Wordlist
Search for a Tanganekald word based on your knowledge of English. Note that there are many more Tanganekald words and this is only a small sample.
| English | Tanganekald | Sound |
|---|
Aa
| awesome | urti | |
| animal taken by hunting | djuring | |
| apple (kangaroo apple) | kaneyang | |
| ask (to) | kurunulun | |
| auntie (mother's sister) | nangar | |
| auntie (father's sister) | ngambanowi | |
| ant (bull ant) | ngolakamaldi | |
| are going | ngopun | |
| arm | nowutinyuru | |
| arm (whole arm) | tjal | |
| arm (upper) | tjal | |
| animal used for food | tunduwanganal | |
| aged | yandi |
Bb
| basket (fish trap basket) | kalatar | |
| basket (type of) | karakoranyi | |
| basket (general term) | karatparaki | |
| basket (type of) | karuaraki | |
| boobook owl | karumapuli | |
| beautiful | katjeri | |
| brother (older) | kilawi | |
| boundary of hunting territory | kinara | |
| black | kinemin | |
| brown | kinemin | |
| basket (type of) | koiya | |
| bulrush | kongi | |
| bury something (to) | krawun | |
| broom bitter-pea | kurandjantarnd | |
| basket (type of) | kuranyi | |
| bitter taste | lokun | |
| beard | manakar | |
| basket (type of) | marpi | |
| belongings | mayinggi | |
| blanket made of waterweeds | mulapani | |
| boy undergoing initiation | narambi | |
| big | ngarang | |
| build (to) | ngarrun | |
| boy | ngawirri | |
| bull ant | ngolakamaldi | |
| bite (to) | ngolkun | |
| bull ant (type of) | ngulgarinyeri | |
| bad (very) | nyiningi | |
| boomerang (returning) | pangkeitji | |
| buttocks | piningi | |
| bad | prupi | |
| belly button | pulangi | |
| basket for fish (long) | rakoranyi | |
| belly | rayimurumi | |
| brother (younger) | tarti | |
| beach | thalma | |
| bracken fern | tjelitjeli | |
| baby (up to 5 months old) | tjininyeri | |
| bony bream | tukari | |
| bony bream | tukari | |
| basket made of mallee bark and grass | tulangapurri | |
| basket (type of) | walakwalayi | |
| bring (to) | warrawun | |
| brother (older) | wayenu | |
| breezy | winkun |
Cc
| come | arndu | |
| currawong (grey) | kelindi | |
| cockle (rose coloured) | kuraki | |
| country (inland country) | lerami | |
| crawl (to) | malkun | |
| camp | manda | |
| cheeks | marki | |
| clothes | mayinggi | |
| chest | mondi | |
| cloud | murnong | |
| cockle | ngalakoi | |
| close | nganam | |
| currant (native currant) | ngurli | |
| Coorong (head of the Coorong) | omanang | |
| cherry (native cherry) | pitjangga | |
| children (more than two) | porlarr | |
| child | porli | |
| children (two) | porlu | |
| come (to) | puntun | |
| country | ruwi | |
| Caspian tern | tanitjari | |
| callop | tarki | |
| collect (to) | torawun | |
| cloud (rain cloud) | tupadawar | |
| coot (Australian coot) | turi | |
| crab (blue swimmer crab) | wanduldi | |
| crow | wark | |
| carry (to) | warrawun | |
| club (throwing) | yaraberi | |
| cold (temperature) | yorti |
Dd
| duck (Australasian shoveler duck) | kalpuri | |
| dig (to) | kaltun | |
| digging sticks | kanaki | |
| dusky moorhen | keila | |
| dark coloured | kinemin | |
| desire (to) | miwurun | |
| drink (to) | muthun | |
| day | nanggi | |
| dawn | ngeregei | |
| dog | panmauri | |
| dog for catching kangaroo | paring | |
| duck (Pacific black duck) | teinta | |
| dive for mussels (to) | turukun | |
| deadly | urti |
Ee
| eight | kinggerang-kinggerang | |
| elbow | koko | |
| emu caller (hollow log with mouthpiece) | kumpukalala | |
| enquire (to) | kurunulun | |
| everybody | mangun | |
| everyone | mangun | |
| emu apple | mantri | |
| eel (a species of) | nyindimi | |
| eel | nyindupi | |
| emu | peindjali | |
| egg | peleti | |
| eyes | peyilu | |
| eyebrows | poinmor | |
| eyelashes | puimar | |
| egret (white egret) | ragaralti | |
