buurrbiyn
Wiradjuri
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Ngiyambaa purrpi.
Noun
[edit]buurrbiyn
- belly
- 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:
- búrbin belly
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- 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
- Belly ... būrbin
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- 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:
- Intestines .... .... bûrbiñ.
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