Word Up

Reporter and translator Damien Williams shares a very important western Arrernte word — 'water'.

Arrernte man Damien Williams is a journalist and language worker at Indigenous Community Television. In his role at ICTV, Damien uses his language skills to bring the news of the day to his community. This month Damien will share his language skills and knowledge with Word Up.

Trinity Clarke shares an eastern Kuku Yalanji word that means 'leaf'.

Trinity Clarke shares a word from the eastern dialect of Kuku Yalanji that means ‘heart sore’.

Trinity Clarke shares a word that means 'your spirit, your essence' as well as 'to like' and 'to love' in the eastern dialect of Kuku Yalanji.

This week Trinity Clarke shares a word that means 'to know', 'to teach' and 'to learn' in the eastern dialect of Kuku Yalanji.

Trinity Clarke is a Young Language Chamption with First Languages Australia, and Word Up''s language legend this month. This week she explains that the Kuku Yalanji word that means 'to speak', or 'language of a place' is shared across several neighbouring language groups.

Plant knowledge holder, artist and health worker David Doyle shares the Barkindji name for quandong.

Barkindji plant knowledge holder, artist and health worker David Doyle shares a word that means 'many waters'.

David Doyle is a plant knowledge holder, an artist and a health worker living in Broken Hill, and this week we head back to Barkindji Country to learn the word for a very special person.

David Doyle is a  Barkindji/Malyangapa artist, plant knowledge holder and health worker. For Word Up he shares the Barkindji name for Murray Cod.

Kylie Bracknell shares the Noongar word for 'older brother'.

Noognar language legend and Word Up boomerang Kylie Bracknell shares some more language that means something special to her. This week she discusses the Noongar word for someone of renown.

Writer, actor and language champion Kylie Bracknell returns to reflect on a Noongar word for "watching together".

Kylie Bracknell is a fierce Noongar language advocate and long-time friend of Word Up. This week, Kylie returns to share a very special Noongar compound word celebrating song and dance.

Kylie Bracknell is a Noongar woman and language champion. In 2016 Kylie was Word Up’s inaugural guest. Now, she returns to share a Noongar word that has a special significance — ‘ancestor’.

Kaurna artist James Tylor explains why he loves using his mob’s word for ‘deadly’.

This week, artist James Tylor returns to share another piece of Kaurna language. It's a compound word, a combination of the Kaurna words for water (kauwi) and brushtail possum (pirlta) — kauwirlta.

Multi-disciplinary artist James Tylor returns to share his one of his favourite words from Kaurna language. It's a word that describes the action of reflecting on something you’ve learnt — payanthi.

James Tylor is a  disciplinary artist  with a passion for Kaurna language. For Word Up this week, James shares a Kaurna word that means to prepare your mind for a challenge…

Mikayala Shaw-Friday's grandmother has been integral to her language learning. For Word Up this week Mikayla shares a little about her grandmother and a word that connects them.

Ngarinyman is the language from the northern Victoria River region in the Northern Territory. This month, Mikayla Shaw-Friday shares some Ngarinyman words that describe the time of day. This week we hear the Ngarinyman word for 'twilight'.

Ngarinyman speaker Mikayla Shaw-Friday returns to catch some more sunshine and share the word for afternoon.

Ngarinyman is the language from the northern Victoria River region in the Northern Territory. This month, Mikayla Shaw-Friday shares some Ngarinyman words that describe the time of day. She begins this week with the Ngarinyman word for 'morning time'.

Bayadherra is the name for the Yorta Yorta Totem, which is the Long Neck Turtle.