yulu

See also: yǔlù

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /julu/

Etymology

Compare Ngiyambaa yulu and Wiradhuri yuuluu.

Noun

yulu

1. nail, fingernail, toenail
2. claw

Quotations

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

  Finger-nails . yŭlŭ.

• 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:

  Claws of animals ... yulu

References

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

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Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay yulu and Wiradhuri yuuluu.

Noun

yulu

1. nail, claw, hoof

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Wiradhuri

Noun

yulu

1. Alternative spelling of yuuluu