yulu

See also: yǔlù

Gamilaraay

Etymology

Compare Ngiyambaa yulu and Wiradjuri yuuluu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /julu/

Noun

yulu

1. nail, fingernail, toenail
2. claw

Quotations

• 1856, William Ridley, “On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect”, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:

  Finger-nails . yŭlŭ.

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 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:

  Claws of animals ... yulu

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay yulu and Wiradjuri yuuluu.

Noun

yulu

1. nail, claw, hoof

Wiradjuri

Noun

yulu

1. Alternative spelling of yuuluu