dhinawan

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Gamilaraay[edit]

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Noun[edit]

dhinawan

  1. emu

References[edit]

  • Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia

Wiradjuri[edit]

dhinawan

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Etymology[edit]

Compare Gamilaraay thinawan.

Noun[edit]

dhinawan

  1. (northern dialect) emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Dinnawan—an emu.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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