Editing Emu (section)

== Etymology ==
The [[etymology]] of the common name "emu" is uncertain, but is thought to have come from an Arabic word for large bird that was later used by Portuguese explorers to describe the related [[cassowary]] in Australia and [[New Guinea]].<ref name="AM" /> Another theory is that it comes from the word "ema", which is used in Portuguese to denote a large bird akin to an ostrich or crane.<ref name="e5" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/57315/|title=The etymology of the name 'emu'|author=McClymont, James R.|publisher=readbookonline.net.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421001127/http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/57315/|archive-date=21 April 2015|access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> In Victoria, some terms for the emu were ''Barrimal'' in the [[Djadjawurrung language|Dja Dja Wurrung language]], ''myoure'' in [[Gunai language|Gunai]], and ''courn'' in [[Jardwadjali]].<ref name="Mathew">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFYSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159|title=Eaglehawk and crow a study of the Australian aborigines including an inquiry into their origin and a survey of Australian languages|author=Mathew, John|publisher=Рипол Классик|year=1899|isbn=978-5-87986-358-1|page=159}}</ref> The birds were known as ''murawung'' or ''birabayin'' to the local [[Eora]] and [[Darug]] inhabitants of the Sydney basin.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Sydney language|author=Troy, Jakelin|publisher=Jakelin Troy|year=1993|isbn=978-0-646-11015-8|location=Canberra|page=54}}</ref>