yirang

See also: yírang

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• írɑŋ
• yírɑŋ
• irang

Etymology

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

Noun

yirang

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

     írɑŋ or yírɑŋ tooth

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

     Irang—teeth.

   • 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

     Teeth .... .... .... irang.