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-up /ʌp/ is a suffix commonly found in place names in south western Western Australia.
The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Australian Aboriginal language, in which "-up" means "place of". The suffix "-in" or "-ing" has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar.[1][2][3]
Places tended to be named after their distinctive features, whereby the place names could be used to create a "mental map" allowing Indigenous Australians to determine where water, food and other raw materials could be found. These sites were often located near sources of fresh water, leading to the common misconception that "up" and "in" mean "near water".[3] The meanings and the pronunciations of many of these names has been lost over time.[3]
A number of these places were at one stage named with a suffix "-upp". This was as a result of the Western Australian Lands and Surveys Department adopting a system of spelling Indigenous Australian names devised by the Royal Geographical Society.
The system set the pronunciation of consonants as in English and vowels as in Italian. Using this system meant that "up" would be pronounced /uːp/ oop, whereas the names were meant to be pronounced /ʌp/ up.[4] The solution was deemed to be that doubling the following consonant would shorten the preceding vowel, thus "upp". This spelling convention was rescinded for towns in south west Western Australia in 1915 as the Australian pronunciation of "u" was almost always short.[4] The usage of some terms are for the name of Noongar groups as well as places Pinjarup is one of a number of names for one group – and it has been utilised and changed to the place name of Pinjarra.
Earlier attempts had been published in the 1900s and 1920s exploring and explaining place names in the south west of Western Australia.[2][5]
List of places
[edit | edit source]The following is a selected list of locations in Western Australia which end in "-up".
| Name | Location | Place name meaning (where known) |
|---|---|---|
| Amelup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Badgebup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of wild rushes"[6] |
| Bailup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Aboriginal unknown origin.[7] |
| Balgarup | "place of the black boy trees" (Xanthorrhoea preissii).[3] | |
| Balingup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Derived from the name of an Aboriginal warrior, Balingan.[6] |
| Banjup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Named for Banjupp Lake.[7] |
| Barragup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[7] |
| Beenup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | A corruption of the Aboriginal name of nearby Beenyup Brook. Now known as Byford.[7] |
| Binningup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Apparently an Aboriginal name, but not necessarily traditional.[6] |
| Boranup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Boyanup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "a place of quartz"[6] |
| Boyup Brook | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of smoke"[6] |
| Burekup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | The Aboriginal name of a wildflower that grows profusely in the locality.[6] |
| Carbunup River | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | " Variously "place of a kindly stream", "place of cormorants", and "place of the stinkwood thicket.[8] |
| Cardup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of the racehorse goanna".[9] |
| Chinocup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning.[8] |
| Condingup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning.[8] |
| Coodanup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Unknown.[9] |
| Cookernup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "the place of the swamp hen".[8] |
| Coolbellup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | The Aboriginal name of a lake in the area.[9] |
| Cooloongup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of children".[10] |
| Coolup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of the wild turkey".[8] |
| Coomalbidgup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "Possum scratches up a tree & there is water there".[8] |
| Cowaramup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | believed to be derived from cowara, the Aboriginal name for the purple-crowned lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala).[8] |
| Culeenup (Cooleenup) | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Cundinup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Dalyellup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | still, frothy water |
| Dalyup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Possibly the Noongar word for the king parrot or Hookbill.[4] |
| Dandalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[11] |
| Dardanup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Believed to be a variation of the Aboriginal word "Dudingup" the meaning of which is not known.[4] |
| Dinninup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | An Aboriginal name of unknown meaning.[4] |
| Dwellingup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of nearby water".[4] |
| Gelorup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Gidgegannup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place where spears are made". "Gidgie" is the word for spear.[12] |
| Gnowangerup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place where the mallee hen nests" (Leipoa ocellata).[13] |
| Gwelup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "the lake that shifted position", derived from "Gwelgannow" which means to "shift the position" and "step aside".[12] |
| Gwindinup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | May be a local spelling of the nearby Gynudup Brook.[13] |
| Jacup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Jandabup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of little eagle".[14] |
| Jerdacuttup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Named for the Jerdacuttup River.[15] |
| Jerramungup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of upstanding yate trees" (Eucalyptus cornuta).[15] |
| Jingalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | A contraction of nearby Kodjingalup Well.[15] |
| Joondalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of whiteness or glistening".[14] |
| Joweelingup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Karnup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | A local Aboriginal name, the meaning of the name is not known.[16] |
| Karrakup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | From "Karrak", the Nyoongar word for the red-tailed black cockatoo which is prevalent in the area.[16] |
| Karrinyup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Originally Careniup, of unknown meaning.[16] |
| Kebaringup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | A local Aboriginal name, the meaning of the name is not known.[17] |
| Kendenup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Of Aboriginal origin, of unknown meaning. |
| Kirup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "the place of summer flies".[17] |
| Kojonup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of the stone axe".[17] |
| Kudardup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Named for Coodardup Mill.[17] |
| Kulikup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[17] |
| Kundip | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[17] |
| Kuringup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of wattle gum".[3] |
| Kwobrup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "good place".[17] |
| Mandogalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | An Aboriginal name, the meaning of which is unknown.[18] |
| Manjimup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | An Aboriginal name said to be derived from "Manjin", a broad leafed marsh flag with an edible root.[19] |
| Marbelup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[19] |
| Marrinup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Mariginiup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "to pull out flag leaved flax".[18] |
| Mayanup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | No meaning or source for the name given.[19] |
| Metricup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Monjebup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Moodiarrup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[19] |
| Morangup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Mullalyup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "the place where the young men had their noses pierced".[19] |
| Mumballup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Mungalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[19] |
| Munglinup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | A local Aboriginal word.[19] |
| Muradup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | An Aboriginal name.[19] |
| Myalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | An Aboriginal name derived from a nearby swamp.[19] |
| Nambeelup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Nannup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "stopping place" or "place of parrots".[11] |
| Narrikup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of abundance"[11] |
| Needilup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[11] |
| Neerabup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Possibly "swampy place" or "small basin or lake".[20] |
| Noggerup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[11] |
| Nornalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of black snake" (Norn, a name of a Pseudechis species).[3] |
| Nowergup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of sweet water".[20] |
| Ongerup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of the male kangaroo".[21] |
| Palgarup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Peringillup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[22] |
| Pingrup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Believed to mean "grassy place".[3] |
| Pootenup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of the native hybrid mallee tree".[3] |
| Porongurup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Qualeup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | The Aboriginal name of a nearby lake.[23] |
| Quedjinup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Quigup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known.[23] |
| Quindalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of quendas" (Isoodon obesulus).[23] |
| Takalarup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Tambellup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | possibly "place of thunder".[24] |
| Wadjemup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Noongar name for Rottnest Island, meaning "place across the water".[25] |
| Wagerup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "Place of emus".[26] |
| Wannanup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Warawarrup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Wattleup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Named for Wattleup Road.[27] |
| Wilyabrup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Wokalup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Not known. Humorously said to mean "the confusion experienced by nocturnal animals during an eclipse".[26] |
| Wonnerup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | "place of the Aboriginal woman's digging or fighting stick".[26] |
| Woogenellup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Yallingup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Place of caves |
| Yalup Brook | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Yangebup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Derived from the Aboriginal word "yanget", the name of a native flax or bullrush.[28] |
| Yoongarillup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Yornup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Yunderup | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Derived from "Yoondooroop", the original spelling of one of the islands in the Murray River delta.[28] |
See also
[edit | edit source]- Noongar for a map of the Noongar linguistic regions
References
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