Coordinates WGS8427°06'S, 143°12'E
-27.10, 143.20

amsd_01371

Title: Term for 'message stick' in Wangkumara

Description: Original source gloss: 'letter, message stick'

Item type: lexical item

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Wangkumara Austlang: L25 - Wangkumara Glottolog: wong1246

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: yaramaka

Sources:

  • McDonald, M, and S. A Wurm. 1979. Basic materials in Waŋkumara (Galali): Grammar, sentences and vocabulary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.111
  • Coordinates: 27°06'5.400000"S,143°11'46.298400"E  (-27.1015, 143.196194)

    Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Wangkumara

    Notes: PK: There are two example sentences in this source with yaramaka. They segment yara for 'message' and maka for stick. Potentially this is a calque of English and derived from Kriol 'mak'. The independent term 'yara' is not in this source but could check this against Chirila. Another source for Wangkumara from Chirila, is Robertson, Carol. 1985. Wangkumara Grammar and Dictionary. Sydney: Aboriginal Education Unit, Department of TAFE. This has 'message stick' as 'yarramalka'

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    Data Entry: Piers Kelly