buruma

See also: burumā and burūmā

Gamilaraay

buruma

Buruma

Alternative forms

• būrumo, búrumo
• bŭrrŭmă

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɻuma/

Noun

buruma

1. tame dog

   Nginda dhii wuuna burumagu.

   You give the meat to the dog!

   • 1856, William Ridley, “On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect”, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:

     Dog . . . bŭrrŭmă.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1856, William Ridley, gurre kamilaroi or Kamilaroi Sayings:

     baiame gīr yārāman, būrumo, bundar, mūte, dūli, dīnoun, buralga, biloela, millimumul, gulamboli, kobado, mullion, guiya, nūrai, ŋundoba, burulu, muŋin, kānuŋo di gimobi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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:

     Dog .... .... buruma

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• marayin
• mirri
• ngurran

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

buruma

1. Rōmaji transcription of ブルマ