yira

Bidyara

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

yira

1. tooth

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN

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Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yiraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra, cognate with Wiradjuri yirang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiɻa/, [jiɻa], [iɻa]

Noun

yira

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

     Teeth . . īră.

   • 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:

     Teeth .... .... yira

Alternative forms

• Yuwaalaraay dialect: yiya

References

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʝiɾa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝiɾa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃiɾa/ [ˈʃi.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒiɾa/ [ˈʒi.ɾa]

Noun

yira f (plural yiras)

1. (colloquial, Latin America, derogatory) harlot; prostitute

References

• Babylon, Online Dictionary [1]