Wiradjuri edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Gamilaraay wamu.

Noun edit

wamuu

  1. fat
    • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
      wɑmu fat, grease
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    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Wámu—fat.
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    • 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, vol. 34
      Fat ... .... .... .... wammo.
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