mirring
Woiwurrung
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognates
Cognate with Wadi Wadi mirenggel (“eye”),[2] Wathaurong miR (“eye”),[1] Daungwurrung miRng (“eye”)[1]
Noun
mirring
Derived terms
- yit-yita-mirring (“eyelash”)
- yarra mirring (“eyebrow”)
- mirring gaarn (“nostril”)
- merring-jak-koren (“cave”)
- neri (“cave or hole in a bank”)
- merŭng (“door, opening with a cover”)
- mirreeng (“pit”)
- mirreng (“sepulchre (grave)”)
- wurr-wurra-mirrang (“eyeball”)
- baañdji mirring (“tears”)
References
- Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/f4512721-7645-4722-90b8-168541d38240/content
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg82
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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
- ^ https://deadlystory.com/page/aboriginal-country-map/Aboriginal_Country_Completed/Wurundjeri/Wurundjeri_Language
- ^ https://www.smh.com.au/national/learn-some-woiwurrung-words-for-everyday-use-20211007-p58y2x.html