balang
See also: bɑlɑŋ
Malay
Tagalog
Wiradhuri
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Ngiyambaa pala.
Noun
balang
- head
- 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
- bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head
- 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2
- Head .... ballang
- 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
- Ballang—the head.
- 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
- Head .... .... .... bullang.
- 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
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