Difference between revisions of "Yarndie"

Latest revision as of 05:27, 2 April 2015

From Wiradhuri nyaandi (“thingamajig, what's-its-name”).

yarndie (uncountable)

(Australian Aboriginal) Marijuana.

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 ===Alternative forms===
-* [[yarndi]]
+* yarndi
 * nyandi
 ===Etymology===
-From {{etyl|wrh|en}} {{term|nyaandi||thingamajig, what's-its-name|lang=wrh}}.
+From Wiradhuri nyaandi (“thingamajig, what's-its-name”).
 ===Noun===
-{{en-noun|-}}
-# {{context|Australian Aboriginal|lang=en}} [[marijuana|Marijuana]].
+yarndie (uncountable)
-#* '''1984,''' L. Fogarty, ''Ngutji''
-#*: '''Yarndi''' = grass.
+(Australian Aboriginal) Marijuana.
-#* '''1990,''' Davis et al., ''Paperbark''
-#*: He made enough to ... keep himself in '''Nyandi''' (herb).
-#* '''1992,''' ''Today,'' Sept.
-#*: It’s just as well it doesn’t depend on our feelings. Good feelings just fade like '''Yarndi''' smoke.
-#* '''1992,''' R. L. Ginibi, ''Real Deadly''
-#*: Ya can’t work hard, drink, and some '''yarndie''' too!
-#* '''1993,''' ''Koori Mail,'' 10 Mar.
-#*: I drank and smoked '''yarndie''' for fourteen years.
 ====Synonyms====
 * See also [[Wikisaurus:marijuana]]