T - t
tagat
v.
eat.
Detlat bin tagat la im.
Wi bin tagat lanmga rudas.
Usage: Location: F.
Syn:
tagatim.
See:
dagat, abum.
SD: E.
tagatim
vt.
eat.
mipela neba tagatim
we didn't eat anything
mipela bin taginat wanypirriny
ibin tagatim det kampiny
Usage: Location: F.
See:
abum, idim.
SD: E.
taid1
n.
tide.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: F.
taid2
vi.
tie.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: T.
taidap
v.
tied up.
[Note: check]
taiga
n.
tiger.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: H.
taim
n.
time; season.
tuwiktaim
mailawik taim
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: V.
-taim
aff.
time; time of; during; (nominal suffix on verbs, nouns or adverbs to form nouns indicating a certain period of time).
Beibikraitaim.
Early morning before dawn.
SD: Y.
taimap
vt.
tie up.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: T.
taimbom
n.
timebomb.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
taip
n.
cassette.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
taipen
n.
taipan; kind of snake.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: I.
tait
adj.
tight.
[Note: check]
taitbinji
adj.
satiated; eaten enough.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: N.
[Note: = bulbinji]
taiya
n.
tyre.
Imin bas taiya.
He had a puncture, flat tyre
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
taiyimap
vt.
buckle (seat belts).
Usage: Location: N.
SD: U.
tajim
vt.
touch.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: T.
taka
n.
food.
Usage: Location: F.
See:
taga.
SD: E.
[Note: not meat]
talim
vt.
tell.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: R.
tamaring
n.
tamarind; kind of tree.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: M.
tamiyek
n.
tomahawk; axe.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tang
n.
tongue.
Ai gan gidim. Mai tang tumaj Walmajarri
I can't learn another language. My tongue is used to speaking Walmajarri
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: A.
tangumirl
adj.
greedy; selfish.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: O.
tanimof
vt.
turn off; turn down.
tanimof lilbit
turn it down
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: T.
tarltarl
n.
kind of knife throwing game.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tarrgi
SynD:
tarrki.
n.
turkey; bustard.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: J.
Tasen
n.
Tarzan.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: B.
tatjam
vt.
1)
touch; feel.
Morin bin tatjam det berd
Usage: Location: F.
SD: T.
2)
make contact with.
wu tha las wan tu tatjim det men
race towards the person and desire not to be last
3)
reach.
kip wokin neba tatjam det pleis
kip wok neba tatjam
4)
be familiar with (place, not person).
aim nat larst tu tatjam det pleis
I know it, I'm familiar with it from long experience
ai neba tatjam di pleis bifo
haven't visited before
Usage: Location: F.
SD: Q.
tatu
n.
ritual body cuts on chest and arms.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: A.
taun
n.
town.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: D.
[Note: Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, not Looma, place where people go to shop, etc.]
tawul
n.
towel.
[Note: check]
taya
n.
wheel.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tayata
n.
4WD, four-wheel drive vehicle.
Usage: Location: F.
Etym:
toyota
.
SD: D.
tayid
adj.
tired; lazy.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: N.
tearimdan
vt.
1)
tear down; destroy.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: T.
2)
upset; treat badly.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: R.
teblit
n.
pill; medicine.
Usage: Location: BN.
Etym:
tablet
.
SD: D.
tedibeya
n.
teddy bear.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
te:dl
n.
turtle.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: I.
[Note: both long neck and short neck turtles]
tedulhok
n.
fish hawk; kitehawk; fire bird; kind of bird.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: J.
teibul
n.
table.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: D.
teik
vi.
take.
mela bin teik longtaim
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: U.
teikapleis
vi.
give support; speak or act in favour of someone.
tu bois bin faiting en wan big boi bin teikapleis fo det najanwan boi
Usage: Location: F.
SD: R.
[Note: may use violence or be verbal]
teikim
vt.
take.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: U.
teikimat
SynD:
teigimat.
vt.
remove; take off.
dei bin teigimat dei dres en ting
Usage: Location: F.
SD: U.
[Note: clothes, money from wallet]
teikimof
vt.
remove (clothes from body).
Usage: Location: F.
SD: U.
teikinap
v.
be taken up.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: Q.
teikirrawei
v.
remove.
Alabat bin teikirrawei them nugud daga.
They removed the bad food.
Etym:
take it away
.
teikitawei
vt.
run off with.
wu bin teikitawei yu from det modiga?
Usage: Location: F.
Variant:
teikirrawei.
SD: P.
teikoba
v.
take over.
[Note: check]
teikof
vi.
begin to move.
det bigwan plein bin teikinof yestidei
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
[Note: used of car or plane, teikofbat means a slow ascent]
teil
n.
tail.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: A.
teilim
vt.
tail; mind; tend.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: U.
