mirring gaarn

Woiwurrung

Etymology

From gaang (“nose”) and mirring (“hole”)[1]

Noun

mirring gaarn

  1. nostril

References

  1. ^ B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg82
  • 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
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