yuuluu

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay and Ngiyambaa yulu.

Noun

yuuluu

  1. fingernail
    • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
      yula finger-nail
    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Yulla—nails on fingers and toes.
    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
      Finger nail .... .... yulu.
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