dhinawan
Gamilaraay
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
dhinawan
References
- Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
Wiradhuri
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Gamilaraay thinawan.
Noun
dhinawan
- (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.
- 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language