ngari

See also: Ngari

English

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈnjɐːɹiː/, /ˈŋɐːɹiː/

Proper noun

ngari

1. A Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nga‧ri

Adverb

ngari

1. near here; hereabouts
2. to this place, to here; hither; over here

Kaurna

Alternative forms

• ngarri

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋaɾi]
• Hyphenation: nga‧ri

Noun

ngari

1. string, rope, cord

   Padlu kuya wika ngarirlu pintyanthi.

   S/he is making a fishing net with string.

2. (by extension, fishing) fishing line

   Ngaityu ngari yartarri, kuya yurntingka.

   My fishing line broke because of a heavy fish.

Usage notes

Traditionally, strings and nets were manufactured from animal sinew (widni, tiltya) or plant fibres such as those from the bullrush root (warnpa). In early colonial times, the word was adapted to new agricultural contexts; for example, Teichelmann uniquely records the dual form ngaritangkurla (literally “a pair of ropes”) as an idiom specifically meaning “two bullocks tied together”.

Derived terms

• ngari patinthi (“to cast a fishing line”)
• ngari warrinya (son of hanged person)
• ngari wikarnti (father of hanged person)
• ngari wilu (brother of hanged person)
• ngarimai (“spaghetti”)
• ngarimurdu (“pretzel”)
• ngaritya (“hanged person”)
• waku ngari (“spiderweb”)

See also

• widni, tiltya (“sinew”)
• warnpa (“bulrush root (genus Typha)”)

References

• Amery, Rob; Greenwood, Susie; Morley, Jasmine (2023) [2021], “ngari”, in Kaurna Warrapiipa [Kaurna Dictionary], 3rd edition, Adelaide, SA: Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi; Wakefield Press, page 47
• C.G. Teichelmann, C.W. Schürmann (1840), Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia‎^[1], Adelaide, SA: Self-published, page 32

Kikuyu

Noun

ngari

1. car

Meru

Noun

ngari

1. car