| eat (to) | thakun | |
| ear | walgoro |
Ff
| fog | dalomari | |
| fish trap basket | kalatar | |
| fishing net | kardarangku | |
| four | kinggerang | |
| flax (native flax) | kuka | |
| family | lakinyeri | |
| father | matjurunu | |
| father | matjurunu | |
| fish (mutton fish) | mere metingi | |
| flow (to flow, water) | morin | |
| fish (zebra) | nanakaur | |
| fish trap wall | ngaldi | |
| fish (Australian perch) | ngangarndi | |
| fish trap wall | ngangkuri | |
| foot | peli | |
| flax lily | piyantuk | |
| fish (sea mullet) | purutindjeri | |
| forehead | puruwi | |
| fish trap woven out of reeds | talaipar | |
| fire | talayarrinyi | |
| fish (callop) | tarki | |
| flood water | tiwur | |
| fish (trevally) | tukulawi | |
| fresh | tumbi | |
| fingers | turna | |
| five | turuwar | |
| foot (sole of foot) | warawaraka | |
| fetch (to) | warrawun | |
| fishing ground | yalaki | |
| few (a few) | yamaiyam | |
| fish (yellow-eye mullet) | yatarumi |
Gg
| good looking | katjeri | |
| grass tree scrub country | keinyarangali | |
| grass tree | keinyari | |
| grey currawong | kelendi | |
| grass tree | kinyerra | |
| grandfather | mayanawi | |
| grandfather (father's father) | mayanawi | |
| gather (to) | morokun | |
| grandmother (father's mother) | mutha | |
| girl | nganayeri | |
| good | ngankuri | |
| grass | ngapurri | |
| grandfather (mother's father) | ngatjunu | |
| go (to) | ngopun | |
| grandmother (mother's mother) | pakanu | |
| granite rock | pardhung | |
| gum of acacia (edible) | tangari | |
| green | thumelin | |
| game (animal) | tunduwanganal | |
| greedy for food (to be) | turtumbarun | |
| grass (a kind with edible seeds) | walakari | |
| ground oven made of stone | wintjimi |
Hh
| here (right here) | andili | |
| head of a hunting territory (person) | kalayanan | |
| head of a hunting territory (person) | karawi | |
| hunting territory | karawi | |
| he (ergative) | kili | |
| her (accusative) | kin | |
| him (accusative) | kin | |
| hers | kinanyi | |
| his | kinanyi | |
| heat (great heat) | korowalda | |
| head | kuli | |
| hear (to) | kungun | |
| hunting territory | kurawar | |
| hair (head) | manakar | |
| home | manda | |
| hut | manda | |
| house, to the | manda-ungai | |
| hand | mara | |
| how many | minyai | |
| hips | ngayampi | |
| hailstone | paldara | |
| hunting place | parthi | |
| hen (waterhen) | pulyokuri | |
| hand (right hand) | purungung | |
| hit (to) | tamun | |
| hair | tuiyar | |
| hand | turna | |
| hear (to) | wangun | |
| hut made of branches and leaves | warla | |
| he | ya | |
| he/she | ya | |
| head (top of) | yorkui |
Ii
| it (ergative) | kili | |
| it (accusative) | kin | |
| its | kinanyi | |
| I (accusative) | ngan | |
| I | ngapa | |
| I | ngapa | |
| I (ergative) | ngati | |
| imperfect | prupi | |
| inlet | thalma | |
| it | ya |
Jj
| jaw | marki | |
| juice of any plant | yelngok |
Kk
| kangaroo apple | kaneyang | |
| kardarangku | net (fishing net) | |
| kookaburra | kuwadjani | |
| knot (a netting knot) | mulbakan | |
| keep rushes under cover from sun (to) | murraramun | |
| knee | turtanggi | |
| kangaroo | wainggami |
Ll
| liver | kalkeri | |
| let's go | kin | |
| look out (to) | kungulun | |
| listen (to) | kungun | |
| like | luk | |
| lukuru wuli | egg (mallee hen egg) | |
| lobster | meioki | |
| lower arm | mogarawi | |
| lips | mundi | |
| look out for (to) | mupun | |
| little | muralapi | |
| lookout (a lookout spot) | nganamuki | |
| lots | ngruwar | |
| lightning strike | ngulu | |
| lagoon of the Coorong | pandalapi | |
| leg (lower) | paramo | |
| lashing made by winding around (a lashing used in net making) | parenggaramein | |
| language | ruminyeri | |
| living | tumbi | |
| lightning (forked) | turtangal | |
