An Aboriginal tool used for digging, in the form of a cup-shaped scoop traditionally made of hardwood.
their only tools are a yam-stick and a wirra
Example sentencesExamples
- The flowers were picked and crushed, and the nectar shaken into water in bowls made out of wirras.
- Some of them were good and gave families jam and sugar in a wirra.
- She felt sorry for the baby, so she gave him a wirra and said to him, "There you are Didji. Crawl under the dish; that is a good place to sleep."
- Most of these "wirras" were cut from beefwood or corkwood trees.
- The women retired a few yards and the men then scraped earth with a "wira" completely covering the grave.