yarrayn
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Wiradjuri[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Gamilaraay yarray.
Noun[edit]
yarrayn
- beard
- 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
- Yaran—the chin; the beard.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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, volume 34:
- Beard .... .... .... yerrañ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)