English: leg (of animal, hind leg), thigh (bone), thigh (or whole leg from hip to foot), claw
Bundjalung: jarang
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words: jilang 'claw'  
With same English translation:  
Category: body_part
Comment: Can be used for whole leg, limb or branch of a tree Gd, Wa: thigh, upper leg, confluent river; plural jarangbil; also juruhnbay 'thigh.'; jarang-gir 'drunken person, one unsteady on legs' (probably from 'leg' and English 'drunk'); jarahngbil 'boughs' (arboreal plural) ; derang or jerang listed as 'hips' (Y:Hanlon); also root; also name of a constellation. cf jiron ; also branch(es) of a tree, (open palm of the hand, bird's claw, animal's paw, name of a constellation); Ny:Curr:Ballina reco
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm leg , claw , thigh; Y:Holm jarang leg; Y:Allen thar
Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Cowln jarang leg; Bj:Holm:Fergn djarang; Wi:Lism:Curr tchering; Wi:Curr:Richmd terung; Ny:Curr:Ballina kindle thigh (prob. knee recorded wrongly) ;
South West: Wa:Crowl; We:Gordn leg; Cas:Smy djarang, djerang leg;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; Gd:Calley(?) djer:ang? leg above knee; Gd:Sc:JThomas UClarnce charung thigh , charong branches ; Gn:Mathew tirang thigh ;


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