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Meaning of "Gurindji" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GURINDJI

Gurindji  [ɡʊˈrɪndʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GURINDJI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gurindji is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GURINDJI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Gurindji in the English dictionary

The definition of Gurindji in the dictionary is an Aboriginal people of N central Australia. Other definition of Gurindji is the language of this people.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GURINDJI


basenji
bəˈsɛndʒɪ
bostangi
bɒˈstændʒɪ
dingy
ˈdɪndʒɪ
fringy
ˈfrɪndʒɪ
grungy
ˈɡrʌndʒɪ
gungy
ˈɡʌndʒɪ
kanji
ˈkændʒɪ
loungy
ˈlaʊndʒɪ
lozengy
ˈlɒzɪndʒɪ
mangey
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mangy
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mingy
ˈmɪndʒɪ
orangey
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
orangy
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
punji
ˈpʌndʒɪ
rangy
ˈreɪndʒɪ
scroungy
ˈskraʊndʒɪ
scungy
ˈskʌndʒɪ
spongy
ˈspʌndʒɪ
stingy
ˈstɪndʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GURINDJI

Gur
Gurdjieff
gurdwara
gurge
gurgitation
gurgle
gurglet
gurgling
gurjun
gurjun balsam
Gurkha
Gurkhali
gurl
gurlet
gurly
Gurmukhi

WORDS THAT END LIKE GURINDJI

bhaji
comitadji
Fiji
Fuji
goji
hadji
haji
hajji
Himeji
koji
Meiji
Mount Fuji
Netaji
Panaji
roji
romaji
shoji
Sivaji
Ujiji
uncle-ji

Synonyms and antonyms of Gurindji in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Gurindji» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GURINDJI

Find out the translation of Gurindji to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Gurindji from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Gurindji» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Gurindji
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gurindji
570 millions of speakers

English

Gurindji
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुरिंदजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Gurindji
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Gurindji
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Gurindji
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Gurindji
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Gurindji
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gurindji
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gurindji
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Gurindji
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Gurindji
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gurindji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Gurindji
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Gurindji
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुरंदजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gurindji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gurindji
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gurindji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Gurindji
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gurindji
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Gurindji
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gurindji
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Gurindji
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gurindji
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gurindji

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GURINDJI»

The term «Gurindji» is used very little and occupies the 173.098 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Gurindji
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Gurindji».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GURINDJI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Gurindji» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Gurindji» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gurindji

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GURINDJI»

Discover the use of Gurindji in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Gurindji and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gurindji Journey: A Japanese Historian in the Outback
This compelling book, published in English posthumously, seven years after the author's death, is a personal, philosophical, lyrical record of his journey into Indigenous Australian culture.
Minoru Hokari, 2011
2
Case-marking in Contact: The Development and Function of ...
Younger people who are the main speakers are quite shy about discussing their speech style, aware that they do not speak Gurindji in a traditional manner. However this language has a lot of covert prestige among its speakers, symbolising a ...
Felicity Meakins, 2011
3
Negotiating Claims: The Emergence of Indigenous Land Claim ...
British Goliath labor show-down to a land rights protest when the Gurindji moved their camp from the station's main encampment to Wattie Creek. Wattie Creek was still included in the Wave Hill pastoral lease, but was of particular religious ...
Christa Sieglinde Scholtz, 2006
4
Social Lives in Language--sociolinguistics and Multilingual ...
little currency in the community, and it is rarely used to denote the mixed language.9 In fact this mixed language is usually called “Gurindji”. If a distinction between Gurindji and Gurindji Kriol is required, Gurindji is usually referred to as “ hard ...
Gillian Sankoff, Miriam Meyerhoff, Naomi Nagy, 2008
5
Invasion to Embassy: Land in Aboriginal Politics in New ...
that the Gurindji had wider aims than industrial equality, Left union and social groups eventually swung into support for the Gurindji.18 For Aboriginal people in New South Wales, the Gurindji demands were immediately recognisable.
Heather Goodall, 2008
6
Language Universals and Variation
Just as IMP blocks other functional AUX categories (other than PRON) in Warlpiri, the same occurs in Gurindji and the other related languages. Negative kula may not be in the scope of IMP or assertive ngu, but in Gurindji (unlike Warlpiri) it ...
Mengistu Amberber, Peter Collins, 2002
7
Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
Wentworth was particularly determined to visit a group of Aboriginals already in the headlines—the Gurindji stockmen— who, under the leadership of Vincent Lingiari, had walked off the job on the vast Wave Hill Station, leased by the Vestey ...
Malcolm Fraser, Margaret Simons, 2010
8
Vincent Lingiari and the Wave Hill Walkout
Shortlisted: 2010 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing - Primary Library BookIn 1966, Gurindji elder Vincent Lingiari led his people in a walkout off Wave Hill cattle station.
Melanie Guile, 2010
9
Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia
In 1975 the Gurindji people were granted a land lease to 3250 square kilometres of the old Wave Hill station, including significant sacred sites. On 16 August, prime minister Whitlam – known to the Gurindji as 'Jungarni', meaning 'that big man' ...
Sally Warhaft, 2004
10
Stories from Australia's history: Vincent Lingiari and the ...
The Wave Hill walkout marks the beginning of the Indigenous land rights movement. This struggle continues today. This is a story of the people, the ideas and the events behind the walkout, and how it changed Australia forever.
Melanie Guile, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GURINDJI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Gurindji is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Albert Namatjira and Rex Battarbee: an artists' friendship explored
... the melancholic flip side to the much later photo of Gough Whitlam pouring red sand through the fingers of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari. «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
NAIDOC week celebrations in Sydney bring together father and son
... the birth of the Aboriginal land rights movement, photographing Gough Whitlam pouring soil into the hand of Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Read and listen to the “strong statements from hurt hearts and sad …
... Heiss, Bruce Pascoe, and Brenda L. Croft (Signs of the Times, p.162) regarding the national insignificance of the Gurindji Freedom Day. «Crikey, Jun 15»
4
Talking book gives new voice to Indigenous languages
"It means that Gurindji elders will continue to be heard long after they pass away, and younger generations will still have access to their ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
5
Hannah Middleton
In 1972, she completed her Ph.D. on Aboriginal land rights (12 months with Gurindji at Dagu Ragu). Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in ... «Independent Australia, Jun 15»
6
Barunga festival has politics, pride and football but a boyband steals …
After a quick stop for the best yiros I've ever eaten from one of the handful of food vans on site, we sit in the dying sun and watch the Gurindji ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
Let's replace the Queen's Birthday holiday with Reconciliation Day
... unhappy with their poor conditions and disrespectful treatment. The walk-off drew attention to the fact that they were working on Gurindji land, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
8
Australia's greatest shame: Tearing people from their ancestral homes
Gurindji people with a deep connection to country could be forced from their homes. Source: Supplied. WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT US. The whole ... «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
9
Aboriginal leader and Communist Ray Jackson leaves an inspiring …
... in the Northern Territory by the Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families against their horrendous working and living conditions. «Freedom Socialist Party, May 15»
10
Some Australian Indigenous languages you should know
A great example is the Gurindji word budju, which means vagina but is now used by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike in parts of ... «The Conversation AU, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gurindji [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gurindji>. Apr 2024 ».
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