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mandjang

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old man, old woman

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Manjahly : Single man (Nind 1831: 50)
mun-jang : harmless, not fierce (Grey 1839:?)
Mandju. : Decayed, Withered (Moore 1842: 129)
Mandju : Dried, Dried Up (applied to trees, or wood, or animals of any sort when dead; a mummy would be Mandju). (Moore 1842: 130)
Mănjang. : Harmless (Moore 1842: 138)
Măndjalla. : Idle (Moore 1842: 140)
Mandjalla; Dtăbbăk; Bidi babba. : Inactive (Moore 1842: 141)
Măndjalla; Dtăbbăkan; Yuly. : Lazy (Moore 1842: 143)
Măndjalla. : Loitering (Moore 1842: 144)
Mandju. : Roots, Decayed (Moore 1842: 154)
Mandju. : Withered, Dried Up; Applied To Wood Or Animals When Dead (Moore 1842: 169)
Mandju. : Wood, Well Seasonsed (Moore 1842: 170)
manjang : An old woman (Hester Curr 1886: 360)
manjung ? : An old woman (Small (Curr) 1886: 358)
jerdaluk, manjung : aged (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
maanyung : old (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
manjăng : old, aged (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Manjăng : Old, aged (Ngalbaitch; BATES XII 2B, 7b : 15)
manjăng : Old, aged (Ngalbaitch; BATES XII 2B, 7b : 9)
Munjung : Aged (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 19)
Manjung, munjung : Old (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 30)
Manjugoordup : Proper name for Mandurah. (Mr J Hope 15/05/1916 – Information supplied by Tommy Bimbar.)
manjtjaŋ : decrepit, old, an old (man), poorly (Douglas 1968: 87)
manjtjaŋ : old or decrepit person (Douglas 1968: 95)
manyoowa : grandmother (esteemed elder) (Whitehurst 1992: 37)
mandjang : old man (who is poorly or unwell) (Whitehurst 1992: 43)
mandjang : silly old man (Whitehurst 1992: 46)
mandjang : old man; old woman (S ) (Dench 1994: 180)
mandjang, djirralak, baditj : old (Dench 1994: 189)
Mandjang : foolish man (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)
Mandjar : kind of fair held at Mandurah (Glauert nd: 5)