yarra

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Kaurna

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Noun

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yarra

  1. posterior part of the knee, the popliteal space

Woiwurrung

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Etymology

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Related to Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ (“beard”) and Bandjalang yarayn (“beard”).

Noun

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yarra

  1. hair

References

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  • Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124
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