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Kaurna
Noun
yarra
- posterior part of the knee, the popliteal space
Woiwurrung
Etymology
Related to Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ (“beard”) and Bandjalang yarayn (“beard”).
Noun
yarra
- hair
References
- Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124