yarray

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

• yarē, yărē
• yerre

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradjuri yarrayn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaraj/ (reconstructed)

Noun

yarray

1. beard
   • 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:

     Beard . . yărē.

   • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:

     Beard | yarē

   • 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:

     Beard .... .... yerre

References

• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

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Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Wiradjuri yarrayn.

Noun

yarray

1. beard