Borrowed from Dharug gunya (“shelter”), first recorded 1803.
gunyah in American English
2. any crude bush hut or shelter. Word origin. [1790–1800; ‹ Dharuk gu-n'i]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: echelon, gelatin, idealism, rationalism, silhouette.
A humpy, also known as a gunyah, wurley, wurly or wurlie, is a small, temporary shelter, traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people. These impermanent dwellings, made of branches and bark, are sometimes called a lean-to, since they often rely on a standing tree for support.
1. Australia : an aboriginal hut. 2. Australia : a small hut or crude shelter built for use in the bush. the camp consisted of dome-shaped bough gunyahs, roofed with sacks Francis Ratcliffe.
a traditional native home, made from wood or bark.
/ (ˈdʒʌmˌbʌk) / noun. Australian archaic an informal word for sheep.
It is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that belongs to the alphavirus genus of the family Togaviridae. The name “chikungunya” derives from a word in the Kimakonde language of southern Tanzania, meaning “to become contorted”, and describes the stooped appearance of sufferers with joint pain (arthralgia).
A small, simple, single-storey house or shelter. hut. cabin. shack. shanty.
Wonga, meaning ' cormorants. ' (bird) and -ratta meaning 'meeting place of the rivers'.
There are many Aboriginal words describing 'houses'. Since there were many hundred Aboriginal languages in Australia the number of words we know today is but a fraction of the abundance of words used. Some words are gunya (gunyah), wiltija, mia-mia, nganu, goondie and wurley.
It is also used with pronouns to indicate the plural, e.g. "me fella" = "we" or "us", "you fella" = "you all". Other words include blackfella (an Aboriginal person) and whitefella (a white person).
Mimis (or Mimih spirits) are fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land in the folklore of the Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia.
Whatever the case, jumbuck was a prominent word in the pidgin used by early settlers and Aborigines to communicate with one another, and was thence borrowed into many Australian Aboriginal languages as the name for the introduced animal, the sheep.
As a noun, a tucker is either someone who sews tiny pleats in fabric or an old-fashioned fabric insert in the neck of a dress. As an informal verb, tucker means "exhaust or tire." If you're a tucker, you're a sewer or a stitcher.
The origin of this word was long unknown. It is thus explained by Mr. Meston, in the Sydney Bulletin, April 18, 1896: The word jumbuck for sheep appears originally as jimba, jombock, dombock, and dumbog. In each case it meant the white mist preceding a shower, to which a flock of sheep bore a strong resemblance.
The term "wagga" comes from their aboriginal dialect which means "crow". The repetition of a word translates to its plural, so "wagga wagga" translates to "crows" or "the place of many crows." An important natural landmark of the area, the Murrumbidgee River also derived its name from the aboriginal dialect.
Nullah. Nullah is a name made famous by Baz Luhrman's film Australia, where a young Brandon Walters broke a million hearts around the world as the young Aboriginal boy named Nullah. The word Nullah is a word for war club/hunting stick derived from the Dharug language.
It is polite to say goodbye when leaving. Our word for goodbye is 'bobo' (pronounced bor bor).
1. : afraid of loud noise (such as that of a gun) 2. : markedly distrustful, afraid, or cautious.
Synonyms of cairn (noun monument, testimonial in honor, praise) ceremony. headstone. mausoleum. plaque.
Chikungunya (chik-un-GUN-yuh) fever is an illness caused by a virus spread by mosquitoes. The name means "bends you up" or "stooped walk" because the infection causes severe joint and muscle pain. Other symptoms include sudden high fever, headache, fatigue, rash, nausea and red eyes.
It is now prevalent enough that many simply refer to it as “the fever,” alongside its other nickname, “the Bone Breaker”. “Chikungunya” means “that which bends up” in the language of the Makonde in southern Tanzania, the virus' point of origin.
Dengue and Chikungunya, though carried by the same mosquito type, but are caused by different viruses. While Chikungunya is caused by a Togaviridae alphavirus, Dengue is caused by a Flavirideae flavivirus. The incubation period of Chikungunya is of 1-12 days and the duration varies from one to two weeks.