dharrang

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• dɑrɑŋ
• darrang
• dhurrang
• tharrang

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dharraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *carra. Cognate with Ngiyambaa tharra and Gamilaraay tharra.

Noun

dharrang

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

     dɑrɑŋ thigh

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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:

     Thigh .... tharrang

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

     Darrang—the thigh.

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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:

     Thigh .... .... .... dhurrang.

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