Gamilaraay

buruma

Alternative forms

• būrumo, búrumo
• bŭrrŭmă

Noun

buruma

1. tame dog

   nginda dhii wuu-na buruma-gu‎

   You give the meat to the dog!

1. • 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, vol. 4

     Dog . . . bŭrrŭmă.

   • 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.

   • 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, vol. 33

     Dog .... .... buruma

Synonyms

• marayin
• mirri
• ngurran

References

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