ankerr-ingk
Alyawarr
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The plant is so called because its leaves resemble emu's feet.
Noun
[edit]ankerr-ingk
- an emu's foot
- Goodenia lunata, a plant which the Alyawarr used to chew with ashes like wild tobacco
References
[edit]- Jennifer Anne Green, Alyawarr to English Dictionary (1992), quoted in Boundary Rider: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey O'Grady (1997)