kaka

/ˈɡaɡa/

gloss “sore”

Physical · property

soreacheybad tasting foodsalt waterocean water

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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)

The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.

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Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.

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Ngayu kakajirr

I'm sore all over

Wawubaja kaka yaral kari

The river is salty, not fresh water

species of mangrove

species of mangrove with a short thin fruit which becomes edible by leaching out the poison

the green upper part of the black palm tree from which the dilly bag is made