Additional vocabulary and place names in Ngadjon and English
Some additional vocabulary and place names in Ngadjon and English
| Ngadjon | English | genus | species |
|---|---|---|---|
| badugi | blanket | ||
| bajiri | water dragon, goanna | ||
| bambu | eggs | ||
| bana | water | ||
| bangarru | turtle | ||
| Barany | Lake Barrine | ||
| barga | spear | ||
| barrga | lawyer cane used most for making baskets | Calamus | caryotoides |
| barrgaru | sword | ||
| Bibiya . | Alexandra palm - The heart was chopped, cooked and eaten | Archontophoenix | alexandrae |
| bigan | shield | ||
| birrarr | Red Tulip Oak | Argyrodendron | perlatum |
| birring | the sea | ||
| Bulaba | Bora Ground near Lamins Hill | ||
| Bulgina | Bora Ground area near , Butchers Creek | ||
| bunban | Hairy Walnut Kernel processed for starchy food. | Endiandra | insignis |
| bungaa | possum | ||
| buni | fire | ||
| bunyji | Boonjie Fig- Sticky sap smeared on bird perching areas to trap them. Fruit eaten by cassowary. Edible fresh or cooked. Note origin of place name Boonjie. | Ficus | destruens |
| Buyu | thick rainforest | ||
| dagurrba | Red Leaf Fig- Bark used to make string. Ripe figs eaten. | Ficus | congesta |
| danggaja | Atherton Oak - Kernel of fruit is eaten. Also eaten by musky rat-kangaroo and native rats. The fruit is called didaja. | Athertonia | diversifolia |
| dawurrga | Brown Touriga - Ground seeds used to catch scrub turkey. | Mammea | touriga |
| didaja | Atherton Oak fruit ( Athertonia diversifolia)- see danggaja | ||
| duguba | bag for carrying water, sugar etc., supported by forehead. | ||
| duguu | rainforest edges | ||
| dulabul | morning star | ||
| dunu | Almondbark- Used raw for treating toothache.Kernel processed for food. | Prunus | turneriana |
| durrgim | white tailed rat | ||
| gabi | Banana Fig- The inner bark was used to make blankets as well as containers for carrying water and honey. The wood from the flange buttresses was used to make shields. | Ficus | pleurocarpa |
| gama | corroborees involving only people of the Ngadjonji tribe | ||
| gamama | Cycad - The seeds of this cycad were processed and eaten. | Cycas | media |
| gambil | the tablelands | ||
| ganggi | Yellow Walnut- The nut kernels were steamed, ground, leached and eaten. Also used to catch scrub turkeys | Beilschmiedia | bancroftii |
| ganyjuu | Black Bean- An important food source after processing. Stored in pits in the wet-season camps | Castanospermum | australe |
| ganyu | jewfish | ||
| garpu | carpet snake | ||
| garri | the Sun | ||
| guda | dog | ||
| gugi | flying fox, fruit bat | ||
| gugula | platypus | ||
| gugulu | clapping stick | ||
| gulagaa | Sandpaper-leaf Fig- Leaves used to sand spears, shields, etc. Young unripe fruits, yalanda, are cooked before eating. Ripe fruit is yanggi. | Ficus | copiosa |
| gumaring | white man | ||
| gumbala | pupal stage of witchetty grub - see jambun | ||
| gumbulgan | cassowary | ||
| gundaya | python | ||
| gupa | pademelon (rainforest wallaby) | ||
| guwaa | Black Walnu t- Ground seed used to catch scrub turkeys. Seed eaten after cooking; tastes like bread. | Endiandra | palmerstonii |
| guygi | jungganyu leaves , used for thatching mija | ||
| guyu | Candle Vine- Ripe red fruit eaten, mostly cooked but can be eaten fresh | Pothos | longipes |
| jaanggany | Milky Pine - Wood used as base plate for fire stick. White sap used as a glue in making rafts, to stick turkey feathers on body as a corroboree decoration and also used to heal sores. Note, place name Jaggan derived from this word | Alstonia | scholaris |
| jaju | earth | ||
| jambun | witchetty grub (larva stage), gumbala pupa, wirri adult | ||
| jangganyu | Cane used for climbing and framework of mija. Shoots of young rosette plants are edible after cooking - taste like asparagus. Can have laxative effect | Calamus | moti |
| janjuu | lawyer cane basket | ||
| japun | eel | ||
| jarragan | scrub hen | ||
| jidu | fire stick, fire stick tree | Halfordia | scleroxylla |
| jigaru | thunderstorm | ||
| jiigan | basket making plant, base edible | Lomandra | longifolia |
| Jillan | Bora Ground near Butchers Creek, said by the Ngadjonji to be the site of a massacre (see Massacre) | ||
| jimama | turkey trap | ||
| jiman | Tetra Beech - Preferred wood for the twirling stick to make fire | Tetrasynandra | laxiflora |
| jubula | Black Pine- Kernel processed for starchy food | Prumnopitys | amara |
| julu julu | Red Penda - Wood used for spear tips and for yam sticks | Xanthostemon | whitei |
| junjum | Golden Penda - wood used for swords | Xanthostemon | chrysanthus |
| Jurra Julam | Mt. Bartle Frere | ||
| juubari | Cycad - seeds are processed and eaten | Lepidozamia | hopei |
| magurra | Variegated Fig - wood used sometimes for making shields | Ficus | variegata |
| malay malay | Millaa Millaa Vine - Sweet flesh of ripe fruit eaten. Note origin of place name Millaa Millaa | Elaeagnus | triflora |
| mapi | tree-climbing kangaroo | ||
| mija | Huts that are thatched and dome-shaped; other meaning: home country, home | ||
| mayi | the native bee | ||
| munggarra | scrub turkey | ||
| munyan | boomerang | ||
| muramba | aboriginal people | ||
| murrgan | Silver Quandong - edible fruit | Elarocarpus | augustifloris |
| Naypa Naypami | Mt. Hypipamee Crater | ||
| ngarru | don't | ||
| ngunuy | Grass Tree- A word shared by Yidiny and Ngadjon. The resinous sap is used as a lacquer in shield making | Xanthorrhoea | johnsonii |
| Ngunyinbarra | clan of the Ngadjonji – Russell River to Lamins Hill | ||
| nguu | yes | ||
| nigu | Vicious Hairy Mar y- Very thick lawyer cane | Calamus | radicalis |
| Nuta | Lake Euramo | ||
| nuta | black possum | ||
| warrama | corroborees involving a number of tribes | ||
| warrgin | open forest | ||
| Wiinggina | Lake Eacham | ||
| wiiraa | Davidson Plum - Ripe flesh eaten | Davidsonia | puriens |
| wirri | adult stage of witchetty grub - see jambun | ||
| wujar | mist | ||
| wundajilla | green possum | ||
| yagal | Pandanus - Generic term for pandanus, used for baskets | Pandanus | spp |
| yalanda | Young unripe fruits of gulagaa Sandpaper-leaf fig ( Ficus copiosa), cooked before eating - taste like potatoes | ||
| Yamani | rainbow serpent, also rainbow | ||
| yanggi | ripe fruit of gulagaa, Sandpaper-leaf fig ( Ficus copiosa) | ||
| yapulam | Lawyer cane used for handles of baskets | Calamus | australis |
| yapun | mother | ||
| yara | fishing line | ||
| yarra | man, men. Also aboriginal people | ||
| yawala | Zamia Fern - Root processed and eaten | Bowenia | spectabilis |
| yimba | no or nothing | ||
| yipi | woman | ||
| yurrgan | white woman |
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