CS1909

Title: Term for 'incision', presumably on a message stick, in Luritja

Item type: lexical item

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Luritja Austlang: C7.1 - Luritja Glottolog: pint1250

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: itjariti, ninka [tiefer Einschnitt, Furche (Zeichen, Nachricht). =deep incision, groove (sign, message)]

Sources:

Kenny, Anna. 2018. Carl Strehlow’s 1909 Comparative Heritage Dictionary: An Aranda, German, Loritja and Dieri to English Dictionary with Introductory Essays. Canberrra: ANU Press.

Source types: book

Coordinates: 24°46'46.686000"S,131°21'42.220800"E  (-24.779635, 131.361728)

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Luritja

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly