maDiynjarr

Word Class: Mana

scrub trees

Other information:

Notes: 7.16.4, 98.4.2. Term applied to a number of shrubs usually 1 to 2 metres tall, with tiny (often needle-like) leaves, commonly having brightly-colored (red, orange, yellow) flowers in the dry season, found in savannah, occasionally forming moderately dense brush. The term can be used to describe such brushland. Focal spp. are the wattle Acacia sublanata, the fringe-myrtle Calytrix exstipulata (=C. microphylla), and the grevillea Grevillea pungens. Other spp. which can be labeled by this term include Jacksonia thesioides, Verticordia spp., and Hibbertia spp. Some of these have uncommon specific names (see marmiyn, nga]anga]iynji), but these terms are rarely heard and informants may disagree on species applications. The term ma[iynjarr is theoretically contrasted to mu[i[i, but some speakers fail consistently to distinguish the two terms or even reverse the meanings presented here. Both ma[iynjarr and mu[i[i tend to have unfavorable connotations, designating economically useless, small shrubs which may cause minor injuring to persons walking by them.