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maia

NOONGAR

home, camp, bed, nest

ENGLISH

maia : house (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b)
mala, kaal : camp, native (Indar, Joowel, Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b)
mai : camp, hut, bush shelter (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
jerd, mai : bird’s nest (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
mai, kala mai : camp, native (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)
jerd mai : birds’ nest (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)
mai : camp, native (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
mai : bed (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
maay : house, hut, bark hut (Von Brandenstein 1988: 11)

Phrases
borduk mai : house, am I near a? (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)
doolgoytch maia winjee : white man’s house, where is the? (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)