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    Family Kinship Terms

     

    • Boy = maralya

    • Girl = gardni

    • Boys or man  = mirari

    • Brother, Younger  = ngaidyaba

    • Brothers in law , Brothers having one life  = bardabarda 

    • Brother in law = moondyanda

    • Child, Infant  = gaidya

    • Coast people, Coast Tribe  = wambiri bidni yoorari

    • Concubine = googoonoordoo

    • Confidant, Friend = ngalira

    • Daughter  = ngabirdi

    • Family  = boodlanbi moori

    • Father = babi

    • Father and son  = babirünya

    • Father bereft of his child  = wariyi

    • Fatherless orphan, a person bereft of his father  = boogala

    • Husband  = yardli

    • Wife = gardidi, yoongara

    • Infant, Child  = gaidya

    • Mother = ngamaidyoo, ngami

    • Mother, A woman having born children  = ngoodlali

    • Name for a female relative, Grandchild/Grandmother  = gadyini

    • Name for a relative  = gagamida, ganyi, bina mara,windya

    • Name for a relative, Adoptive son = booyooloo

    • Name for a relative, Mother-in-law  = yoomari

    • Orphan  = ibirinya, ngamiri

    • Nephew, Relative = mani

    • Sister  = yaga

    • Take a wife, Marry  = gardidi nalada

    • 2 brothers, a pair of brothers  = ngamirünya

    • Uncle  = Ngamana

    • Unmarried, Bachelor, Spinster = wira

    • We two (brothers)  = ngadli

    • We two (husband and wife) = ngarinya

    • Widow  = maroorgoo

    • Widower  = yambina

     

    Whyalla, South Australia, Professor Ghil‘ad Zuckermann with several participants in one of his Barngarla Aboriginal language reclamation workshops, 17 July 2012