Definitions
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- noun a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India
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Examples
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Dr. Munro next reproduces two _wooden_ churinga (_churinga irula_), as being very unlike the Clydesdale objects _in stone_ {84a} (figures 5, 6).
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878
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They also occur on wooden slats, (_churinga irula_,) commonly styled "Bull roarers" by Europeans.
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878
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_churinga_, and, so far, modern Aberdeenshire had the same _churinga irula_ as the Arunta.
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878
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"charm stones," and that _churinga irula_, wooden magical slats of wood, exist in Australia and other savage regions, and survive, as magical, into modern British life.
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878
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