narang

alternative narrangy · alternative nerangy

1. obsoleteAustralian AboriginalLittle; small.

   The blacks say, however, that there are two deep holes in it a "cabonn" (large and deep) and a "narang" (small).

   1838, A Month in the Bush of Australia, London: J. Cross, 18, Holborn; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court, page 6

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   [T]he natives took it into their heads that this was an essential of governorship, and they could not contain their astonishment on finding, upon inquiry, that the "cobawn (big) gobernor, had not mout so (screwing theirs into the appropriate shape), like the narang (little) gobernor."

   1827, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, 1st edition, volume 2, London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, page 28

   Sandy said he could only understand "narrangy word" they said; but I believe that he could not understand them at all, as he was quite unable to make them comprehend that I wished to know if they had seen any stray camels about the creek.

   1861, The Burke and Wells Exploring Expedition, Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon, 78, Collins Street East, page 8

plural Narangs

1. A surname from Punjabi.

1. A gewog of Mongar District, Bhutan.