wadna

Adnyamathanha

Noun

wadna

1. boomerang

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwadna/

Noun

wadna

1. fishing boomerang
2. horn
3. sword
4. crane (species of bird)

References

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.86.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

Kaurna

Noun

wadna

1. boomerang

Narungga

Noun

wadna

1. boomerang-like throwing stick

Ngadjuri

Noun

wadna

1. boomerang

Scots

Alternative forms

• (South Scots) wadnae, wudnae

Etymology

wad +‎ -na

Contraction

wadna

1. (South Scots) wouldn't
   • 1852, Charles Kingsley, Andromeda and Other Poems‎^[1]:

     In the New Forest, 1847, THE OUTLAW Oh, I wadna be a yeoman, mither, to follow my father's trade, To bow my back in miry banks, at pleugh and hoe and spade.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1780, Robert Burns, Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns‎^[2]:

     --O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, Ye wadna been sae shy; For laik o' gear ye lightly me, But, trowth, I care na by.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1832, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20,‎^[3]:

     I would fain carry it mysel', but they wadna let me."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)