yira

Bidyara

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

yira

  1. tooth

Further reading
  • Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yiraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra, cognate with Wiradhuri yirang.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jiɻa/, [jiɻa], [iɻa]

Noun

yira

  1. tooth
    • 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
      Teeth . . īră.
    • 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:
      Teeth .... .... yira

Alternative forms
  • Yuwaalaraay dialect: yiya

References
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝiɾa/

Noun

yira f (plural yiras)

  1. (colloquial, Latin America, derogatory) harlot; prostitute

References
  • Babylon, Online Dictionary
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