| long | yuluki |
Mm
| my | ananyi | |
| man (young) | biti-manarrki | |
| Mulloway | donggari | |
| marks | karak | |
| mullet (a large species) | kereidjeri | |
| man | korni | |
| make a net (to) | lagulun | |
| mulloway | maluwi | |
| muntry | mantri | |
| moon | marakari | |
| moustache | minindjera | |
| men (more than two) | nandurrarr | |
| man | nandurri | |
| men (two) | nandurru | |
| mother | nangar | |
| mother | nangar | |
| meat | ngaldi | |
| me (accusative) | ngan | |
| make (to) | ngarrun | |
| mound of mallee hen | ngawandi | |
| magical object used to keep fish from escaping | ngoronkori | |
| many | ngruwar | |
| make a fire (to) | ngungyun | |
| medicine from the bastard quandong | parnimpari | |
| many | pekuwilund | |
| material used to make baskets | pinkurubuk | |
| Murray Cod | pondi | |
| mallee desert to the north | tatiari | |
| mat (round grass mat) | tulangampiri | |
| mat trap for fishing | tulangapur | |
| mallee bark | tulangi | |
| mallee bark | tulangi | |
| march fly | tumpali | |
| mouth | turi | |
| Mars | Waiyungari | |
| many (not many) | yamaiyam | |
| man (old) | yandi-orn | |
| mullet (yellow-eye) | yatarumi | |
| mat (long, rectangular grass mat) | yelani | |
| Milky Way ('the canoe') | Yuki |
Nn
| net (big fish net) | donggari | |
| nose | korrpi | |
| native mallow | lowi | |
| nettle (stinging beetle) | maingguni | |
| net (the woven squares of a net) | mandr | |
| neck | mandulapi | |
| name | mitji | |
| native pine | mowantji | |
| nephew (sister's son) | nangari | |
| niece (sister's daughter) | nangari | |
| nearby | nganam | |
| net for catching ducks | ngarankura | |
| nest of mallee hen | ngawandi | |
| net made with basket reeds | ngeiri | |
| nephew (brother's son) | ngop | |
| niece (brother's daughter) | ngowali | |
| navel | pulangi | |
| nation (what nation) | tandulnd | |
| no | tau | |
| none | tau | |
| not | tau | |
| nine | turuwar-kinggerang | |
| net for fishing with stones sinkers and vertical supports | yataruma |
Oo
| owl (boobook) | karumapuli | |
| ours (more than two) | namawi | |
| ours (two) | ngalamanyi | |
| old | prupi | |
| oven made of stone (ground oven) | wintjimi | |
| ocean | yaluwar | |
| old | yam | |
| old | yandi | |
| ocean beach | yurli |
Pp
| pretty | katjeri | |
| Pleiades (constellation) | Mantjingga | |
| pigweed | milgi | |
| pine (native) | mowantji | |
| perch (Australian perch) | ngangarndi | |
| pin (a sharp stick or bone) | wunapi |
| quandong (bitter quandong) | kutuki | |
| quandong (bastard quandong) | kutunngi |
Rr
| robin (scarlet) | duta | |
| rainbow | kainggel | |
| reed | kareingk | |
| river | kuri | |
| red | mulkali | |
| red ochre | mulkali | |
| rock (granite) | pardhung | |
| rain | parna | |
| ribs | periwara | |
| rush (plant, soft) | pilbali | |
| raw | tumbi |
Ss
| scarlet robin | duta | |
| south | gara | |
| star | karanta | |
| smoke | kari | |
| sweet taste | keinpan | |
| she (ergative) | kili | |
| shell (turbo shell) | kulutumi | |
| snail (marine) | kurumi | |
| sit about (to) | lelawun | |
| sit (to) | lewun | |
| salty taste | lokun | |
| swamp | lora | |
| stalk (to) | malkun | |
| storm | mantawu | |
| Seven Sisters (constellation) | Mantjingga | |
| six | manyampuni | |
| sister (older) | maranu | |
| shoulder | martkul | |
| spear for combat | meralaipuri | |
| seashore (belonging to) | morinyeri | |
| spear (fishing spear made out of native pine) | mowantji | |
| small | muralapi | |
| see (to) | nakun | |
| see you later | nakun | |
| shoal of fish | nampulunu | |
| shore | nari | |
| shore line | narimeing | |
| sandhills of coast | natuniyuru | |
| shore food (i.e. birds, shells, fish) | ngamatoro | |
| spring (water spring) | ngarang | |
