† narangadj.

Forms: 1800s narang, 1800s narrangy, 1800s nerangy.

Origin: A borrowing from Dharuk. Etymon: Dharuk ngarang.

Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) ngarang little, younger.Compare the following evidence of the Dharuk word interpreted as a noun:1790 J. Hunter Hist. Jrnl. Trans. Port Jackson (1793) 409 Narrong, any thing small.

Australian. Obsolete.

In Australian Aboriginal usage: little, small.

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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. 28 They could not contain their astonishment..that the ‘cobawn (big) gobernor, had not mout so (screwing theirs into the appropriate shape), like the narang (little) gobernor’.

1838 T. Walker Month in Bush 6 The blacks say..that there are two deep holes in it a ‘cabonn’ (large and deep) and a ‘narang’ (small).

1861 Burke & Wills Exploring Exped. 8 Sandy said he could only understand ‘narrangy word’ they said; but I believe that he could not understand them at all.

1870 Illustr. Sydney News 24 Dec. 2/2 The latter were occasionally met on the runs by shepherds, who gave them a ‘narang’ bit of tobacco, and they passed away without molesting anyone.

1879 ‘Australian’ Adventures in Queensland 31 That fellow been sit down here nerangy while (a little while).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	narang
释义	† narangadj. Forms: 1800s narang, 1800s narrangy, 1800s nerangy. Origin: A borrowing from Dharuk. Etymon: Dharuk ngarang. Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) ngarang little, younger.Compare the following evidence of the Dharuk word interpreted as a noun:1790 J. Hunter Hist. Jrnl. Trans. Port Jackson (1793) 409 Narrong, any thing small. Australian. Obsolete. In Australian Aboriginal usage: little, small. ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. 28 They could not contain their astonishment..that the ‘cobawn (big) gobernor, had not mout so (screwing theirs into the appropriate shape), like the narang (little) gobernor’. 1838 T. Walker Month in Bush 6 The blacks say..that there are two deep holes in it a ‘cabonn’ (large and deep) and a ‘narang’ (small). 1861 Burke & Wills Exploring Exped. 8 Sandy said he could only understand ‘narrangy word’ they said; but I believe that he could not understand them at all. 1870 Illustr. Sydney News 24 Dec. 2/2 The latter were occasionally met on the runs by shepherds, who gave them a ‘narang’ bit of tobacco, and they passed away without molesting anyone. 1879 ‘Australian’ Adventures in Queensland 31 That fellow been sit down here nerangy while (a little while). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1827
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