B

biidiyar

NOONGAR

boss, leader

ENGLISH

z

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Beerdyat : high. (R M Lyon, 23/03/1833 – Language of Derbal)
bee-dee-eer : old man with a large family, and having some weight among the other natives, owing to this “mam-merup bee-dee-eer” (Grey 1839:135)
Batiri; Burr. : Rough (Moore 1842: 155)
battage bearda : An old man (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 356)
biadera : God (Chester Curr 1886: 391)
badare : An old man (Hester Curr 1886: 360)
Baddeeja, biderr : Aged (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 19)
Biderr : Aged (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 14)
beederr : Man, old (Ngilgee; Bates XII, 2B, 12a)
Winda, barder, batteetch : Old (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
bedare : king (Bussell 1930: 51)
piṭiya : boss, leader (Douglas 1968: 85)
Bridarra : important person (Davis 1969: 3)
piärdity : old, old man, senior, aged boss, VIP (Von Brandenstein 1988: 51)
bidair : boss, chief (Douglas 1991: 16)
birdiya, boordiya : boss (Whitehurst 1992: 31)
beerdiair : boss (Winmar 1996:4)
Bridiya : boss, chief, elder, expert (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)