longa
Preposition
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Preposition
- (Australian Aboriginal) Belonging to; of, in, at, to. [from 19th c.]
- 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
- This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.
- 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook:
- He wait longa river.
- 1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137:
- la
- 'long
longa
- (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.
- Synonyms: quadruple whole note
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