yarra mirring

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Woiwurrung words mirring (“eye”) and yarra (“hair”)[1][2]

Noun

yarra mirring

  1. eyebrow[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://deadlystory.com/page/aboriginal-country-map/Aboriginal_Country_Completed/Wurundjeri/Wurundjeri_Language
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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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