wulmuwarri

Word Class: AnaWu

(ordinary) boomerang (used occasionally as weapon for hunting or fighting, more often as boomerang clapsticks in singing for ma][iwala or gunabibi rituals)

Other information:

Notes: or (rarely) NcMana, AnaWu… 17.14.3, 17.15.2, 20.13.2, 30.2.2, 70.3.2/7. Mana… 43.15.2. Cf. =`i`irri-bu-, =miynbarrja-, wi`bi`g. Other types of boomerang: murru[ilwa, murrguwanga, wa][arrja, wuma`a]ga. Etym- Cf. Wa][arrang (wu-)mulwarri. (Note transposition of l in Nunggubuyu.)