wadna

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Adnyamathanha

Noun

wadna

  1. boomerang

Barngarla

Pronunciation

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. (Southern 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.
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    • 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."
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