What is Noongar language called?
Noongar (/ˈnʊŋɑːr/; also Nyungar /ˈnjʊŋɡɑːr/) is an Australian Aboriginal language or dialect continuum, spoken by some members of the Noongar community and others.
What does Moort mean in Noongar?
family or relations
Moort or moortung – family or relations
Dembart – Grandmother.
What does Boodja mean in Noongar?
Noongar Words. boodja – country
moort – family/relations. kaartdijin – knowledge. wedjela – (slang for white person) non-Aboriginal person.
How many Noongar languages are there?
Noongar are made up of fourteen different language groups (which may be spelt in different ways): Amangu, Yued/Yuat, Whadjuk/Wajuk, Binjareb/Pinjarup, Wardandi, Balardong/Ballardong, Nyakinyaki, Wilman, Ganeang, Bibulmun/Piblemen, Mineng, Goreng and Wudjari and Njunga.
How do you say hello in Noongar?
Overall there are many common words in Noongar, for example: kaya = hello, moort = family, boodja = country and yongka = kangaroo. These words are used everyday but they sound slightly different from region to region.
Is Perth Whadjuk or Noongar?
Whadjuk is the name of the dialectal group from the Perth area. Whadjuk is situated south of Yued and north of the Pinjarup dialectal groups. The major cities and towns within the Whajuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow.
What does Boola Boola mean Noongar?
Boolariny/Boola. Plenty, Many, Lots. Boolyaka. Leaving, Going. Boonitj.
What does Kooyar mean?
Our Business. Kooyar Wongi means ‘Frog Talk/Talking/Yarning/Story’ in Nyungar language. The Kooyar was chosen as the icon for our business because it is the Bennell family totem and the frog Dreaming is central to their cultural identity.
What does Djidi Djidi mean?
One such bird is the Djidi Djidi — the Willy Wagtail who is often known as the messenger or spy bird.
What is Perth called in Noongar?
At the time of European settlement in 1829, areas surrounding what is now central Perth were known as Mooro, Beeloo and Beeliar by the Nyoongar nation – the Aboriginal peoples of the south-west of Western Australia.
What does Tidda mean?
sister
Tidda: Means sister and can also be used when referring to female friends.
What does Boorloo mean Noongar?
We welcome you to Boorloo (the Noongar name for ‘Perth WA’). Hello. Hello to you all. Boorloo is the place of our ancestral heritage and where we call Home.
What does balga mean in Noongar?
Balga. Balga is a Noongar sentence bal and ga are the two words in this sentence. Bal means it, they, them and the others, it’s a words used to yarn about a third party. Ga means connected or linked or in possession of. Balga can be interpreted as it’s one that is connected to and is the one that possesses.
What does Nyitting mean?
Nyitting – Dreaming
The Nyitting or Dreaming means ‘cold,’ ‘cold time’ or ‘ancestral times. ‘ Noongar people know it as the Creation time. It is the time before time when spirits rose from the earth and descended from the sky to create the land forms and all living things.
What is a Featherfoot?
A featherfoot is a sorcerer in Australian Aboriginal spirituality. A featherfoot is usually a bad spirit who kills people. In most traditional Aboriginal beliefs, there is no such thing as a natural death. Every death is caused by evil spirits or spells.
What is hello in Noongar?
Some of the most well known Aboriginal words for hello are: Kaya, which means hello in the Noongar language.
What is a Aboriginal Nulla Nulla?
A waddy, nulla-nulla or boondi is an Aboriginal Australian hardwood club or hunting stick for use as a weapon or as a throwing stick for hunting animals. Waddy comes from the Darug people of Port Jackson, Sydney. Boondi is the Wiradjuri word for this implement.
What does Mook Mook mean in Australian?
When using the term ‘mook’ and referring to someone, you are calling them stupid and incompetent. A ‘mook’ is someone with little to no social life and someone considered untrustworthy.
What is a doori?
girlfriend, female partner. duri (doori, doot)
What does Boodja mean?
Boodja means land/country in Noongar language and the care for Boodja is central to Noongar culture, with the natural environment and culture intrinsically linked. It also relates to a sense of belonging and custodianship, as opposed to ownership.
What is the Noongar word for black swan?
Maali
The Noongar name for the black swan is Maali, and its colour also features in one of their Dreaming stories.
What is the Noongar name for Swan River?
Ballardong. Noongar of Beeliar (Swan River)
What is a Mumari?
My dad and my grandparents have taught me a bit and Mumari is a hairy creature that lives in the bush, that will follow you home and try and get you. We learn you should leave the bush before sunset otherwise Mumari can follow you home.
Who is the Aboriginal God?
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Baiame (or Biame, Baayami, Baayama or Byamee) was the creator god and sky father in the Dreaming of several Aboriginal Australian peoples of south-eastern Australia, such as the Wonnarua, Kamilaroi, Guringay, Eora, Darkinjung, and Wiradjuri peoples.
What does Tidda girl mean?
Tidda: Means sister and can also be used when referring to female friends.