[Note: cattle & pigs & sheep]
teilpat
n.
tail of something.
[Note: check]
teist
SynD:
teis.
vi.
taste.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: S.
n.
taste.
Im teis bida, nogudwan teis
Usage: Location: BFN.
SynD:
teis.
SD: N.
teistim
vt.
taste.
i bin teistim naiswan
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: S.
te:ki
n.
turkey.
Usage: Location: BN.
See:
tarrgi.
SD: J.
telabisin
n.
television.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
telafon
n.
telephone.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
telam
SynD:
delim.
vt.
tell.
a bin delim Pita
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: R.
teling
vt.
tell.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: R.
temtim
vt.
tempt.
[Note: check]
ten
adj.
ten.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: N.
tenaran
vi.
turn around; change direction.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
tenawei
v.
turn away.
[Note: check]
tenbek
vi.
turn back; go back same way.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
tengk
SynD:
teingk.
n.
tank.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tenim
vt.
turn.
[Note: check]
tenis
n.
tennis.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
tent
n.
tent.
Usage: Location: BFN.
See:
kenbis.
SD: D.
tern
SynD:
te:n.
vi.
turn.
det modiga bin tern araun diswei
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: P.
[Note: to another direction]
ternam
vt.
turn.
don ternam det tep of
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
terrimap
vt.
tear up; destroy.
Imin terrimap but, imin brogimap.
He tore up the book, he destroyed it.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: T.
testim
vt.
test.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: R.
thad
adj.
that.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: V.
thadmaj
adv.
plenty; abundantly.
Thadmaj deibin jidan gada buldas la modiga
thadmaj jis laika rabish
multitudes
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: N.
thanda
n.
thunder.
[Note: check]
tharra
adv.
there.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: V.
tharran
pro.
that one.
tharran na
that very one
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: Z.
tharrei
adv.
that way; there; in that direction; in a given direction (compass points).
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: V.
thausen
adj.
thousand.
[Note: check]
thed
[Note: third that check]
them
Usage: Light.
See main entry: dem.
Thesdei
n.
Thursday.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: V.
thesti
adj.
thirsty.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: N.
thin
adj.
1)
thin.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: N.
2)
sick.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: N.
thing
n.
thing.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
thong
n.
thong.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
thred
n.
thread.
[Note: check]
thri
adj.
three.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: N.
thridei
adv.
in three days time.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: V.
thritaim
Etym:
three time
.
[Note: check]
thriwan
Etym:
three one
.
[Note: check]
throim
vt.
throw.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: P.
throt
n.
1)
throat; neck.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: A.
2)
voice.
Ai sabi im throt.
I know his voice
Usage: Location: Bn.
SD: A.
throut
n.
throat.
[Note: check]
thru
adv.
through.
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: V.
ti
n.
1)
tea; tea leaves.
2)
drink.
al tjakam dis ti meikim kabadi
Usage: Location: BFN.
See:
kabadi.
SD: E.
tibum
vt.
tip.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: P.
ti:ki
adj.
savage; dangerous.
Usage: Location: F.
See:
dedliwan.
SD: N.
[Note: dog, poison snake, man who might do harm to someone]
tikit
n.
ticket.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
til
adv.
till.
i bin jidan til is mami bin kam
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: V.
[Note: old standard]
timana
n.
horse.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: M.
timba
n.
timber.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: M.
timpul
n.
temple.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: C.
timta
SynD:
timda.
n.
tempter; satan.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: B.
timtim
SynD:
timdim.
vt.
tempt.
Usage: Location: BN.
See main entry: temtim.
SD: R.
[Note: old standard]
tin
n.
tin can.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tin frut
n.
tinned fruit.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: E.
tin milk
n.
tinned milk; powdered milk.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: E.
tin trak
n.
kind of toy made from tin and wire.
ola kid bin meikimbat tin trak
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
[Note: tin with lid on, wire through ti to make a handle at hand height, pushed by boys as a vehicle with accompanying engine noises]
tinait
n.
tonight.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: V.
tinamit
SynD:
timit.
n.
tinned meat.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: E.
ting
interj.
er; (expression of hesitation).
Usage: Location: F.
SD: X.
ting
n.
thing.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: D.
tinstaf
n.
tinned food.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: E.
tipemoba
vi.
tip over; push over.
Usage: Location: N.
See main entry: tipimoba.
SD: P.
[Note: used of boats]
tipoba
vt.
tip over.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: P.
ti:s
vt.
tease.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: R.
ti:sing
mi en Polin wos ti:sing weiv
we played in the wave's edge
tishe:t
n.
T-shirt; singlet.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
tisim
SynD:
tisam.
vt.
tease; throw things at dogs; call people names.
ola kid dei tisim jel langa Janjuwa
cause them to fight
Usage: Location: BFN.
SD: R; T.
