yarray
Gamilaraay
Alternative forms
- yarē, yărē
- yerre
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradhuri yarrayn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaraj/ (reconstructed)
Noun
yarray
- beard
- 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
- Beard . . yărē.
- 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
- Beard | yarē
- 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
- Beard .... .... yerre
- 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
References
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Ngiyambaa
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradhuri yarrayn.
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