
people
murdinggurangu
»little« people that live in the hills
people
ngarnu
moustache, beard
people
ngurlu
frightened
people
nyaniminh
eyebrows
people
nyunu
snot
people
nyurli
wrinkled
people
nyuwil
tears
people
thalany
tongue
people
thugari
strong young man
people
Wanmala
Western desert people
people
wari
stomach
people
warluwura
adolescent girl
people
wirrgi
saliva
people
yamaji
Aboriginal man
people
yunggabarndi
cadger person
people