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wilgie

wilgie noun: a red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.

Noun

wilgie (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, Western) A red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.
    • […] round these fires were squatted the dark forms of men and women, unclad, save with the loose folds of an opossum rug, and unadorned save with a fish or other bone thrust through the cartilage of the nose, or the pendulums of the ears, and with wilgie and with paint.1859, Kinahan Cornwallis, A Panorama of the New World, volume 1, page 183
    • A picture of one mourning for her brother shows her hair all screwed up in little knobs with wilgie clay and fat.1902, May Vivienne, Travels in Western Australia […], page 56

Forms of wilgie

alternative formwilgee
alternative formwilgi

Origin of wilgie

Borrowed from Nyunga wilgi.

Questions about wilgie

What does wilgie mean?
Wilgie means a red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.
What part of speech is wilgie?
Wilgie is a noun.

Words near wilgie in the dictionary

  1. wilfulness
  2. wilfulnesse
  3. wilfulnesses
  4. wilga
  5. wilgas
  6. wilgie
  7. Wilham
  8. Wilhams
  9. Wilhelm
  10. Wilhelm scream
  11. Wilhelm screams

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