yarrayn

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Gamilaraay yarray.

Noun

yarrayn

  1. beard
    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Yaran—the chin; the beard.
    • 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
      Beard .... .... .... yerrañ.
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