Kaurna

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Etymology

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From Proto-core Thura-Yura *muru.

Noun

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murro

  1. Dust; ashes.
    • 1840, C. G. Teichelmann & C. W. Schürmann, Outlines of a grammar, vocabulary and phraseology of the Aboriginal language of South Australia spoken by the natives in and for some distance around Adelaide
      murro s. dust; ashes
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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  • Simpson, Jane; Hercus, Luise. (2004) Thura-Yura comparative vocabulary. Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, p. 586.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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murro m (plural murros)

  1. punch (strike with one’s fist)
    Synonym: soco

Derived terms

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