link | State Library of Queensland “Word of the Week” Week Fourteen

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ilq/2019/04/02/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages-word-of-the-week-week-fourteen/

As part of State Library’s commitment to the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, we will be promoting a ‘word of the week’ from one of the 125+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and dialects from across Queensland.
This week’s word is woodoobra [pronounced woon-doo-bra], from the Yirandali language of North-West Queensland, particularly the region around Hughenden – it means ‘lotus flower’ and is believed to refer to the Blue Water Lily. The different species of water lilies were a source of food for many Aboriginal groups, as the stalks were chewed and seeds were edible.
Category: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
Thematic area: Promotion
Call topics: Intergenerational transmission
Major objective: Thematic areas: Promotion
Area of intervention: Growth and development through elaboration of new knowledge