yarrayn

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• yaran
• yerrañ
• yarrang

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yarrañ, cognate with Gamilaraay yarray.

Noun

yarrayn

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

     Yaran—the chin; the beard.

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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:

     Beard .... .... .... yerrañ.

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