wadjalla means more than white, old Noongar were not simply failing to say 'white person'. Noongar were some of the best at mimicking... wadjalla means wadj > ancestors who have gone, family deceased, a or la is a suffix of location identity, : of, Wadjak boodjaa nidja land with ancestors - 'the land of my people'. See: Wadjamup - Rottnest Island, land of the dead... after all the Noongar buried out there? Or a name predating that sad time and the bad things that took place there? Wadjalla... a name of inclusion, an expected right to receive, for anticipated and expected reciprocity - moort...
nyorn...mar moorditj noongar moort! so sad that our ancestors missed the point... a legacy of ignorance passed on...and we sift through the ashes to find the truth...thanks for expanding this limited understanding!
Wadj fella, 'white-fella?' Wadj-waarngkiny, talking about ancestors past and to their spirits that still remain... Actually, they thought we were their own people returned from the dead. Djanak was another of their early words for us. But today, most Noongar have both Noongar and European ancestries. Are we wadjalla those of us who are friends and moort? And what of those of us born in Noongar lands, who drink the same water and breath the same air... haven't we shared in something with them, that brings the two of us together? Wadjalla... an interesting term.
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wadjalla means more than white, old Noongar were not simply failing to say 'white person'. Noongar were some of the best at mimicking... wadjalla means wadj > ancestors who have gone, family deceased, a or la is a suffix of location identity, : of, Wadjak boodjaa nidja land with ancestors - 'the land of my people'. See: Wadjamup - Rottnest Island, land of the dead... after all the Noongar buried out there? Or a name predating that sad time and the bad things that took place there? Wadjalla... a name of inclusion, an expected right to receive, for anticipated and expected reciprocity - moort...
nyorn...mar moorditj noongar moort!
so sad that our ancestors missed the point...
a legacy of ignorance passed on...and we sift through the ashes to find the truth...thanks for expanding this limited understanding!
Wadj fella, 'white-fella?' Wadj-waarngkiny, talking about ancestors past and to their spirits that still remain... Actually, they thought we were their own people returned from the dead. Djanak was another of their early words for us. But today, most Noongar have both Noongar and European ancestries. Are we wadjalla those of us who are friends and moort? And what of those of us born in Noongar lands, who drink the same water and breath the same air... haven't we shared in something with them, that brings the two of us together? Wadjalla... an interesting term.
Is an interesting term indeed...have pondered similar questions with regard to our shared dreaming - born of this land...imprinting on our soul.
The common thread that binds us...our mother - this boodja who will unite us all in the end :)
What does nyorn mean please?
What does nyorn mean?
Hi Mary
In my limited understanding nyorn is an expression of sadness...McCabeandco?
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