Definition of yandy in English:
yandy
verbyandied, yandying, yandies ˈjandi
[with object]Australian Separate (grass seed or a mineral) from the surrounding refuse by shaking it in a special shallow dish.
（摇晃特制浅碟）把（草籽，矿物）从废物中分离出来，筛出
Example sentencesExamples
- After then we went to Pilykunkura, yandying for tin.
- The pods were threshed, and the seeds variously winnowed, yandied, parched, pounded, ground, and made into a paste to be baked into cakes.
- As a child, Tjayanka learnt to carve utilitarian objects such as wana (digging sticks) and kanilpa (basin for collecting and yandying seeds).
- At last I try roasting them in the oven in their pods before crushing the lot and yandying, the Aboriginal way of sorting seeds.
- We had a meeting that we're going to start yandying tin, all that sort of thing.
nounPlural yandies ˈjandi
Australian A shallow dish used for separating grass seed or a mineral from the surrounding refuse.
Example sentencesExamples
- I have seen Aboriginal people using yandies in the Pilbara district to recover cassiterite though.
Origin
From Yindjibarndi (an Aboriginal language of western Australia).