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ngwirin

NOONGAR

beautiful

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

ngwir-re, Ngwir-ryne : beautiful handsome tall (Grey 1839)
Ngwir-re : beautiful, handsome, tall (Grey 1841: 108)
Ngwir-ryne : beautiful, handsome, tall (Grey 1841: 108)
Gwabbalitch; Ngworryn-ngworryn. : Beautiful (Moore 1842: 122)
Gwabbalitch; Ngworryn-ngworryn; Ngwoyăng; Djerrung. : Handsome (Moore 1842: 138)
Gwabba; Ngworryn ngworryn. : Pretty (Moore 1842: 152)
Gwabbalitch; Ngworryn-ngworryn; Ngworrynyăng; Djerrung. : Handsome (Moore 1884: 100)
Gwabba; Ngworryn ngworryn. : Pretty (Moore 1884: 108)
Gwabbalitch; Ngworryn-ngworryn. : Beautiful (Moore 1884: 91)
Ngweeree : Beautiful (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 20)
Ngweeree : Bright (pretty and bright) (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 21)
Ngweeree : Clean (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 22)
Ngweeree : Enough (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 24)
Ngweeree : Handsome (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 26)
Ngweeree : Honest (good) (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 27)
Goordada nyweeree : Joy (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 28)
Ngweeree : Kind, to be, kindness (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 28)
Ngweeree : Nice (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 30)
Ngweeree : Pleased, to be (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 31)
Ngweeree : Pretty (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 32)
Ngweeree : Right (proper) (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 33)
Ngweeree : Very good (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 37)
Ngoora ngooran : Clean (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 17)
Gwabba, ngoorong ngoora : Handsome (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 29)
wieraŋ : beautiful, pretty (Von Brandenstein 1988: 129)
ŋuerany, ŋueranyaŋ : beautiful, handsome (Von Brandenstein 1988: 40)
ngearny : pretty (Roberts; McCabe and Miniter 2001)