dharrang
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Wiradjuri[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Central New South Wales *dharraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *carra. Cognate with Ngiyambaa tharra and Gamilaraay tharra.
Noun[edit]
dharrang
- thigh
- 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:
- dɑrɑŋ thigh
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- 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
- Thigh .... tharrang
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- 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
- Darrang—the thigh.
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- 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:
- Thigh .... .... .... dhurrang.
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