"ngamudji" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Woiwurrung]

Etymology: Ngamatji is the place Wurundjeri people believe the soul returns to after death, as a person becomes pale upon death, when Wurundjeri people saw non-Aboriginal people for the first time, they referred to them as "Ngamatji" to respectfully say to them 'go back to the place where you came from' Head templates: {{head|wyi|noun}} ngamudji
  1. white-skinned settler or man (in Australia) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ngamudji-wyi-noun-D~FzACN4 Disambiguation of People: 69 30 0
  2. non-First Nation person
    Sense id: en-ngamudji-wyi-noun-7FV6qno5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Woiwurrung entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 73 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 89 4 Disambiguation of Woiwurrung entries with incorrect language header: 8 85 7
  3. The place where the soul returns to after death
    Sense id: en-ngamudji-wyi-noun-DfGE0zju
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ngamatji, ngamajet Derived forms: ngamudji-gurrk
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  "etymology_text": "Ngamatji is the place Wurundjeri people believe the soul returns to after death, as a person becomes pale upon death, when Wurundjeri people saw non-Aboriginal people for the first time, they referred to them as \"Ngamatji\" to respectfully say to them 'go back to the place where you came from'",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "wyi",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ngamudji",
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  ],
  "lang": "Woiwurrung",
  "lang_code": "wyi",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "69 30 0",
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          "orig": "wyi:People",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white-skinned settler or man (in Australia)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "skinned",
          "skinned"
        ],
        [
          "settler",
          "settler"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "16 73 11",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "_dis": "6 89 4",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 85 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Woiwurrung entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "non-First Nation person"
      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "The place where the soul returns to after death"
      ],
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      "word": "ngamatji"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ngamajet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngamudji"
}
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    "Woiwurrung lemmas",
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    "wyi:People"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ngamudji-gurrk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ngamatji is the place Wurundjeri people believe the soul returns to after death, as a person becomes pale upon death, when Wurundjeri people saw non-Aboriginal people for the first time, they referred to them as \"Ngamatji\" to respectfully say to them 'go back to the place where you came from'",
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        "1": "wyi",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Woiwurrung",
  "lang_code": "wyi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "white-skinned settler or man (in Australia)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "skinned",
          "skinned"
        ],
        [
          "settler",
          "settler"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "non-First Nation person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The place where the soul returns to after death"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ngamatji"
    },
    {
      "word": "ngamajet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngamudji"
}

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