goorrk

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • gurrk (“blood”)[1]
  • guruk
    • "Barein gurukba murrnein" - You spilled my blood[2]
  • kuRk[3]
  • kuRmul[3]
  • gurruk[4]
  • gurrumul[4]
  • gurr(u)mul (“blood”)[1]

Etymology

Cognates

Cognate with Daungwurrung gurruk (“blood”),[4] Daungwurrung kuRk (“blood”),[3] Boonwurrung gurrumul ("blood"),[4] Wathaurong kuRk (“blood”)[3]

Noun

goorrk

  1. blood[5]
  2. woman[6]

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg84
  2. ^ M. Woiwood, Barak Vs The Black Hats of Melbourne, 2017, p332
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/f4512721-7645-4722-90b8-168541d38240/content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg51
  5. ^ 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
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg80
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