The Natural Environment Flashcards
purtu pari
old
former river beds
ilyala
surf
irdi
belonging to the country
home born
kanyapa
small species of rock crystal
karrku
red ochre
karnu
mountain
karrpa
prop pillar support stay pause in a song a full sentence
karta
an island
Karta
Kangaroo Island
kauwa
precipice
steep
kauwamarlta
brim or edge of a precipice
kauwi
water
kauwimuka
large rock crystal
kukanyi
prop
support
kupurlu
sea water
alcohol
mapa
rubbish
filth
minpi
flint
milthi
red ochre
mukurta
hill
mountain
nurlu
corner
turn of a river
ngalta
name for Murray River
ngaru
pipe clay chalk white ochre lime any white substance
pangka
lake
lagoon
pangkarra
country
district
fatherland
district or tract of country belonging to an individual
parnta
limestone
lime
brick
parpunta
plains
pari
river
creek
gully
pinta kurltuu kurltu
chain of salt water lagoons
pinti
hole pit grave den ditch
pinti wanga
grave
pintika
an island
pudna
water hole
Aboriginal well
purdi
stone
putpayarta
good
fertile ground
tainga
footstep
track
muscle
sinew
tampa
plain
tapa
path
road
track
tarnanta
pool
pond
tarni
salt water
sea water
surf
sea
tarni warra
the noise of the breakers
tartu
low swampy country
tirra
obstacle
hindrance
tuka
mud
dirt
mortar
trrunga
dirty
soiled
filthy
turtu
clod
glebe
lump of earth
warrki
a number of holes together made by animals such as dingoes - burrowing into the earth
warltu
valley
neck
space between
wauwa
sea shore
beach
wila
dust
wirrka
liquid
moisture
wirraitya
dust
dust cloud
dust pillar caused by a whirlwind