ba-bourn marnang

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • ba-bo-ûn marnang[1]
  • babungyi-muningya (“mother of the hand”)[2]
  • babin-babin (“thumb”)[3]
  • bababi marnung (“thumb”)[3]

Etymology

From baba (“mother”) and marnang (“hand”), meaning "mother of the hand"

Noun

ba-bourn marnang

  1. thumb[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
  2. ^ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Native_Tribes_of_South-East_Australia/Chapter_11
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg83
  4. ^ https://deadlystory.com/page/aboriginal-country-map/Aboriginal_Country_Completed/Wurundjeri/Wurundjeri_Language
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