Gamilaraay

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.

• 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

References

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

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay yulu and Wiradhuri yuuluu.

Noun

yulu

1. nail, claw, hoof

Wiradhuri

Noun

yulu

1. Alternative spelling of yuuluu