yarrayn

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Wiradjuri

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Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Gamilaraay yarray.

Noun

yarrayn

  1. beard
    • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
      Yaran—the chin; the beard.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
      Beard .... .... .... yerrañ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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