kal-ge-grang

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • galgi garrong (“shin”)[1]

Etymology

From kalk (“bone”), "-ee"/"-i" suffix meaning "of", and gurram (“calf”)

Noun

kal-ge-grang

  1. shin[2]

References

  1. ^ B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg83
  2. ^ 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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