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Gamilaraay
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradjuri yarrayn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaraj/ (reconstructed)
Noun
yarray
- beard
1856, William Ridley, “On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect”, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
- 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
- Beard | yarē
1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
References
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Ngiyambaa
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradjuri yarrayn.
Noun
yarray
- beard