yiili
Appearance
Gamilaraay
[edit]Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]yiili
- to bite
- 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
- Bite .... .... hila
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yiili
- angry
- 1856, William Ridley, gurre kamilaroi, or Kamilaroi Sayings:
- baiame yili ginyi
God angry became- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)