dhalayn

dhalayn

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• dãlain
• tɑ́lɑ̆ĭn
• thallun

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dhalañ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *calañ. Cognate with Ngiyambaa thalay and Gamilaraay thalay.

Noun

dhalayn

1. tongue
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes

     tɑ́lɑ̆ĭn tongue

   • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language

     Dãlain—the tongue.

   • 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, Vol. 34

     Tongue .... .... .... thallun.