KADITJ
[~pronounced "cud-itch"]
verb
1. to think and reflect
origin
1. Noongar
The Noongar language was first written in 1801 by Mathew Flinders, who made a number of word lists. Since then a number of different spelling systems have been devised. The word 'Noongar' is a derivative of the well attested verb for 'to join, bind together, be allied' and designates people who have joined others for whatever purpose."
~Nyungar Anew, p. vi, C von Brandenstein, A.N.U, 1988
Noongar or Nyungar is an Australian language of the Noongar group of the Pama-Nyungan language family with only a few fluent speakers. It was once spoken in the south-west part of Western Australia between the areas north of Perth and the south coast eastern of Albany. Most of Noongar-speaking people live in the eastern part of this region.
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