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moorditj

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

moor-doo-een : strong, powerful (Grey 1839:?)
Murduin murduin. : Immoveable (Moore 1842: 141)
Bidi-murduin : strong. (Brady 1845: 16)
Moordaitch : Powerful (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 32)
Moordaitch : Rough (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 34)
Moorditch wun : Fasten, to (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 18)
moordeej : now (at once) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Moorda moordeetch : Able (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 19)
Moordaitch : Firm (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 27)
Moordeetch : Firm (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 24)
mooditch–yen : hasten (Bussell 1930: 67)
muṭitj : expert, strong, clever (Douglas 1968: 89)
muerdity : fast, hard, strong (Cha) (Von Brandenstein 1988: 23)
murditj : strong, expert, clever (Douglas 1991: 14)
moordidjabiny : strong (becoming) (Whitehurst 1992: 48)
murdatj, murditj : hard, firm, strong, solid (Dench 1994: 188)
moorditj : strong, excellent (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)