nguurruuyn

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• ŋúruin
• ngurain
• nguruñ

Etymology

Compare Bandjalang ŋuruyn.

Noun

nguurruuyn

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes

     ŋúruin emu

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

     Ngurain—an emu.

   • 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, vol. 34

     Emu .... .... . . nguruñ.

Synonyms

• dhinawan (northern dialect)