[Note: intention is to anger BW]
tit
n.
tit; nipple.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: A; D.
titibotil
SynD:
tidi badul.
n.
feeding bottle; bottle with a teat to feed babies.
det kid dringkimbat titibotil
No ai pudum milk langa titibotil en i dringkimbat tharran
les gibim titibotil garra milk
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
titja
n.
teacher.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: B.
titjim
vt.
teach.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: R.
titjing
Etym:
teaching
.
[Note: check]
titri
n.
tea-tree.
Melaleuca alsophila.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: M.
tiyas
[Note: tears check]
tjakam
SynD:
tjagim.
vt.
chuck; throw; toss aside; scatter.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: P.
[Note: used of letting people off a vehicle, ? reference to death, IM 1/3 uses tjakirrawei yet no one can read that from RR]
tjakamdan
v.
throw down.
Etym:
chuck down
.
[Note: check]
tjakidawei
v.
throw away.
Etym:
chuck it away
.
[Note: check]
tjakin
n.
donation; voluntary contribution to community projects.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tjakol
n.
charcoal.
[Note: check]
tjapam
vt.
chop with axe.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: T.
tjatj
n.
charge made by police upon arrest.
Usage: Location: BN Location: BN.
SD: C.
tjein
n.
chain.
[Note: check]
tjeinj
vi.
change state.
i bin jes tjeinjing kala
Usage: Location: F.
SD: U.
tjeinjim
vt.
change.
traiyin ta bi laika gardiya tieinjimbat jelb kuluwiy orlataim
old people say it teasingly to those who are frequently changing
det piyiket bin tjeinjimbat jelp
eye colour
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: U.
tjeisim
vt.
chase; follow.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
tjeisimap
SynD:
tjeisimap, tjeijimap.
vt.
chase; follow hard after.
wi bin tjeisimap det gowena trek en det gowena trek bin go la tri
wan olmen bin tjeisim fram trek
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
tjeisin
vi.
chase.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
tjekap
Etym:
check up
.
[Note: check]
tjekoba
Etym:
check over
.
[Note: check]
tjens
n.
chance; opportunity.
Im kaan gibit yu tjens ola taim.
He can't always give you the opportunity.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: O.
tjensim
vt.
give opportunity to.
Im kan tjensim yu. Im kaan gibit yu tjens ola taim.
He can't give you the opportunity. He can't always give you the opportunity.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: R.
tjepta
n.
chapter.
[Note: check]
tjetj
n.
church.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: C.
tjetjmob
n.
church people.
[Note: check]
tjeya
[Note: chair check]
tjis
n.
cheese.
[Note: check]
tjokum
vt.
choke.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: T.
tju
adv.
to you.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: V.
tjuwing
v.
chew.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: S.
toilet
n.
toilet; faeces; urine.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: A.
vi.
defacate; urinate.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: S.
toitit
n.
1)
toy teeth made of rubber.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
2)
denture.
toitj
n.
torch.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
toitjim
vi.
shine a light on.
toitjim iya
shine the light on this
Usage: Location: F.
SD: U.
toiwan
adj.
imitation.
toiwan buldog
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: O.
tok
v.
talk; speak.
nekstaim mipela bin tok na
i bin tok Nyigina
Usage: Location: FN.
Syn:
toktok, tokinabat.
SD: R.
n.
talk; speech.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: C.
tok akros
vi.
talk across; talk at the same time.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: R.
tok ebriwei
vi.
talk at once; for several people to talk at the same time.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: R.
tokabat
vt.
talk about.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: R.
tokbek
Etym:
talk back
.
[Note: check]
tokin
SynD:
tokum 'Location: F'.
vi.
talk.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: R.
tokinabat
Etym:
talking about
.
[Note: check]
tol
adj.
tall.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: N.
tomigan
n.
machine gun.
Usage: Location: N.
Etym:
Tommy gun
.
SD: D.
tong
n.
thong.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
[Note: common footwear, other footwear probably has English names]
topwan
adj.
top.
[Note: check]
tou
[Note: toe tow check]
toyota
n.
four-wheel drive vehicle.
Usage: Location: N.
Etym:
Toyota
.
SD: D.
trabeling
vi.
travel; make a long journey; go.
wi bin trabeling
Usage: Location: F.
See:
go.
SD: P.
trabul
n.
trouble; problem; difficulty.
Wanem trabul?
What's up?
ola kid bin stiling en dei bin ranawei en titja bin lukaran fo den en ibin sei, "Yupela in trabul"
ola kid bin meiking trabul langa kemp
det men bin meikim trabul fo ola femili
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: O.
trabulum
vt.
trouble; cause trouble for someone.
Usage: Location: FH.
SD: R.
trai
va.
try to; endeavour to.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: R.
traib
n.
tribe.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: B.
traim
vt.
try; test.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: U.
traip
n.
stripe.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: N.
