pulyuna

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Kaurna[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pulyuna

  1. black

(Note: 'pulyuna' is the modern spelling of 'pulyunna'.)

    • 1840, C.G. Teichelman, C.W. Schurmann, Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia, Self-published, page 69:
      Pulyunna meyurlo yakko yailtya pindi meyu budnitina.
      The black man did not think that the white man would come.