Different words for dog In Warlpiri, there are two words for dog: jarntu and maliki.
But it turned out that the Mbabaram word for "dog" was in fact dúg, pronounced almost identically to the Australian English word (compare true cognates such as Yidiny gudaga, Dyirbal guda, Djabugay gurraa and Guugu Yimidhirr gudaa, for example).
Example: Nidja dwert - This is a dog. Who is living on the land? Use your barna word list to help you.
Generic Australian slang terms for dog include common terms like “mutt” or “pooch”. More specifically Australian slang terms include things like “Bitzer” for a mongrel dog, “Bluey” for a working cattle dog, and “Kelpie” for an Australian sheepdog.
The name Laxgibuu derives from gibuu, which means wolf in the Gitxsan and Nisga'a languages. In Tsimshian the word is gibaaw (gyibaaw or gyibaw), but Tsimshians still use the word Laxgibuu for Wolf clan. The chief crest of the Laxgibuu is the Wolf.
Koa: Koa means 'crow' in the Kaurna language of Adelaide.
Canis familiaris (dingo). © Queensland Government. The dingo—Australia's only native canid—is descended from south Asian wolves.
Slang. something worthless or of extremely poor quality: That used car you bought is a dog. an utter failure; flop: Critics say his new play is a dog.
doorie. to have sex: Let's go have a doorie.
The Irish Gaelic word for “dog” is “madra,” and there are other Gaelic dog-related words that might make great names for your pet.
Overall there are many common words in Noongar, for example: kaya= hello, moort = family, boodja = country and yongka = kangaroo.
kurī 1. (noun) dog, animal with four legs, quadruped.
: a wild dog (Canis dingo) of Australia having a tan or reddish coat that is often considered a subspecies (C. familiaris dingo) of the domestic dog.
So, for clarity's sake; Kiwi = New Zealand; 'roo = kangaroo; Tukka. = an Australian aboriginal word meaning food of the land, or native cuisine).
noun (3) " plural Koko or Kokos. : a group of numerous aboriginal peoples of northern Queensland.
/ (ˈmʌŋɡə) / noun. NZ informal an army canteen.
Pap(a) is also found as 'mother', mainly in Victoria. Other kinship roots (for grandparents) have been shown to have a split distribution with one root dominating in the east and one in the west for what is apparently a single proto-meaning.
The history of dog
About seven centuries ago, the word hound, which came from the Old English hund, was the word for all domestic canines. Dog was just used to refer to a subgroup of hounds that includes the lovely but frequently slobbering mastiff.
They are sometimes called "canines" from the Latin word for dog - canis. Sometimes people also use "dog" to describe other canids, such as wolves. A baby dog is called a pup or puppy. A dog is called a puppy until it is about one year old.
The origin of the English word dog has been a riddle for ages. It developed through Middle English dogge from Old English docga, after which the trail seems to go cold. At first it referred mostly to dogs of a coarser nature and was often used disparagingly, also as an insult to people.
The dingo has different names in different indigenous Australian languages, such as boolomo, dwer-da, joogoong, kal, kurpany, maliki, mirigung, noggum, papa-inura, and wantibirri.
Scientists regularly debate the dingo's position on the canid family tree. Dingoes are Australia's largest land predator, but their evolutionary history has been shrouded in mystery and debated for decades. Now, a new study finds that they are genetically somewhere between a wolf and a modern domestic dog.
Australian. a cowardly or treacherous person.
Bora is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia. The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men.
Kalina: We're enamoured with this name as it translates to 'love' in the Wemba-Wemba language of north west Victoria and southern New South Wales. Kirra: With numerous meanings such as beautiful woman, boomerang, 'to live' and dancing leaf, it's also the name of a beach on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.