wankar

/ˈwanɡaɻ/

gloss “tree”

Flora · tree

a tree which grows along the water and has red flowers
necklace made from little black and red seeds called kubirr-kubirr and threaded on a string

treenecklace

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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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Polysemous: a waterside tree with red flowers, and a necklace made from kubirr-kubirr seeds threaded on string (artefact/clothing-adornment).

species of tree (english name unknown)

upriver Daintree

upper reaches of Daintree River