Wadeye Song Database

Songtext
Interlinear

yilidji thanila wumbarambara

000.A

yilidji thanila wumbarambara

@4 ryqryqryqeq.

Climb up Yilidji, wumbarambara.

yilidji

place_name

noun

thanila

thani

2sS.4_be.Fut

FinV

-la

-climb_up

-Cov

wumbarambara

M:Kunybinyi_word

MKW

Elicitation date: 2005-07-15

Annotation quality: Tick

Annotated by: Linda Barwick and Joe Blythe

Annotator's note:

Yilidji is a sand dune between Kurdantiga and Ngarindji, in the Nangu estate. Obviously the first part is "you climb Yilidji". Noone knows what wumbarambara is except to say that when people are dancing they wave one hand around above their heads in a circle. Lawrence suggests it may have something to do with this motion.