lamboun-kawang

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • lambun gawang (“grey hair”)[1]

Etymology

Likely from lamboorreen (“white”) and gawang (“head”)

Noun

lamboun-kawang

  1. grey hair[1]
  2. greyhead[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg82
  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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