Martuthunira
English edit
Etymology edit
From Martuthunira.
Noun edit
Martuthunira pl (plural only)
- An indigenous people of Western Australia.
- 1916, A. A. Goldenweiser, Reconstruction from Survivals in West Australia, in American Anthropologist, Vol. 18, No. 4
- […] so the Mardudhunera, neighbors of the Ngaluma, neighbors of the Kariera, have a relationship system differing from that of the Kariera, but corresponding to that of the Aranda […]
- 1994, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia
- The Martuthunira visited the islands of the Dampier Archipelago, which they presumably shared with the Yapurarra/Pijurru, and the Mary Anne Group.
- 1916, A. A. Goldenweiser, Reconstruction from Survivals in West Australia, in American Anthropologist, Vol. 18, No. 4
Proper noun edit
Martuthunira
- Their language.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
Martuthunira (not comparable)
- Of the Martuthunira or their language.
- 1912, A. R. Brown, The Distribution of Native Tribes in Part of Western Australia, in Man, Vol. 12
- They are called Noanamaronga by the Mardudhunera tribe.
- 1994, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia
- The reported location and extent of Martuthunira territory also differs from one description to another.
- 1912, A. R. Brown, The Distribution of Native Tribes in Part of Western Australia, in Man, Vol. 12
Further reading edit
Martuthunira edit
Etymology edit
"Those who live around the Fortescue River", from Martuthuni "Fortescue River" + -ra, provenience suffix.
Noun edit
Martuthunira
- Martuthunira.
- 1994, Algy Paterson, Alan Dench (tr.), The First Boomerang, in Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia
- Mirntiwul ngunhu-ngara marrari-i Martuthunira.
- They were separate mobs but they all had the Martuthunira language.
- 1994, Algy Paterson, Alan Dench (tr.), The First Boomerang, in Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia