dhalayn

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• dãlain
• tɑ́lɑ̆ĭn
• thallun

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dhalañ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *calañ. Cognate with Ngiyambaa thalay and Gamilaraay thalay.

Noun

dhalayn

1. tongue
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:

     tɑ́lɑ̆ĭn tongue

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   • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:

     Dãlain—the tongue.

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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:

     Tongue .... .... .... thallun.

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