yarray
Gamilaraay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradjuri yarrayn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yarray
- beard
- 1856, William Ridley, “On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect”, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
- Beard . . yărē.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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:
- Beard .... .... yerre
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Ngiyambaa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradjuri yarrayn.
Noun edit
yarray