yarray

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Ngiyambaa yarray and Wiradhuri yarrayn, yarrang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaraj/ (reconstructed)

Noun

yarray

  1. 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

References

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

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay yarray and Wiradhuri yarrayn, yarrang.

Noun

yarray

  1. beard
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