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Book Review

Kaurna Warrapiipa, Kaurna Dictionary, Kaurna to English, English to Kaurna

Rob Amery, Susie Greenwood and Jasmin Morley, 2021. Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi in Assoc. with Wakefield Press

The Kaurna Dictionary is a valuable resource for our community to learn and share our language and culture. This book will enable our community to revive their connections to land and each other to respect the past and to further develop the future of our people as a community. It is encouragement for all people to come together and learn together.
Kaurna Ancestors are lighting up the sky, singing and dancing while Kaurna hearts burst with pride as we announce the arrival of our history-making, first-ever Kaurna language dictionary. Kaurna to English and English to Kaurna translations give learners quick access and the ability to identify the creative processes used to translate and adapt old words to new for modern-day application that is rooted in ancient integrity. The dictionary includes words for people and relationships, animals, landscapes, seasons, emotions, ceremonies and practices, and includes new words for sports and technology just to name a few.
This simple, comprehensive and insightful dictionary is easy to navigate and is grounded with ancient and modern Kaurna voices and robust historical and contemporary sources.
All information taken from Kaurna Warrapiipa Kaurna Dictionary
This book is part of the Reference Collection. It can be viewed at the Fleurieu Environment Centre

A Flourishing Fleurieu Environment

Empower the community to live sustainably and enhance the environment of the Fleurieu.
The Fleurieu Environment Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters of the area that we live and work, the Kaurna Miyurna, Ngarrindjeri and Ramindjeri people of the Fleurieu Peninsula. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations people.

We would like to thank our funding sponsors and partners who enable us to deliver our programs.
The Fleurieu Environment Centre is part of the Greater Adelaide Environment Network, seeded by Green Adelaide with support from Landscapes Hills and Fleurieu

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