[Note: light ? not for BW]
traiyim
v.
try; attempt.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: U.
trak
n.
truck.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: D.
[Note: excludes utility ?]
trakin yad
n.
cattle yard from which cattle are loaded onto transport.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tramput
n.
trumpet.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
trasis
SynD:
trauja.
n.
trousers.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
trastim
vt.
trust.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: R.
trayimat
v.
try.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: R.
trebala
n.
messenger.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: B.
trebul
vi.
travel; drive; move; make a journey.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: P.
trebulin
Etym:
travelling
.
[Note: check]
tregimap
vt.
track.
Stakmen tregimap buligi en plistrega tregimap prisana.
Stockmen track cattle and police trackers track prisoners.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: P.
treila
n.
trailer.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: D.
[Note: goes behind car]
trein
n.
train.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
treinpot
n.
road transport; large truck.
Usage: Location: BN.
SD: D.
trek
n.
track; footprint or other mark left by a person, animal or vehicle.
trek bla im
foot print
Usage: Location: FN.
See:
but.
SD: A.
[Note: not road]
trekta
n.
tractor.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: D.
trep
n.
trap.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
tri
n.
tree; plant; stick; bush; scrub.
solwoda tri
Pemphis acidula
marnuwiji tri
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: M.
trik
n.
trick; deceit.
dei bin gibas trik
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: O.
trikim
vt.
trick; deceive; confuse; lie to.
bafalo deya? Yupela bin trikimbat mipela bla det bafalo. Mipela neba bin lukum det bafalo
dei bin trikim mipela
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: R.
trikkard
n.
kind of card game.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tring
n.
1)
string; vein; sinew.
2)
curl on watermelon indicating ripeness.
If yu katam det tring langa yu hend yu weistim blad.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D; A.
Triniti
n.
'hero specific' kind of cowboy movie.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
trip
n.
trip; journey.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: N.
trisaid
adv.
treeside; on the side where the tree is at.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: V.
trisneik
n.
tree snake; kind of snake.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: I.
trof
[Note: trough check]
trou
v.
throw.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: P.
tru
adj.
true; sure thing; certainly.
tru God = God in heven
cross my heart and hope to die
Usage: Location: FHN.
SD: O.
truwan
adj.
true.
[Note: check]
tu1
conj.
too; also; as well.
mi tu
me also
Usage: Location: FN.
See:
bla.
SD: V.
tu2
adj.
two.
Usage: Location: N.
See:
dubala.
SD: N.
tubeka
n.
1)
tobacco; cigarette; smoke; something that is smoked.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D; M.
[Note: Smoke better as a synonym?]
tubob
SynD:
tubab 'Location: F'.
n.
1)
two shillings.
2)
twenty cents.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: D.
tudei
adv.
today; now.
Usage: Location: FN.
Variant:
tidei;
todei.
SD: V.
[Note: this present time span]
tudeina
SynD:
tideina 'Location: F'.
adv.
right now.
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: V.
tufas
adv.
quickly.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: N.
[Note: (too quickly for him)]
tufeis
Etym:
two face
.
[Note: check]
tul
n.
tool.
[Note: check]
tuleit
adv.
too late.
[Note: check]
tum
n.
tomb.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
tumanttaim
adv.
in two months time.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: V.
tumara
SynD:
tumarro, tumarra 'Location: F'.
n.
tomorrow; next day; morning.
wi garra go tumara
wi bin siyim evri tumara
neks tumarra = tumarra neks dei
day after tomorow
Usage: Location: FN.
See main entry: tumorro.
SD: V.
[Note: old standard]
tumatj
SynD:
tumaj.
adj.
many; lots.
i garra tumaj ai
ngapa iya tumaj
there's a lot of water on the track, be careful
tumaj dei stikinat hed
can't see because too many people in front
Usage: Location: FN.
SD: N.
tumatj
SynD:
tumaj.
conj.
because.
wi bin kam insaid i reining tumaj
we came inside because it's raining
Usage: Location: F.
SD: V.
tumato
n.
tomato.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: E; M.
tumeni
adv.
many; lots.
Usage: Location: FN.
See:
tumaj.
SD: N.
tungkaj
n.
combination of cards totalling twelve (card game term).
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
turlpu
n.
heart.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: A.
tusaid
Etym:
two side
.
[Note: check]
tuth
SynD:
tus.
n.
tooth; teeth.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: A.
tuwa
SynD:
sto.
n.
store; shop.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tuwa
n.
door.
Usage: Location: F.
SD: D.
tuwei
Etym:
two way
.
[Note: check]
tuwiktaim
adv.
in two weeks time.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: V.
twistim
vt.
twist.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: T.
tyun
n.
tune.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: D.
Tyusdei
n.
Tuesday.
Usage: Location: N.
SD: V.
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