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berbert

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Woiwurrung

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Noun

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berbert

  1. biceps[1][2]
  2. ringtail possum (i.e. the place where a strip of ringtail possum pelt is laid round on some festive occasions)[1][3]
  3. armlet[3]

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://howittandfison.org/document/hw0391/12
  2. ^ B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg83
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg90
  • Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124
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