Australian Aboriginal Word Game

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby dEhiN » 2017-12-07, 18:53

Woiwurrung: dhalabi-gurn
the internal area of the throat
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby księżycowy » 2017-12-07, 20:44

Wait, I have to interrupt for a moment to ask, are you learning a AAL now? Or just keeping the game moving?

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby vijayjohn » 2017-12-07, 20:52

Warlpiri: manjarnmanjarn-mani
to stick together or irritate them as smoke does to the eyes

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby księżycowy » 2017-12-07, 21:09

And now I have to ask who we're irritating, and how the is related to the inside of someone's throat?

And fuck it, I'm back in. :lol:

Kaytetye: ahenge
angry
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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby vijayjohn » 2017-12-07, 22:39

księżycowy wrote:And now I have to ask who we're irritating, and how the is related to the inside of someone's throat?

You're not irritating anyone! But the inside of someone's throat certainly can be irritated like smoke. (Like my throat, now :twisted: Lol jk I'm not that badly off rn)
And fuck you it, I'm back in. :lol:

Fuck you it? :lol:
Kaytetye: ahenge
angry

Warlpiri: murrururruru
hornet, wasp, insect species

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby księżycowy » 2017-12-07, 23:06

Obviously I meant "fuck it." :P

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby dEhiN » 2017-12-08, 1:32

księżycowy wrote:Wait, I have to interrupt for a moment to ask, are you learning a AAL now? Or just keeping the game moving?

Keeping the game moving. I used a mix of Wikipedia and Wiktionary (via Google) to find an AAL and then find a word that would work.
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby atalarikt » 2018-03-01, 7:19

vijayjohn wrote:Warlpiri: murrururruru
hornet, wasp, insect species

Wagiman: burbur
wing
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْعَالِمِينَ۝
"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge." (Ar-Rum: 22)

Jika saya salah, mohon diperbaiki. If I make some mistake(s), please correct me.
Forever indebted to Robert A. Blust for his contributions to Austronesian linguistics

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-03-04, 21:13

Arrernte: (u)thipe
bird, bat, flying creature

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Re: Australian Aboriginal Word Game

Postby vijayjohn » 2018-04-23, 7:24

Warlpiri: gurngga (not sure of spelling)
kookaburra


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