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Woiwurrung

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Etymology

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A portmanteau of the Woiwurrung words woi (meaning "no") and wurrung (meaning "lip" or "speech"),[1] from the way that speakers of this language express the negative.[2]

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Woiwurrung

  1. A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the central part of Victoria, around Melbourne.

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