bikmoom

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • bik-mum (“goose”)[1]
  • bik-moon (“wood duck”)[2]

Etymology

From biik (“earth, country”) and mum (“bottom”)[1]

Noun

bikmoom

  1. goose[1]
  2. geese[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg80
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
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