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* Tarraki-Wurl-Wurl
Rainbow 'Arm Of The Sky'
Part of speech:
(N)
Sources:
Stone [darrakewoorlwoorl]
Notes:
The word 'wurl-wurl' was known to recent Wembawemba speakers as meaning 'blue sky', but the normal word for '(his) arm' wastathakuk, and cognate forms were heard in Werkaya and Mathimathi. 'tar-ruck' however is attested for Djadjawurrung by Parker (Smyth 1878 II:163, and is well known from other more southerly Kulin languges (Blake 1991:83). This compound was therefore probably a borrowing from Djadjawurrung.
Usage:
Pronunciation Guide:
Say: tarr-ar-ki-wuurl-wuurl
Pronunciation Notes:
Vowels: Standard - 'a' as in ‘path’, ‘i’ as in ‘hill’, ‘u’ as in ‘put’.
Consonants: - 'rr' roll or trill tongue.
Categories:
Country, Sky, Weather

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