yarra

See also: Yarra

Kaurna

Noun

yarra

1. posterior part of the knee, the popliteal space

Woiwurrung

Etymology

Related to Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ (“beard”) and Bandjalang yarayn (“beard”).

Noun

yarra

1. hair

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124