wadna

Adnyamathanha

Noun

wadna

  1. boomerang

Barngarla

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwadna/

Noun

wadna

  1. fishing boomerang
  2. horn
  3. sword
  4. crane (species of bird)

References

Kaurna

Noun

wadna

  1. boomerang

Narungga

Noun

wadna

  1. boomerang-like throwing stick

Ngadjuri

Noun

wadna

  1. boomerang

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

wad + -na

Contraction

wadna

  1. (South Scots) wouldn't
    • 1852, Charles Kingsley, Andromeda and Other Poems:
      In the New Forest, 1847, THE OUTLAW Oh, I wadna be a yeoman, mither, to follow my father's trade, To bow my back in miry banks, at pleugh and hoe and spade.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1780, Robert Burns, Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns:
      --O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, Ye wadna been sae shy; For laik o' gear ye lightly me, But, trowth, I care na by.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1832, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20,:
      I would fain carry it mysel', but they wadna let me."
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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