buurrbiyn

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Wiradjuri[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Ngiyambaa purrpi.

Noun[edit]

buurrbiyn

  1. belly
    • 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:
      búrbin belly
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
      Belly ... būrbin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
      Intestines .... .... bûrbiñ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)