gabuuga

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Wiradjuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Gamilaraay gawugaa "head".

Noun

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gabuuga

  1. egg
  2. brain

Quotations

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  • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
    kábuka brain (see egg)
    ...
    kábuka egg
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  • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
    Gabbuga—an egg; brains.
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  • 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
    Eggs .... .... .... kubbuga.
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