yirrangin

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • yiRangin[1]
  • wiRingan[1]
  • wirring wilam (“dog, dingo”)[2]
  • yearangin (“native dog”)[3]
  • yerâng-in (“dog”)[3]

Noun

yirrangin

  1. dog[4]
    • "Yerâng-in'eek" - "My dog"[3]
    • "Yerâng-in'din" - "His dog"[3]
    • "Yerâng-in'ó" - "Her dog"[3]
    • "Yerâng-in oogob-bilin" - "Their dog"[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/f4512721-7645-4722-90b8-168541d38240/content
  2. ^ B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg80
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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
  4. ^ R. M. W. Dixon, Australia's Original Languages - An Introduction, 2019, pg8
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