The Bullroarer Atlas

DUNN1988-001 - lexical attestation

Badimaya nganirri bullroarer

Australia - Murchison - Lake Moore - Ninghan Station - Paynes Find - Oceania - Sahul

Function not recorded

Clement 1903 Plate IV; figs. 12/12a and 4 are the two recorded forms.
Representative — not this record’s object. · Clement 1903 Plate IV; figs. 12/12a and 4 are the two recorded forms · Public domain Image source

nganirri Badimaya / English

Source term: bullroarer

nganirri: Badimaya word glossed bullroarer; no literal lexical analysis supplied

By the late twentieth century, Badimaya speakers around Lake Moore, Ninghan Station and Paynes Find were worried that their language was disappearing. Among the words they saved was nganirri: the bullroarer.

nganirri bullroarer

Dunn 1988:25
Object
Form, material, dimensions, and cord construction are not recorded.
Function
Function not recorded.
Map confidence
medium - Paynes Find broad anchor within the Lake Moore-Ninghan Station-Paynes Find Badimaya area; not an attested object or performance site.
Source location
Page references

printed p. 25; PDF p. 7

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