birring

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• bíring

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *birriŋ, cognate with Gamilaraay biri and Ngiyambaa pirri.

Noun

birring

1. (anatomy) chest
   • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language

     Bíring—the breast.