Antakirinja people
The Antakirinja, otherwise spelt Antakarinya, and alternatively spoken of as the Ngonde,indigenous Australian people of South Australia.
Name
Their tribal ethnonym generally signifies "westerners", from andakara / antakiri, apparently meaning 'west,' with the suffix -nja denoting 'name'.[2]
Language
Pama-Nyungan languages
.
Country
Kokata territory at Coober Pedy. The line separating them from the Matuntara tribe roughly coincides with the northern reaches of the bluebush plains.[1]
Social organization
The Antakarinya were composed of several hordes.
- Walarangunja (eastern Everard Ranges)
- Kadjilaranda (clan north of the eastern Everard Ranges)[1]
According to Christopher Giles, a Telegrapoh Stationmaster as
Charlotte Waters
, writing in 1875, they had four class names:
- Parroola
- Panungka
- Booltara
- Koomurra[3]
The marriage relations of the four were tabulated in the following manner:[4][5]
| Male | Marries | Children are |
|---|---|---|
| Parroola | Panungka | Koomurra |
| Panungka | Parroola | Booltara |
| Booltara | Koomurra | Poonungka (sic) |
| Koomurra | Booltara | Parroola |
Alternative names
- Antakarinja, Antakerinya, Antakerrinya,[3] Andagirinja, Andagarinja, Andekerinja (Arrernte pronunciation), Andekarinja, Antekarinja, Andigarinya.
- Andigirinji, Antingari, Andigari, Andgari
- Andegilliga, Andigarina, Antigari, Andigiri, Anjirigna
- Anterrikanya, Antegarinya, Antigerinya,[6] Andjirigna
- Untergerrie
- Aldolinga
- Ngonde
- Tangara
- Yandairunga
- Njuntundjara. (exonym).
- Walarangunja
- Walarenunga
- Kadjilaranda
- Aluna. (language name for southern bands).[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Tindale 1974, p. 210.
- ^ Tindale 1974, pp. 136, 210.
- ^ a b Giles & Taplin 1879, p. 89.
- ^ Giles & Taplin 1879, p. 90.
- ^ Giles, Fison & Howitt 1880, p. 65.
- ^ Elkin 1931, p. 63.
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