In Noongar language, "snake" can refer to real snakes like the Noorn (Tiger Snake/Black Snake), but most significantly, it refers to the creator being, the Waugal (or Wagyl), the powerful Rainbow Serpent responsible for shaping the land and water, including the Swan and Canning Rivers. The Waugal is a spiritual figure, while Noorn refers to actual venomous snakes, often associated with the ground dwellers.
Our Noongar Word of the Week is 𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗻, meaning 'snake' 🐍
The word dugite is an anglicisation of names for the snake in some dialects of the Nyungar language, including dukayj and dukitj.
Snake - Gari. Snake, brown - Nagungari.
Our Noongar word of the week this week is: Boola. Boola means Plenty/Many/Lots.
This week's Noongar word is miyal, which means eyes. "It is important to use your miyal when crossing the road to be safe." 👀 #noongarword #miyal.
The name means “with both hands” in the Noongar language.
Woop Woop is used to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere. People use it to signify that a location is far away, unfamiliar to them, and difficult to get to.
A snake, a slithering reptile without limbs. Generally depicted as a yellowish-green snake facing left, with a long, coiled body and flicking a red, forked tongue. May be used for various metaphorical senses of snake.
Gangurru (or gang-oo-roo) is the Guugu Yimidhirr Aboriginal word for the eastern grey kangaroo, the term from which the English word "kangaroo" is derived. While a popular myth suggests it meant "I don't understand," linguistic research confirms it referred to the specific grey kangaroo species when James Cook first recorded it in 1770.
The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator god, known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples. It is a common motif in the art and religion of many Aboriginal Australian peoples.
Yet for many generations, wadjela (white fella) rules and restrictions have prevented Noongar people from giving fire back to Country in their way; the right way. Karla katitjin (fire knowledge) has laid dormant, Boodja has suffered, and with it, so too have the Noongar people.
The Waugal. The Waugal is a snake or rainbow serpent recognised by Noongar people as the giver of life who maintains all fresh water sources.
From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”).
The name of Boya is a local Noongar word meaning 'stone' or 'rock', and was imposed by government officials in the early twentieth century.
"Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, Oi, Oi, Oi!" is a popular Australian sports chant, a variation of the British "Oggy, Oggy, Oggy" cheer, used to express national pride and support for Australian teams, with "Ozzy" being slang for "Australian" and "Oi, Oi, Oi" a general interjection for enthusiasm or attention, much like "USA!". The chant involves one group shouting "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!" and the crowd responding "Oi, Oi, Oi!".
Woop Woop in American English
(ˈwup ˌwup) noun. Austral derogatory slang. an imaginary remote town or district symbolizing isolation and backwardness.
"Hoo-ha" (or hoo-hah) slang means a noisy fuss, commotion, or excitement, often over something trivial, but it can also euphemistically refer to female genitalia. It's an informal term for a "brouhaha," "hullabaloo," or general to-do, signifying uproar or fuss, but sometimes used to describe a state of arousal or, less commonly, male anatomy, though its primary use is for commotion or female anatomy.
This week our Noongar Word of the Week is Norn and it means Snake | Ashfield Primary School | Facebook.
The word Koorie or Koori is a word used to describe Aboriginal people of South Eastern Australia (in Victoria and New South Wales). The word comes from the Awabakal word for 'man' or 'people. '
Gubbi Gubbi (also Kabi Kabi) refers to the Indigenous Australian people and their language, traditional custodians of the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, and Gympie regions in South East Queensland, Australia; the name itself comes from a word meaning "no," a common naming practice for different groups, and while the main language is endangered, efforts are being made to revive it.
Migaloo is an indigenous language word meaning 'white fella' – makes a lot of sense and is a nod to the history of indigenous people in Australia and their relationship with whales.
The Aboriginal name for Perth is Boorloo, belonging to the Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar Nation, the Traditional Owners of this land, with other significant Noongar names for areas including Walyalup (Fremantle) and Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park). These names reflect deep cultural connection and specific sites within the broader Noongar Country.