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Home Dictionaries Kuku Yalanjidirrmbay

Kuku Yalanji

dirrmbay

/ˈdirmbaj/

gloss “storm-warning seagull”

Fauna · bird

Definitions

seagull which gives warning of an approaching storm
music struck as a warning that a big corroboree is about to start
message to a dead person to not make it a long night. This is done on the night the corpse is in the house

Translations

storm-warning seagullcorroboree announcement musictollingringing the bell

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Examples

Dirrmbay yijarril milkanga

He will put the message in his ear

Commentary

Primary sense is a storm-warning seagull; extended to warning/announcement music for corroboree and a message to the dead. Bird is the core referent.

Related words

dirrmbay

species of seagull

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