English
Alternative spellings
yarndi
nyandi
Etymology
From Wiradhuri nyaandi "thingamajig, what's-its-name".
Noun
en-noun|-
- context|Australian Aboriginal marijuana|Marijuana.
Quotations
1984, L. Fogarty, Ngutji
:Yarndi = grass.
1990, Davis et al., Paperbark
:He made enough to ... keep himself in Nyandi (herb).
1992, Today, Sept.
:It’s just as well it doesn’t depend on our feelings. Good feelings just fade like Yarndi smoke.
1992, R. L. Ginibi, Real Deadly
:Ya can’t work hard, drink, and some yarndie too!
1993, Koori Mail, 10 Mar.
:I drank and smoked yarndie for fourteen years.
Category:Wiradhuri derivations
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