Djali | Language
Langauge keeps us connected to our People, Country, community and Culture. Djali is out foundation. We speak today more and more, as it bayikina (reawakens).
Bakaru wayaparrangu: in the middle, we all meet.
Balaki wuka: Giving to community
Balaki wurrekang: Talking to community, talking to Mob
Bayikina: Reawakens/Reawakening
Batak: Take care
Biyal: Red Gum
Bundijyl: The An castor who takes the for of a Wedge-talked Eagle / creator / big wisdom
Buwatj: Kangaroo grass, Themeda triandra
Dhelk djakitj: Nourishing food
Dhelkunya Dja: Healing / make good, land / Country
Dhelkunyangu gatjin: Working together to heal water
Djaara: Dja Dja Wurrung Peoples
Dja Dja Wurrekatjalangu: We say yes to each other
Dja Dja Wurrung: Yes, yes, speaking
Djaa mutjang dhelkayang: Holding Country good way
Djakitj: To eat / food
Djali: Tongue / Language
Djandak: Dja Dja Wurrung Country
Djandak Wi: Country fire
Djayi balak garat: Tread lightly you lot on Country
Djuwang Baring: Long track
Djuwima Djandak: To show and share Country
Dumarr: Thank you
Galk-galk dhelkunya: To care for / heal many trees
Garingliang gatjin wii: Garden of water and fire
Gatjin: Water
Gitjawil matom: Chotolate lily, Arthropodium strictum
Gungilangurrak: Our doing
Gurang gungang: Being and doing
Guyura: Mountain of Light, also Kooyoora
Kapa Gatjin: To know water
Lalgambuk: Mount Franklin
Larnangurrak: Our place
Larni Yirrip: Home of the Ironbark
Malak: Plants
Malamiya: Long time ago / Cultural Heritage
Malamiya Mang: Then and now
Marana Muyupilang: Made by hand
Murna: Yam daisy, Microseris lanceolata
Murrunayangu: We live, thrive
Murrun djaa: Living Country, all living things on Country / animals
Ngaldurrong Yana: Walk together
Ngurar balak: Ancestors
Nyauwi Mutjeka: To keep the sun
Nyerna Djayi Wurreka: Listening to Country speak
Tarrengower: A mountain on Djandak, near Maldon
Wartaka: Come with purpose
Wawa: Greeting / Hello
Womindjika: Welcome
Wukjarrang: Exchange belongs to us
Wurreka Gulkangu: to yarn, to talk; and to build together, making things happen together, more connected to Country
Yilingga Marna: Shake hands
Murna
Yam daisy
Mircoseris lanceolata
Gitjawil matom
Chocloate lily
Arthropodium strictum
Buwatj
Kangaroo grass
Themeda triandra



