nguurruuyn
Wiradhuri
Etymology
Compare Bandjalang ŋuruyn.
Noun
nguurruuyn
- emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
- ŋúruin emu
- 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
- Ngurain—an emu.
- 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, vol. 34
- Emu .... .... . . nguruñ.
- 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
Synonyms
- dhinawan (northern dialect)
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