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Kurnai|ˈkʊənaɪ|
[Austral. Aboriginal.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an Aboriginal tribe of south-eastern Australia.
B. n. This tribe; a member of this tribe; their language.
1911J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. v. 324 The Kurnai tribe of Gippsland in Victoria. 1965Austral. Encycl. I. 72/2 The Kurnai of Gippsland used to cut one or both hands from a corpse. The hand was wrapped in grass and dried, and a possum-fur string attached so that it could be worn about the neck of a near relative. By pushing or pinching the wearer, it was said to give warning of an approaching enemy. 1965W. E. H. Stanner in R. M. & C. H. Berndt Aboriginal Man in Austral. viii. 230 Much mischief has resulted from the supposition that all Aborigines in all important respects resemble the Aranda, Kamilaroi, Kurnai, and Murngin. 1972Talanya I. 29 In Kurnai..he gives the following phrases. |