yuuluu

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• yulu
• yulla

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay and Ngiyambaa yulu.

Noun

yuuluu

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

     yula finger-nail

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

     Yulla—nails on fingers and toes.

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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:

     Finger nail .... .... yulu.

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