birring

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

birring

  1. present participle and gerund of birr

Wiradjuri[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central New South Wales *birriŋ, cognate with Gamilaraay biri and Ngiyambaa pirri.

Noun[edit]

birring

  1. (anatomy) chest
    • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
      Bíring—the breast.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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