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    Neologization (Coining New Words)

     

    NEOLOGISM for INTERNET (coined in Port Augusta in April 2013)

    Reclaimed Barngarla: irbiyarnoo

    irbi ‘information’ + yarnoo ‘net’

     

    NEOLOGISM for COMPUTER

    Reclaimed Barngarla: GABIWA

    Barngarla GABIWA is modelled upon Te Reo Māori rorohiko ‘computer,

    lit. ‘lightning brain’, compounding of roro ‘brain’ + hiko ‘lightning’ (and the latter consequently ‘electricity’).

    The Kaurna word, which was a calque of the Māori, is mukarndo, lit. ‘lightning brain’ ,

    a portmanteau blending of mukamuka ‘brain’ (note the reduplication) + karndo ‘thunder, lightning’ 

     

     

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    NEOLOGISM for USB
    NEOLOGISM for USB
    (coined in Whyalla in May 2013)
    NEOLOGISM for Beanie
    NEOLOGISM for Beanie
    (coined in Whyalla in May 2013)
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