mellŭk

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • meluk (“a large grub found in some eucalypti”)[1]
  • milork (“grubs (in trees)”)[2]

Noun

mellŭk

  1. a large grub found in gum trees[3]

See also

  • djeri (“the grub which is found in or near the wurun (“manna gum”) tree”)
  • bēr-ŭk (“white grub in gum tree”)
  • urnung-meluk (“forefinger”)

References

  1. ^ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Native_Tribes_of_South-East_Australia/Chapter_11
  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
  3. ^ https://howittandfison.org/document/hw0391/10
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