| Southern Cross ('the stingray') | Ngawiri | |
| string (thick string used for fishing) | ngerewari | |
| sit down (to) | ngeyin | |
| salt bush | parangona | |
| shore of the Coorong lagoon | paringari | |
| swim (to) | pulun | |
| short | purranggi | |
| small | purranggi | |
| spit out (to) | puruwurupun | |
| sun | taldarawei | |
| salmon (Australian salmon) | tarawari | |
| scarce (to become) | taregi | |
| sister (younger) | tarti | |
| shore (Coorong shore on landward side) | tenggi | |
| seagull | torokori | |
| shrub (glistening dock shrub) | tuldankari | |
| sky | tupaduwi | |
| spear (fishing spear) | wani | |
| sole of foot | warawaraka | |
| sick (to be) | wirin | |
| she | ya | |
| Southern Ocean | yaluwar | |
| some | yamaiyam | |
| shark (a type of) | yamakawi | |
| say (to) | yanun | |
| speak (to) | yanun | |
| sap | yelngok | |
| salt water | yilgi | |
| sea | yilgi | |
| seven | yulukudi |
Tt
| theirs (two) | kananyi | |
| theirs (more than two) | kanawi | |
| tracks | karak | |
| them mob | karei | |
| they (all) | karei | |
| them mob | karra | |
| they (all) | karra | |
| they two (ergative) | kengkul | |
| them (two, accusative) | kengkun | |
| turn back (to) | kiyalun | |
| thunder (rumbling) | korongkondolei | |
| tea-tree country | kororikara | |
| they two | kuka | |
| turbo shell | kulutumi | |
| to the river | kuri-ungai | |
| thunder | mantal | |
| ten | meili | |
| to Meningie | Menengeng-ungai | |
| tenderise (to) | muraramun | |
| this way | nandjuritj | |
| there | natji | |
| two | nengkung | |
| totem | ngaitji | |
| toe (big toe) | ngarangkami | |
| thumb | ngartkali | |
| three | ngenepal | |
| that | orni | |
| tie (a single tie or netting loop for basketry) | paremein | |
| trap | parthi | |
| trout (native trout) | pulangi | |
| to country | ruwi-ungai | |
| thistle | talgi | |
| tern (Caspian) | tanitjari | |
| thigh | tarupi | |
| tongue | thalanki | |
| tide (fast moving) | tiwur | |
| tortoise | tukabi | |
| toes | turna | |
| teeth | tuwar | |
| talk (to) | yanun | |
| toe | yeretjena | |
| toes (excluding big toe) | yeretjena | |
| tall | yuluki |
Uu
| understand (to) | kungun | |
| us (two, accusative) | lam | |
| up | loro | |
| us two | ngela | |
| uncle (father's brother) | ngoponowi | |
| us (all) | ngun |
Ww
| waterweed (species of) | karelanggi | |
| waterhole | karikin | |
| whale | kondoli | |
| weave (to) | lakun | |
| whiskers | manakar | |
| woman (more than two) | meiminarr | |
| woman | meimini | |
| women (two) | meiminu | |
| wish (to) | miwurun | |
| watch (to) | morpun | |
| waterweed (species of) | mulaweri | |
| water (fresh water of the Murray river) | munkuli | |
| whose | nawi | |
| waterweed (species of) | ngamurrunyi | |
| we two | ngela | |
| walk (to) | ngopun | |
| well | nguldi | |
| we | ngun | |
| we (all) | ngun | |
| we (all) | ngun | |
| water (fresh) | parenguki | |
| wattle (golden) | pelbi | |
| white | ringkari | |
| want (to) | thulun | |
| wallaby which lives on the salt flats | tulatji | |
| woman (young) | weyatuki | |
| windy | winkun | |
| woman (old) | wulu-meimini | |
| wattle (coastal) | wuri | |
| worn out | yandi | |
| where from | yandurli | |
| what | yari | |
| what | yarru | |
| which | yarru | |
| where | yauwi | |
| where are you going | yawand |
Yy
| yam (spring yam) | kaintjari | |
| you (two, accusative) | lom | |
| young | muralapi | |
| yours (two) | nangunumi | |
| yellow | ngamthumelin | |
| you | ngenta | |
| you | ngenta | |
| you two | ngol | |
| you two | ngola | |
| you two | ngolei | |
| your | ngomanyi | |
| you (all) | ngona | |
| you mob | ngona | |
| yous | ngona | |
| you (accusative) | ngum | |
| yours (more than two) | nomawi | |
| younger brother/sister | tarti | |
| yes | yekau |