wujirrngal

/ˈwuɟirŋal/

gloss “vicarious liability”

Cognition · emotionl-conjugation

blame because of your relationship to the guilty one, as if a child steals something, then the owner will blame the mother.

vicarious liability

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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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Nyulu nganya wujirrngal

Don't steal - he'll blame me (because you are my child)