bik-gurn
Woiwurrung
Alternative forms
- beak-goorn (“mushroom”)[1]
Etymology
From biik (“country, earth, ground”) and gurn (“throat, front of the neck”)
Noun
bik-gurn
References
- ^ 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
- ^ B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg80